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Microsoft claims Hyper-V will leapfrog VMware

Microsoft's greatest successes and biggest failures | Linux Foundation wades into Windows 8 secure boot controversy

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Microsoft claims Hyper-V will leapfrog VMware
After years of playing catch-up to VMware the upcoming version of Hyper-V is wowing the Microsoft faithful with unique new features -- and gaining the attention of VMware users, too, one consultant says. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Intel

Enhance virtualization with HP and Intel
The rapid adoption of virtualization-enabled servers has created a major increase in I/O overhead. This paper describes a balanced platform approach that addresses virtualization enhancements and hardware assists even at the I/O and networking device levels. Click to continue

WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies

Building the Next Generation Data Center
Virtualization promotes flexible utilization of IT resources, reduced capital costs, high energy efficiency, highly-available applications, and improved business continuity. Learn More

Microsoft's greatest successes and biggest failures
Give Microsoft credit; it never does anything small. Its successes rock the world. And when it screws up, it screws up big time. Read More

Linux Foundation wades into Windows 8 secure boot controversy
The Linux Foundation today released technical guidance to PC makers on how to implement secure UEFI without locking Linux or other free software off of new Windows 8 machines. The guidance included a subtle tisk-tisk at Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky for suggesting that PC owners won't want to mess with control of their hardware and would happily concede that to operating system makers and hardware manufacturers. Read More

David vs. Goliath: 15 potential tech shake-ups
Here are 15 'Davids' out to take down larger competitors. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

A Smarter Approach to CRM
With instant access to information, customers expect a purchase experience that matches the ease and speed of the information-gathering experience. Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms. Read Now

By the time you blink once, Facebook has locked out 2 potentially hacked accounts
Happy Halloween! So I'm running a bit behind today after getting a hysterical phone call from a spooked dude about his computer being haunted. The CD drive would eject on its own, the mouse was moving about as if haunted, web pages were opening in new tabs, and his mail was being opened in front of his eyes. Read More

History of malware: from script kiddies to rootkits
Bitdefender put together this cool graphic that tracks the history of malware. In the early days, many of the worms were written by so-called script kiddies looking for some recognition. Fast forward to last year, where Stuxnet was written specifically to cripple Iranian nuclear facilities -- and has become the blueprint for other attacks. Read More

Nokia's Windows Phone bet: The first smartphones unveiled
Nokia has revealed the smartphones that it hopes will lead to the company's resurrection as the world's leading mobile vendor. Read More


WEBCAST: Citrix

Get Your Network Cloud Ready
Exclusive 2-day webinar shows how to get your network cloud-ready while delivering services with greater security, scalability and flexibility. Featuring Citrix Systems, Andre Kindness from Forrester, and customer success stories, this webinar also features practical demos you don't want to miss! Learn more

Owners of Samsung's Windows Phones still waiting for Mango update
Microsoft is now expanding the distribution of its Windows Phone 7.5 update to all eligible users, but some owners of phones including Samsung's Omnia 7 will have to wait a bit longer. Read More

Microsoft clears Czech firm in Kehilos botnet case
Microsoft dismissed a lawsuit against a Czech firm it had accused of hosting command-and-control servers for a botnet it stamped out last month. Read More

Introducing the System Center 2012 lineup
Initially envisioned in 2003 as an umbrella over Microsoft Operations Manager and Systems Management Server with consolidated reporting, System Center has grown through several waves of staggered releases. Now with the 2012 version, including eight components and a tweak to the name, here's what we see at the end of October. Read More

Looks like new Nokia phones will include Lync Mobile app
Nokia today showed off its first Windows Phone handsets, the Lumia 800 and 710, although neither will be available in the U.S. until early 2012, missing the holiday season here. Both devices will first roll out in Europe in November and December. Read More



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  5. Microsoft claims Hyper-V will leapfrog VMware
  6. DARPA offers $50,000 prize if you can figure out these shredded puzzles
  7. Two weeks with Ubuntu: Linux is great, Unity needs work
  8. Are you ready for networking in the cloud?
  9. iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 28
  10. Cisco rolls out military-strength encryption for ISR router

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US intelligence group seeking cutting-edge, secure chip development

Double Security Whammy, No Patches: Killer SSL DDoS Attack, XML Encryption Broken | By the time you blink once, Facebook has locked out 2 potentially hacked accounts

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US intelligence group seeking cutting-edge, secure chip development
The cutting-edge intelligence research development arm of the government wants to take advantage of the world's semiconductor manufacturing capacity but make sure that US security and intellectual property protection is baked in. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications
This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more

WHITE PAPER: Intel

Boost virtualization w/ HP & Intel 10GbE
This paper describes why the Intel® Ethernet X520 SFP+ Direct Attach (DA) Server Adapter for HP ProLiant Rack and Tower servers is one of the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapters for today's demanding data center environments. Click to continue

Double Security Whammy, No Patches: Killer SSL DDoS Attack, XML Encryption Broken
The Germans have wreaked all kinds of mass destruction, a double security and privacy whammy. A hacking group released a new SSL DDoS tool that can be successfully launched from a single laptop, a single DSL connection, to take down a server. Other researchers in Germany found and exploited a flaw that breaks the W3C XML Encryption standard with a serious attack that works in all cases. The researchers... Read More

By the time you blink once, Facebook has locked out 2 potentially hacked accounts
Happy Halloween! So I'm running a bit behind today after getting a hysterical phone call from a spooked dude about his computer being haunted. The CD drive would eject on its own, the mouse was moving about as if haunted, web pages were opening in new tabs, and his mail was being opened in front of his eyes. Read More

What to look for in secure collaboration tools
Despite monumental enterprise efforts to secure information, data breaches continue to top headlines, in part because of the way employees collaborate and share data. What's needed are enterprise-level secure collaboration tools. Read More


WHITE PAPER: PhoneFactor

Phones Become the Leading Multi-Factor Authentication Device
According to a leading analyst firm phone-based authentication will comprise 61% of the multi-factor authentication market by the year 2014. This paper will address the key drivers for this market shift away from security tokens and includes real-world case studies from organizations that have made the move to phone-based authentication. Read now

Old image resize script leaves 1 million Web pages compromised
A serious code injection vulnerability affecting timthumb, a popular image resize script used in many WordPress themes and plugins, has been exploited in recent months to compromise over 1 million Web pages. Read More

Anonymous threatens to expose Mexican drug cartel
Hacker group Anonymous has threatened to expose the identity of members and supporters of a Mexican drug cartel by Nov. 5, in retaliation for the kidnapping of a group member, and has already hacked the web site of a former state official, alleging that he has associations with the dreaded Zetas. Read More

Prevent your systems from being hijacked: A quick guide
It's time to rethink some old, and now outdated, security truisms that enable a very scary kind of attack. Read More


WEBCAST: IBM

Customer Lifetime Value for IT
With technology underpinning much of the customer experience, IT and marketing must adopt new technologies to innovate and grow revenues. Watch the video to learn how IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics enables marketers while reducing the burden on IT. View Now

Lazy hackers port ancient Linux Trojan to Mac OS X
Hackers are testing new Mac malware that they've ported from a nine-year-old Trojan horse originally written for Linux, according to security experts. Read More

Cybersecurity Innovation Works from the Inside Out at SAIC
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Check Point buys compliance technology vendor Dynasec
Check Point Software is buying governance, risk management and compliance vendor Dynasec Ltd., which will add software that can help businesses comply with government regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA). Read More



SLIDESHOWS

20 high-tech toilets
Today's techiest toilets incorporate music players, motion-activated lids, heated seats, washing and drying functions, and more. Take a look.

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MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012
  2. Ubuntu Unity instead of Windows 7 and ready to scream
  3. Want a raise? 11 IT jobs set for 6%-9% pay hikes in 2012
  4. Coolest tech-o-lanterns
  5. Microsoft claims Hyper-V will leapfrog VMware
  6. DARPA offers $50,000 prize if you can figure out these shredded puzzles
  7. Two weeks with Ubuntu: Linux is great, Unity needs work
  8. Are you ready for networking in the cloud?
  9. iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 28
  10. Cisco rolls out military-strength encryption for ISR router

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WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

WindowsNetworking.com - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles and tutorials added to WindowsNetworking.com last month:

Title: Top 10 Reasons Why Group Policy Fails to Apply (Part 1)
Author: Derek Melber
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Top-10-Reasons-Why-Group-Policy-Fails-to-Apply-Part1.html
Summary: In the first part of this article the author takes a look at some of the most common, yet not that obvious reason why Group Policy might not be applying in your situation.

Title: McAfee Web Gateway - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Anti Virus Hardware
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/news/WindowsNetworking-Readers-Choice-Award-Anti-Virus-Hardware-McAfee-Web-Gateway-Sep11.html
Summary: McAfee Web Gateway was selected the winner in the Anti Virus Hardware category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers' Choice Awards. SonicWALL Email Security and Blue Coat ProxyAV Appliances were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 2) - Preparing Your Environment
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Managing-PCs-using-Windows-Intune-Part2.html
Summary: This article explains how to prepare your environment by setting up Windows Intune and deploying the client software to the PCs you want to manage.

Title: IPv6 multicast background traffic (Part 4) - Box Chatter - P2P Multicast and the Zero Config Wars
Author: Jeremy Barth
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/IPv6-multicast-background-traffic-Part4.html
Summary: In this article the author explains what is IPv6 zero-configuration networking and Microsoft's IPv6 multicast name resolution.

Title: Introduction to System Center Operations Manager 2012 (Part 1)
Author: Scott D. Lowe
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Introduction-System-Center-Operations-Manager-2012-Part1.html
Summary: In this article, you will learn about the new and changed elements of SCOM 2012 and discover some important prerequisites that you must understand before embarking on an installation.

Title: Server Hardware Explained (Part 3)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Server-Hardware-Explained-Part3.html
Summary: This article continues the discussion of server hardware by examining the management capabilities that are often built into servers.

Title: Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 1) - Introduction
Author: Mitch Tulloch
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Managing-PCs-using-Windows-Intune-Part1.html
Summary: This article introduces Windows Intune, a cloud-based service from Microsoft that businesses can use for managing PCs from anywhere.

Title: Hardware Acceleration
Author: Russell Hitchcock
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Hardware-Acceleration.html
Summary: In this article the author discusses concepts and ideas related to hardware acceleration.

Title: IPv6 multicast background traffic (Part 3) - Multicast and IPv6 Stack Auto-Configuration (Cont.)
Author: Jeremy Barth
Link: http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/articles_tutorials/IPv6-multicast-background-traffic-Part3.html
Summary: In this post the author will wrap up how multicast is used for IPv6 auto-configuration.

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iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 28

First look: Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich' | NFC will help users find romance, store vital documents and experience 'magic,' boosters say

Network World Wireless

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iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 28
The iOSsphere hungers for news about iPhone 5. It can't let go of LTE, and new images of what the Next iPhone will look like again rear their Photoshopped pixels. Contemplating a quad-core mobile processor causes swooning. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Case Study – Petrobas
Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras' backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more. Read now!

WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems

Cisco Unified Communications Business Edition 5000
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 5000 is designed to deliver enterprise-level unified communications and collaboration performance to your employees to help you serve your customers and achieve your long-term business goals. Read now!

First look: Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich'
Google's mobile OS gets a major upgrade next month, but there's no need to wait to see some of the new capabilities in action Read More

NFC will help users find romance, store vital documents and experience 'magic,' boosters say
By now you're likely familiar with near-field communications (NFC) technology and its ability to help process mobile payments. But NFC's boosters think it's capable of more, oh, so much more. Read More

Will Nokia see new dawn with Lumia Windows Phone handsets?
Read More

RIM faces possible class action suit over BlackBerry outages
Research In Motion faces a possible class action lawsuit over recent outages in its BlackBerry services earlier this month, and a trademark infringement complaint for its use of the BBX name for its upcoming platform for its tablets and smartphones. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Intel

Boost virtualization w/ HP & Intel 10GbE
This paper describes why the Intel® Ethernet X520 SFP+ Direct Attach (DA) Server Adapter for HP ProLiant Rack and Tower servers is one of the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapters for today's demanding data center environments. Click to continue

In Chicago, a 4G coming-of-age party
Carriers, chipset makers and device manufactures this week threw something of a coming-of-age party on behalf of 4G wireless technologies. Read More

AT&T gets its first LTE phones next week
AT&T is getting ready to add the one crucial piece that's been missing from its LTE rollout: smartphones. Read More

Chicago-area school district gives free iPads to freshmen
Freshmen in a Chicago-area school district now have a reason to be excited about coming to school: Free iPads. Read More

iPhone exceeds Sprint's expectations
The Apple iPhone is attracting more new subscribers than expected to Sprint Nextel, and it will probably ease rather than worsen congestion on the carrier's 3G network, Sprint executives said as they announced third-quarter results on Wednesday. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications
This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more

Sony to buy Sony Ericsson, turn into subsidiary
The Japanese electronics maker says it will pay Ericsson €1.05 billion for its share of the business and related patents. Read More

Dell announces Latitude ST tablet for businesses
Dell will sell a new Latitude tablet for businesses with Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, and it is also preparing to bring the OS's successor, Windows 8, to tablets. Read More

RIM delays BlackBerry tablet OS to February 2012
A week after promising the PlayBook OS 2.0 to developers in October, RIM cites quality issues and says it will drop a key feature Read More

Citrix to unveil sub-$100 'system-on-a-chip'
Citrix Wednesday is set to unveil a prototype sub-$100 system-on-a-chip with a so-called "zero client" at its Synergy conference in Barcelona. Read More

Juniper brings security software to Samsung devices
Juniper Networks' suite of mobile security and device management tools is coming to three Samsung Electronics devices, marking the first time the company has provided its SSL VPN software for Google's Android OS. Read More

Motorola to lay off 800 more workers
Motorola Mobility will lay off 800 people, the latest in a string of worker reductions at the handset maker, as it prepares to become part of Google. Read More



SLIDESHOWS

20 high-tech toilets
Today's techiest toilets incorporate music players, motion-activated lids, heated seats, washing and drying functions, and more. Take a look.

GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET
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MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012
  2. Ubuntu Unity instead of Windows 7 and ready to scream
  3. Want a raise? 11 IT jobs set for 6%-9% pay hikes in 2012
  4. Coolest tech-o-lanterns
  5. Microsoft claims Hyper-V will leapfrog VMware
  6. DARPA offers $50,000 prize if you can figure out these shredded puzzles
  7. Two weeks with Ubuntu: Linux is great, Unity needs work
  8. Are you ready for networking in the cloud?
  9. iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 28
  10. Cisco rolls out military-strength encryption for ISR router

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ISAserver.org - Monthly Article Update

ISAserver.org - Monthly Article Update

Hi Security World,

New articles added to ISAserver.org last month:

Title: GFI WebMonitor Voted ISAserver.org Readers' Choice Award Winner - Monitoring & Administration
Author: The Editor
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/news/ISAserver-Readers-Choice-Award-Monitoring-Administration-GFI-WebMonitor-Sep11.html
Summary: GFI WebMonitor was selected the winner in the Monitoring & Administration category of the ISAserver.org Readers' Choice Awards. Internet Administrator for Microsoft Forefront TMG Server and WebSense Web Filter were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Title: Configuring TMG Web Proxy Client Autodiscovery
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Configuring-TMG-Web-Proxy-Client-Autodiscovery.html
Summary: In this article, we'll talk about how you can configure the TMG firewall to support web proxy client autodiscovery.

Title: Configuring HTTPS Inspection with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010
Author: Richard Hicks
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Configuring-HTTPS-Inspection-Forefront-Threat-Management-Gateway-TMG-2010.html
Summary: This article takes a look at HTTPS inspection, the powerful new feature of the Forefront TMG firewall.

Title: Secure CDP publishing with Forefront TMG and the HTTP-filter
Author: Marc Grote
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Secure-CDP-publishing-Forefront-TMG-HTTP-filter.html
Summary: In this article the author covers basic information about Public Key infrastructure which uses CRL, OCSP, CDP and AIA information to ensure that revoked or invalid certificates cannot be used to provide secure access to applications.

Title: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Site to Site VPN with Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Part 4)
Author: Deb Shinder
Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Test-Lab-Guide-Demonstrate-Site-to-Site-VPN-Threat-Management-Gateway-2010-Part4.html
Summary: In this article we'll walk through the steps of creating a site to site VPN between two TMG firewalls using the L2TP/IPsec VPN protocol.

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