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Forget new threats: It's the old-school attacks that keep getting you

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Forget new threats: It's the old-school attacks that keep getting you
Everybody in IT knows it is a dangerous world out there, filled with an endless variety of cyber attacks aimed at compromising and taking advantage of security flaws. Read More


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Improving Power and Cooling Efficiency in the Datacenter
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Got cyber insurance?
Heartland Payment Systems figured it was in pretty good shape when it took out a $30 million cyber insurance policy. Unfortunately, the credit card transaction processor was the victim of a massive data breach in early 2009 that resulted in losses estimated at $145 million. The insurance company did pay Heartland the $30 million, but the company was on the hook for the remaining $115 million. Read More

Obama Aims to Stop Federal Data Leaks
President Obama has issued an executive order that aims to reform rules for the sharing and securing of data by federal agencies. Read More

Stupid hacker tricks: Exploits gone bad
Taunting tweets, provocative pics, iPad-spam chats -- stupid slip-ups lead to high-profile hacker arrests Read More


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Is Private Cloud Better for Compliance?
Private clouds are capital intensive, but offer more control, visibility and security. Learn how to adopt security measures that take into account elasticity and a changing perimeter, ineffective device-specific controls, and increased data leak risks. Read Now

Widely used encryption standard is insecure, say experts
A weakness in XML Encryption can be exploited to decrypt sensitive information, researchers say. Read More

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012
The technology that makes up many of the systems in the IT world today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says. Read More

Security roundup for Oct. 21: Duqu for you; Google Apps in LA; researching smartphones
Symantec last week was the first to get the word out about Duqu, the newly discovered network espionage malware designed to go after industrial control systems. It was quickly dubbed "Son of Stuxnet" by the media, and Symantec said 50% of the code base seems to be the same used in Stuxnet. Read More


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Hard to fully assess Duqu threat yet, researchers say
As new information about the Duqu continues to come out, some experts are starting to question whether the danger from the trojan has been exaggerated. Read More

Fraudsters find creative ways to abuse e-commerce sites
Even if your company website is secured with the latest software patches and has been tested by ethical hackers, it doesn't mean the scammers will stay away. Read More

Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent
Entertainment companies seeking to trace people who are illegally file sharing may be interested in new research that could identify filesharers through their Skype accounts. A research team has figured out how to link online Skype users to their activity on peer-to-peer networks, a correlation that could represent a major threat to users' privacy. Read More



SLIDESHOWS

2011 tech industry graveyard
Fortunately for the tech industry, there's a lot more living than dying, with 2011 seeing the birth of everything from Apple's iPad 2 to the Google+ social network. But inevitably, 2011 has also seen its share of dead, killed, murdered, offed, obliterated companies, technologies and ideas as well. Here's your chance to pay last respects, and who knows, maybe a few of these will sprout back to life.

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