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Mayor of New Jersey Town Arrested on Hacking and Conspiracy Charges

West New York mayor Felix Roque and his son are accused of hacking into a website that promoted his recalling from office Full Story »
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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absitnthe 2.0 is the first untethered jailbreak available for the third-generation iPad

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Gartner: Don't Trust Cloud Provider to Protect Your Corporate Assets

When a family with a baby buys a new car, they don't buy a car seat from the vehicle manufacturer: There is specialized equipment to handle the family's most sensitive asset. John Pescatore, a Gartner vice president and security analyst, says cloud security can be thought of in a similar way: Users shouldn't rely on their cloud service provider's security features to protect their most critical data.

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Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

A recently released FCC report puts Google's explanation into question, the two congressmen say

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Researchers Propose TLS Extension to Detect Rogue SSL Certificates

TACK TLS extension combines public key pinning with self-generated keys to validate SSL certificates

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Judge Orders Drug Evidence Suppressed in Warrantless GPS Tracking Case

A federal judge in Kentucky this week upheld a lower court's decision to throw out crucial evidence in a drug case because the evidence was gathered with the help of a GPS tracking device that was installed without a warrant on the suspect's vehicle.

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European Privacy Regulators Want More Detail on Google's Policy Changes

Regulators are surprised that Google, with its extensive analytics tools, is unable to say how many people viewed its new privacy policy.

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Yahoo Leaks Private Key, Allows Anyone to Build Yahoo-signed Chrome Extensions

Yahoo accidentally leaked the private key that was used to digitally sign its new Axis extension for Google Chrome

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Security Researcher Urges IT Managers to Keep Up with SAP Patches

Companies are vulnerable, but often don't realize they are

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Bug Bounty Hunters Reveal Eight Vulnerabilities in Google Services

The two security researchers explained how they found so many bugs in such a short space of time

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European Firms Allow BYOD Despite Security Concerns

Despite security concerns, more than two-thirds of enterprises in Europe allow their staff to use their own devices for work, according to research.

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Malware Threat Level Hits 4-Year High

Surfing the Internet is becoming more dangerous than ever, according to a report released Wednesday by cyber security software maker McAfee.

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Mcafee Reports Big Spike in Malware

A quarterly threat report found password-stealing Trojans on the rise

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Facebook and Physicians: Not Good Medicine

Physicians who use social networks to share clinical experiences risk violating patient privacy. A niche industry of private social network providers has cropped up to address the desire to communicate.

 
The promise of enterprise mobility means that employees are more productive and address business issues in a timely, untethered manner.
Read this new eBook to learn the top five scenarios and essential best practices for preventing database attacks and insider threats.
The options for securing increasingly valuable databases are very broad and deep, and can be confusing. This research provides an overview of three categories of controls that should be implemented to ensure that enterprise data is protected in the most efficient and effective manner.
Read the analyst report and learn how you can leverage the core capabilities of a DAP solution for better database security.
PCI DSS is mandatory for any business that handles confidential cardholder data. Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager and Stingray Application Firewall Module help with many parts of the PCI DSS specification, notably the web application firewall (WAF) requirements of section 6.6.
PCI DSS is mandatory for any business that handles confidential cardholder data. Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager and Stingray Application Firewall Module help with many parts of the PCI DSS specification, notably the web application firewall (WAF) requirements of section 6.6.
View this demo and learn how IBM InfoSphere Guardium database activity monitoring can help protect your sensitive data in distributed DBMS environments with a holistic approach to data security and compliance.
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT / 10:00 AM PDT

In a recent study conducted by Ponemon Institute, fifty-five percent of respondents indicated they were not confident that their organization would be able to detect the loss or theft of sensitive personal information in their company's databases and applications.

Join featured guest Dr. Larry Ponemon from the Ponemon Institute, to discuss these new findings and how to best address the growing number of data breaches and privacy challenges that are facing your organization. This webinar will focus on:

- Understanding the current state of privacy and data protection in the production environment
- Identifying areas of greatest vulnerability
- Keeping data secure without sacrificing productivity
- Enterprise and configurable solutions for multiple applications
Learn how IT teams can protect against spear phishing tactics. Harry Sverdlove, chief technology officer of Bit9 offers a frank discussion about spear phishing - the most common technique used in today's advanced attacks. Learn how spear phishing works and three recommendations for IT to protect against modern threats.
Download this eSeminar to hear from experts Ziff Davis Enterprise, VMware and HP and learn how client-side virtualization can improve your organization's performance, while reducing the IT burden of managing and maintaining an increasingly diverse client universe.
In this exclusive webcast from Viewfinity, you'll hear how to leverage Group Policy Object settings to close this vulnerability by elevating privileges for standard users.
More companies are adopting business service management practices to better align their business and IT needs. Download this video to hear findings from the 2011 BSM Maturity Benchmark Survey to learn how companies are taking a customer-centric approach to IT management.
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