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PCI Council announces new board seats, working groups and Asia-Pac event
PCI Council announces new board seats, working groups and Asia-Pac event
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) is tapping the payments community to participate in the 2013–2015 Board of Advisors election process, fresh PCI Special Interest Groups (SIG) and the 2013 PCI Community Meetings.
Jan. 18, 2013
Service Providers Are Just Getting Started with Big Data
Service Providers Are Just Getting Started with Big Data
By Kate Griffin, Principal Consultant, IBSG Service Provider Big Data has become top of mind among CxOs,but service providers (SPs) and most businesses
Jan. 18, 2013
Anonymous Mexico hits defense ministry in support of Zapatistas
Anonymous Mexico hits defense ministry in support of Zapatistas
South-of-the-border members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous have claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on the Mexican defense ministry that brought down its website temporarily this week.
Jan. 17, 2013
Red October analysis reveals complex, two-stage attack
Red October analysis reveals complex, two-stage attack
In the wake of the discovery of Red October, a complex, in-depth cyber-espionage campaign going back at least five years, security researchers have published a comprehensive analysis of the breadth and depth of the operation, uncovering a two-pronged attack methodology.
Jan. 17, 2013
Credit card-stealing malware infests nearly 100 Zaxby's chicken restaurants
Credit card-stealing malware infests nearly 100 Zaxby's chicken restaurants
Hackers have already been shown to have a taste for Subway, but they apparently have a hankering for fried chicken too. A new criminal attack has potentially compromised credit card data at almost 100 locations of Zaxby’s, a Southern, chicken-centric restaurant chain in the US.
Jan. 17, 2013
Five Cool Router Tricks with onePK
Five Cool Router Tricks with onePK
Network Management is dull.  No excuses.  Monitoring and interacting with the devices that move data from one location to another is a thankless
Jan. 17, 2013
BC healthcare breach affects 5 million Canadians
BC healthcare breach affects 5 million Canadians
Health data for more than five million British Columbians over the course of at least three incidents has been handled improperly by the Ministry of Health in its dealings with university researchers and contractors, violating the regulations for encryption required by law. The BC provincial government plans to notify more than 38,000 individuals of the breaches by letter.
Jan. 16, 2013
Adobe patches four exploited ColdFusion flaws
Adobe patches four exploited ColdFusion flaws
In its own Microsoft-synchronized Patch Tuesday this month, Adobe merely issued an advisory on four known and exploited flaws in ColdFusion. Yesterday it patched them.
Jan. 16, 2013
FireEye adds six new executives to its leadership team
FireEye adds six new executives to its leadership team
California-based cybersecurity specialist FireEye has added six new members to its global leadership team, the firm recently announced
Jan. 16, 2013
Automate Migrating ESX Host Interfaces to Nexus 1000V
Automate Migrating ESX Host Interfaces to Nexus 1000V
“We've tried, it can’t be automated!” I’ve heard this more times than I can keep track of and if you read my previous blog you will know that I just do
Jan. 16, 2013
Sixty percent will fall to a phishing attack that might herald an APT
Sixty percent will fall to a phishing attack that might herald an APT
The type of attack known generally as an advanced persistent attack (APT) is typically highly targeted and advanced; that is, it is aimed at one company (or a small group of companies), and will likely use one or more zero-day exploits.
Jan. 15, 2013
90% of passwords can be cracked in seconds
90% of passwords can be cracked in seconds
More than 90% of user-generated passwords can be made vulnerable to hacking in a matter of seconds, according to new research from Deloitte.
Jan. 15, 2013