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Chinese ties suspected in APT targeting aerospace and defense industries
Chinese ties suspected in APT targeting aerospace and defense industries
An advanced persistent threat (APT) specifically targeting the aerospace and defense industries has been uncovered, with likely ties to Chinese hackers, security researchers say.
Feb. 4, 2013
Visa to support generic EMV to bolster US smart card adoption
Visa to support generic EMV to bolster US smart card adoption
Card processing giant Visa is embracing the idea of a common US debit security approach by agreeing to partially open up the kimono on the technology behind its Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) chip card – hoping to facilitate EMV adoption in the process.
Feb. 4, 2013
Malware monetization settles into four main vectors
Malware monetization settles into four main vectors
When it comes to malware, threats are coalescing into four typical methods that cybercriminals are using today to extract money from their victims, according to Fortinet Labs. The research also showed increasing activity in mobile malware variants of the Android Plankton ad kit, as well as in hacktivist web server vulnerability scanning.
Feb. 4, 2013
Scaling the next frontier: Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Innovations and the Cisco Open Network Environment
Scaling the next frontier: Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Innovations and the Cisco Open Network Environment
First, the Internet of Things: Consider these impressive stats shared in a keynote from Cisco’s CTO and CSO Padmasree Warrior last week at Cisco Live, London:    50 Billion...
Feb. 4, 2013
Introducing Nexus 6000 Series – Industry’s Highest Density Layer 2/3 40 Gigabit Fixed Switch
Introducing Nexus 6000 Series – Industry’s Highest Density Layer 2/3 40 Gigabit Fixed Switch
The evolution of the applications environment is creating new demands on IT and in the data center. Broad adoption of scale-out application architectures
Feb. 4, 2013
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 1
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 1
In a recent post, I previewed some new hybrid cloud market research from Forrester that spoke to the business drivers and technical hurdles to cloud
Feb. 4, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #2: Core Speed scaling (Burst)
VDI “The Missing Questions” #2: Core Speed scaling (Burst)
Welcome back as we continue to dive deeper into advanced CPU (Central Processing Unit - I had a "tech writer" change a document on me one time, he assumed
Feb. 4, 2013
Twitter hacked – 250,000 user details may have been lost
Twitter hacked – 250,000 user details may have been lost
Late on Friday afternoon Twitter announced that it had been breached and that attackers may have had access to usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of passwords for approximately 250,000 users.
Feb. 3, 2013
Identity and access management in the cloud
Identity and access management in the cloud
The growing prevalence of shadow IT caused by BYOD and remote working is making an existing security problem much worse: how do you protect an increasing number of passwords used for an increasing number of cloud applications?
Feb. 1, 2013
ISACA launches security audit programs for BYOD, data privacy and outsourcing
ISACA launches security audit programs for BYOD, data privacy and outsourcing
Getting in on the triple zeitgeist of IT consumerization and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon, data privacy, and how to stay secure while taking on business partners, ISACA has developed three fresh IT audit/assurance programs for each subject area.
Feb. 1, 2013
Google submits anti-trust proposals to EU
Google submits anti-trust proposals to EU
Google has submitted anti-trust proposals to the European Union anti-trust regulator to stave off action that could potentially lead to a $4 billion fine.
Feb. 1, 2013
Red October cyber-espionage campaign used highly sophisticated infiltration techniques
Red October cyber-espionage campaign used highly sophisticated infiltration techniques
Red October (Rocra), the high-level cyber-espionage campaign that successfully infiltrated computer networks at diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organizations worldwide, has a more shadowy persona than the typical APT, security researchers said.
Feb. 1, 2013