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BeyondTrust purchases Windows system management specialist
BeyondTrust purchases Windows system management specialist
Access management specialist BeyondTrust, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, has acquired Blackbird Group to bolster its product portfolio.
Dec. 13, 2012
Fighting off botnets demands public–private sector partnership
Fighting off botnets demands public–private sector partnership
Botnets are a rising tide in the malware ocean, but implementing a set of security best practices can aid organizations in erecting levies against it.
Dec. 13, 2012
Facebook, FBI team up to crack botnet ring
Facebook, FBI team up to crack botnet ring
The US Department of Justice and the FBI, along with international law enforcement partners, have arrested 10 individuals suspected of operating an international cybercrime ring that has compromised 11 million computer systems and caused more than $850 million in losses via the Butterfly Botnet. And it had help from an interesting source: Facebook.
Dec. 13, 2012
Where’s My IPv6 Prefix? Part One
Where’s My IPv6 Prefix? Part One
In a previous blog series about interfacing with your ISP, I mentioned tools that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have, such as looking glasses and
Dec. 13, 2012
Companies are losing control of their data to the mobile revolution
Companies are losing control of their data to the mobile revolution
Users are sharing information on social networks and using public cloud services to move data from corporate to personal devices in ways that by-pass company security policies and systems, and expose company data.
Dec. 12, 2012
Bringing Up the Social Media Baby
Bringing Up the Social Media Baby
According to a Nielsen study, social media is no longer in its infancy.  No kidding. During the November military confrontation between Israel and Hamas,
Dec. 12, 2012
1.6 million records hacked and dumped by GhostShell
1.6 million records hacked and dumped by GhostShell
Hacking group Team GhostShell launches a new logo, drops 1.6 million hacked records in the name of ProjectWhiteFox (NASA, European Space Agency, Bigelow Aerospace and more), and signs off until the new year.
Dec. 11, 2012
New Strategies in Retail Banking: Giving Customers Control of How They Bank
New Strategies in Retail Banking: Giving Customers Control of How They Bank
The trends and challenges with the ever-increasing tech-savvy society we live in today are carrying over into the retail banking industry. Retail banking
Dec. 11, 2012
The We’re Listening Blog Series: Simplifying the Entitlement Experience through Streamlined Access Management
The We’re Listening Blog Series: Simplifying the Entitlement Experience through Streamlined Access Management
The “We’re Listening” blog continues to look at actions taking place across Cisco to improve your experience working with us. In this post, Jim Fuller, Senior Director of...
Dec. 11, 2012
Cloupia + Cisco Unified Management = Better Together
Cloupia + Cisco Unified Management = Better Together
Yesterday, Cisco announced that we closed on the acquisition of Cloupia.  Cloupia is now officially part of Cisco and a very exciting new addition to
Dec. 11, 2012
GPU cluster can crack any NTLM 8-character hashed password in 5.5 hours
GPU cluster can crack any NTLM 8-character hashed password in 5.5 hours
A cluster of 25 AMD Radeon GPUs using OpenVCL and the Hashcat password recovery software is claimed to make 348 billion guesses per second against NTLM hashed passwords, and 63 billion against SHA1 hashed passwords according to a presentation at last week’s Passwords^12 conference in Oslo.
Dec. 10, 2012
Shamoon was an external attack on Saudi oil production
Shamoon was an external attack on Saudi oil production
In its first comment on the apparent purpose behind the August Shamoon attack on Aramco, Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it was an external attack not just against Aramco, but against the Saudi economy.
Dec. 10, 2012