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New Splunk App for Windows
Splunk announced Splunk App for Windows 5.0 , which delivers enterprise-class monitoring for Microsoft Windows Server. It enables users to monitor their end-to-end …
We’re losing the battle against state sponsored attacks
In my daily interaction with Government bodies, Police and other public sector authorities, we are seeing a huge rise in attacks which are state sponsored and targeted at the …
Generalized single packet authorization for cloud computing environments
Cloud computing environments such as those provided by Amazon and Google can be your passport to powerful computing resources without having to worry about typical …
The rise of everyday hackers
Veracode released its annual State of Software Security Report, which includes research on software vulnerability trends as well as predictions on how these flaws could be …
Week in review: Carberp Trojan developers arrested, thousands of compromised Apache servers directing users to malware
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, videos, reviews and articles: Hackers attacking US banks are well-funded, expert says The Cyber …
10 best practices for securing data in Hadoop
Dataguise released ten security best practices for organizations considering or implementing Hadoop. By following these procedures to manage privacy risk, data management and …
Microsoft to release 9 advisories on Tuesday
April 2013 advance notice is out and it forecasts an interesting patching session for Microsoft administrators. There are 9 advisories affecting 16 distinct platforms in 5 …
Tips for securely using free Tube Wi-Fi
GFI Software warned of potential data and device security concerns posed by using London’s public Wi-Fi service, installed across large parts of the London Underground …
Destroy solid state storage and optical media
Data Security unveiled their SSMD-2mm Destruction Device which disintegrates solid state and optical media to particles 2mm in size or smaller. NSA has evaluated the SSMD-2mm …
Malware attacks occur every three minutes
Malware activity has become so pervasive that organizations experience a malicious email file attachment or Web link as well as malware communication that evades legacy …
Ciphertex releases 24TB portable, secure NAS server
The new 24TB portable, highly secure NAS server from Ciphertex is meant for backup, disaster recovery and business continuity, file sharing and virtualization. “The …
Security professionals don’t have secure mobile habits
Security professionals have embraced BYOD and they’re taking “anytime, anywhere” access to some pretty interesting locations according a new survey by Ping …