Friday, January 6, 2012

Microsoft plans big January Patch Tuesday

Computerworld Security: January 06, 2012
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Microsoft today said it would deliver seven security updates next week -- tying
the record for January -- to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and its
developer tools.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546090/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Evolving Your Data Center Network Security

Palo Alto Networks, Brocade, and guest speaker Principal Analyst John Kindervag
from Forrester Research, Inc. will discuss the evolution of data center
networks, and how leading-edge organizations are implementing next-generation
data center network security.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546091/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Symantec confirms source code leak in two enterprise security products
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546092/0/

2. E-voting machine freezes, misreads votes, U.S. agency says
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546093/0/

3. Hacker group threatens to release Symantec AV source code
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546094/0/

4. Lawmakers seem intent on approving SOPA, PIPA
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546095/0/

5. Ramnit worm goes after Facebook credentials
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546096/0/

6. Privacy 2012: I know what you did at 3:30 a.m.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546097/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cisco UCS with intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors

Learn how the Cisco Unified Computing System, powered by intelligent Intel®
Xeon® processors, signals an evolution in the data center: Cisco Unified
Computing at Work, Unified Computing Design Zone, Build a Cloud Ready Data
Center and Changing the Server Industry.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/544506/0/

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Symantec confirms source code leak in two enterprise security products

Symantec late Thursday confirmed that source code used in two of its older
enterprise security products was publicly exposed by hackers this week.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546092/0/

E-voting machine freezes, misreads votes, U.S. agency says

An electronic ballot scanning device set for use in this year's presidential
elections, misreads ballots, fails to log critical events and is prone to
freezes and sudden lockups, the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission found.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546093/0/

Hacker group threatens to release Symantec AV source code

Symantec is investigating an Indian hacking group's claims that it accessed
source code used in the company's flagship Norton Antivirus program.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546094/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Autonomy, an HP company~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Better Governing of Mobile Data

Date: January 10th, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM EST
Join this live Webcast for a discussion on a unique approach to protecting and
retaining data that resides on mobile devices by creating a meaning-based backup
that allows organizations to apply intelligent legal hold policies against the
full corpus of data.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546098/0/

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Lawmakers seem intent on approving SOPA, PIPA

Congress appears likely to move forward with two controversial copyright
enforcement bills this year, even with vocal and widespread opposition to the
Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the Internet community.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546095/0/

Ramnit worm goes after Facebook credentials

A pervasive worm has expanded its reach to now steal login and password details
for Facebook users, warned security vendor Seculert, which found a server
holding 45,000 login credentials.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546096/0/

Privacy 2012: I know what you did at 3:30 a.m.

For a peek into what experts expect this year and beyond when it comes to
privacy, we turn to the Rebecca Herold (aka the Privacy Professor) for answers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/546097/0/

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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So THAT'S what the PC nobody uses is for!

Pilot fish's wife, the IT consultant, gets an alert at 10 p.m., and he drives
with her to the client site. But when he walks in, there's a shriek of disgust.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7799944/818816221/545909/0/

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