Find out what's flowing over port 80 on your network

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	Darragh Delaney: Finding out what's flowing over port 80 on your network HTTP was designed as a protocol to transport requests and data between clients and web servers. Using this information, you could then lock down your firewall to only allow TCP port 80 and 443 so that other applications would be blocked. This worked okay for a while until application developers figured out ways of tunnelling their data over port 80. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Addressing Your Top Database Management Challenges Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT Learn how your experience stacks up against your peers and gain insight on strategies to address the most pressing issues as new survey results on managing databases are revealed by Crimson Consulting in this live Webcast. Learn More In this Issue Researcher creates proof-of-concept malware that infects BIOS, network cards Darlene Storm: Def Con: How to hack all the transport networks of a country Richi Jennings: DEF CON 20 roundup: Critical lessons for all Oracle buys Xsigo for software-defined networking Mountain Lion and the ancient AirPort Base Station Hospital networks take key role in health care as IT makes further clincial advances Hackers reveal critical vulnerabilities in Huawei routers at Defcon IT's Olympic challenge: Live streaming employees WHITE PAPER: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Researcher creates proof-of-concept malware that infects BIOS, network cards Security researcher Jonathan Brossard created a proof-of-concept hardware backdoor called Rakshasa that replaces a computer's BIOS (Basic Input Output System) and can compromise the operating system at boot time without leaving traces on the hard drive. Read More Darlene Storm: Def Con: How to hack all the transport networks of a country At Def Con, 24-year-old Alberto García Illera gave an amazing presentation called "How to hack all the transport networks of a country." The critical vulernabilities that allowed such an intense hack were mindblowing and like one epic exploit after another. Security FAIL! Read More Richi Jennings: DEF CON 20 roundup: Critical lessons for all So that was DEF CON 20. The infamous security convention has wound up, leaving hackers of all hat colors bemused, befuddled, and bewildered. This year saw an official NSA appearance, which posed more questions than it answered. It also brought worrying threats to enterprise VPN and Wi-Fi networks. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers count their Lost Wages. Read More Oracle buys Xsigo for software-defined networking Oracle said Monday it has inked a deal to buy software-defined networking vendor Xsigo Systems, in a move that will support Oracle's ongoing foray into cloud computing. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close within a few months, were not disclosed. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level Live Date and Time: November 29, 2011 - 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST By attending this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. Register Now Mountain Lion and the ancient AirPort Base Station Reader Nick Hamilton finds himself stuck between old hardware and a new operating system. He writes: Read More Hospital networks take key role in health care as IT makes further clincial advances The health care industry's increased use of electronic medical records (EMRs), wireless medical devices and personal mobile technology has turned hospital networks into important components in patient treatment. Practicing medicine now requires maintaining constant wireless connectivity and possibly managing wired network traffic if doctors and nurses are to fully leverage health IT according to health care professionals. Read More Hackers reveal critical vulnerabilities in Huawei routers at Defcon Security researchers disclosed critical vulnerabilities in routers from Chinese networking and telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei at the Defcon hackers conference on Sunday. Read More IT's Olympic challenge: Live streaming employees IT managers in businesses and governments are taking steps to ensure that the Summer Olympics do not bust networks or budgets. The opportunity for problems is there. Read More
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