Another cybersecurity gap: filling jobs

Computerworld Security: February 26, 2014
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Another cybersecurity gap: filling jobs

Security experts weigh in on the shortage of cybersecurity workers and what can
be done to close the skills gap.
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10 Steps to Reducing Mainframe MLC Costs

Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account
for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. IE zero-day exploit being used in widespread attacks
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658581/19/

2. New iOS flaw allows malicious apps to record touch screen presses
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658582/20/

3. Kenneth van Wyk: Apple's big fail
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658583/21/

4. Evan Schuman: Transparency about data retention requires knowing what you have
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658584/28/

5. Samsung beefs up Knox mobile management software
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658585/29/

6. Apple patches critical 'gotofail' bug with Mavericks update
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658586/30/

7. Android malware using TOR anonymity network makes a debut
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658587/31/


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High Alert DDoS Threat: DNS Flooder Toolkit

A high alert DDoS threat advisory has just been issued for the DNS Flooder v1.1
toolkit. This toolkit makes it faster and easier for malicious actors to launch
crippling reflection attacks and is likely to be adopted in the
DDoS-as-a-Service market, potentially increasing the number of attacks.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658588/32/

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IE zero-day exploit being used in widespread attacks

The number of attacks exploiting a yet-to-be-patched vulnerability in Internet
Explorer has increased dramatically over the past few days, indicating the
exploit is no longer used just in targeted attacks against particular groups of
people.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658581/33/

New iOS flaw allows malicious apps to record touch screen presses

Security researchers identified a vulnerability in iOS that allows apps to
record all touch screen and button presses while running in the background on
non-jailbroken devices.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658582/34/

Kenneth van Wyk: Apple's big fail

It's disturbing that Apple would release an essential fix for iOS while ignoring
the exact same problem in OS X.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658583/35/

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Tame the data explosion with IBM Real-time Compression

Learn about IBM's unique Real-time Compression technology that can enable
storing up to 5x as much data in the same storage space.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658589/36/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=84d1008f

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Evan Schuman: Transparency about data retention requires knowing what you have

A new call for transparency about what data mobile apps are retaining sounds
fine and noble, but too many companies don't even know what their apps know
about consumers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658584/37/

Samsung beefs up Knox mobile management software

One day after announcing the Galaxy S5 smartphone with a security-focused
fingerprint scanner, Samsung announced that second-generation Knox software for
enterprise-level security and management of Samsung devices will ship sometime
in the second quarter.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658585/38/

Apple patches critical 'gotofail' bug with Mavericks update

Apple today updated OX Mavericks, plugging the embarrassing security hole the
Cupertino, Calif. company left wide open in the operating system's
implementation of basic Internet encryption.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658586/39/

Android malware using TOR anonymity network makes a debut

Kaspersky Lab has spotted malware for the Android mobile operating system
employing the TOR anonymity network, a development previously only seen on
Windows.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8864922/823929835/658587/40/



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