Happy Thanksgiving! Here's why these CSOs are thankful this year

Watch out for these 3 holiday shopping scams Hacking Team surveillance malware masquerades as legitimate bookmark manager CSO Update November 27, 2014 Happy Thanksgiving! Here's why these CSOs are thankful this year In a profession defined by constant pressure and ever more sophisticated attacks, a few security pros reflect on reasons to give thanks. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Watch out for these 3 holiday shopping scams 2. Hacking Team surveillance malware masquerades as legitimate bookmark manager 3. Easily exploitable bug in Wordpress 4. Home Depot spent $43 million on data breach in just one quarter 5. IDG Contributor Network: There is No Substitution for In-House Security Professionals. White Paper: BMC Software Intelligent Compliance: Trust in the Data Center With the average cost of a data breach reaching $3.5 million, the pressure is intense to maintain the security and compliance of your data center. Discover how your organization may be at risk and how you can protect your data center from costly and highly visible breaches. Read the whitepaper today to put the trust back into your data center. Learn More Watch out for these 3 holiday shopping scams The holiday shopping season is also the holiday scamming season. Whether you shop online or at the mall, be mindful of these three types of scams. READ MORE : Venafi Securing Keys and Certificates to Critical Assets Today's most devastating cyber attacks—including ShellShock, Heartbleed and Zombie Zero—prey on trust. And that puts your digital certificates at risk. This informative resource center explores how next-generation trust protection can help you combat today's attacks, ensuring trusted access to critical assets. Learn More Hacking Team surveillance malware masquerades as legitimate bookmark manager Researchers found digitally signed spyware posing as a legitimate program called Outertech Linkman READ MORE White Paper: Box eBook: Securing Business Information in the Cloud For security and IT pros concerned with protecting sensitive information across multiple endpoints and applications. Explore how cloud can enable us to go back to basics of security to address the challenges of distributed computing and make our organizations more secure. Learn More>> Easily exploitable bug in Wordpress READ MORE Home Depot spent $43 million on data breach in just one quarter The retailer expects 'significant' ongoing expenses from the breach READ MORE IDG Contributor Network: There is No Substitution for In-House Security Professionals. READ MORE White Paper: Kaseya 5 Ways to Reduce the Risk of Cybercrime to Your Business Cybercrime is on the rise. In fact, the risks and costs of cybercrime continue to increase each year. Don't be one of the many organizations naively clinging to the belief that a breach won't happen to them. As an IT professional, you need to take active steps to reduce the risk of cybercrime to your business. Reduce your risk today. Learn more Top 5 Stories Report: Sony Pictures facing full network compromise Hackers suggest they had physical access during attack on Sony Pictures Sony is the victim of a breach yet again 5 PCI Compliance gaps 10 point smartcard checklist for merchants Editor's Picks 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS How to get creative with your penetration testing 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank What's wrong with this picture?The NEW clean desk test Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army Follow CSO Online You are currently subscribed to cso_update as jonsan98@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com Copyright (C) 2014 CSO Online Media Group, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@cxo.com. **