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Network World Security Alert Jan 21, 2016 Serious flaw patched in Intel Driver Update Utility A software utility that helps users download the latest drivers for their Intel hardware components contained a vulnerability that could have allowed man-in-the-middle attackers to execute malicious code on computers. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Privacy-conscious users rejoice: You can now use Facebook's Android app over Tor • 5 things that top CSO candidates need on a resume • Intel Authenticate Hands-On • Netflix will have trouble blocking VPNs used to stream blocked content • Healthcare IT execs fear loss of life due to hacked medical devices or networks • Feds seek balance between privacy and data collection • Data center outages increasingly caused by DDoS Video/Webcast: EMA Research Ahead of RSA - Threat Detection Algorithms Make Big Data into Better Data Join David Monahan of EMA, and Wade Williamson, director of product marketing at Vectra Networks, on February 9th @11AM PST/ 2PM EST for this insightful webinar that explains how threat detection algorithms can replace your Big Data with better data. Read More ▶ Privacy-conscious users rejoice: You can now use Facebook's Android app over Tor Facebook has added the option to route traffic from its Android mobile app over the Tor anonymity network. Read More ▶ 5 things that top CSO candidates need on a resume If all the recent IT hiring surveys are to be believed, chief security officers can expect a pretty sweet year in 2016. Job demand is up. Salaries are way up. And neither trend is expected to slow anytime soon. Yes, good CSOs can pretty much write their own ticket in 2016. That is, if they can write a good resume. Read More ▶ Video Intel Authenticate Hands-On Intel has quietly built what it calls Authenticate technology into its Skylake with vPro chips for businesses, combining multiple means of authentication for greater security. Watch Now ▶ Netflix will have trouble blocking VPNs used to stream blocked content Netflix announced that it will block VPNs, proxies, and unblocking services its international subscribers use to access content blocked in their areas, as part of its plan to release content to 130 new countries. Here's why Netflix will fail. Read More ▶ Healthcare IT execs fear loss of life due to hacked medical devices or networks According to Veracode's 'The State of Web and Mobile Application Security in Healthcare,' healthcare IT executives cited 'the potential for loss of life due to compromised networks or medical devices, brand damage due to theft of patient information and regulatory enforcement as their top fears related to such security breaches.' Read More ▶ Feds seek balance between privacy and data collection Federal consumer-protection authorities expect companies to do more to educate consumers and offer options to limit how personal data is collected and used. Read More ▶ Data center outages increasingly caused by DDoS UPS failure is still main cause of data center outages, says a report. However, cybercrime and human error is closing in on UPS's heels. DDoS-caused outages are up from 2% in 2010 to 22% now. Read More ▶ White Paper: Cisco Systems AMP BDS: Cisco AMP Excels in NSS Labs Test Read the NSS Labs report to see how Cisco AMP proved effective against all evasion techniques tested and passed all stability and reliability tests. Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS Best open source email security products 15 big data and analytics companies to watch Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. These are the 25 worst passwords of 2015 2. Data scientists have the hottest job in America 3. 19 free cloud storage options 4. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 5. Linux kernel flaw endangers millions of PCs, servers 6. The 4 kinds of cybersecurity customers 7. Google details its vision for the IoT 8. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 9. Unpatched TRENDnet IP cameras still provide a real-time Peeping Tom paradise 10. The $2.3 million home lab of Scott Morris, Quadruple CCIE

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