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Network World Security Alert Feb 23, 2016 Hacking operations are as vulnerable as a house of cards Last month I met with the security team at a major bank to discuss their detection capabilities. The head of the bank's security operation center claimed that his organization's security stack could detect certain threats but he was worried about them missing other attack vectors. His methods were all wrong. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Are we in artificial intelligence winter? • Attackers hack Linux Mint website to add ISO with backdoor • What keeps white hat hackers from turning to the dark side? • Proper device management could have prevented the whole FBI-Apple fight • Anticipating the RSA Security Conference • What users love (and hate) about 4 leading identity management tools • MWC: Wi-Fi hack test shows 'reckless' behavior; MasterCard to expand 'Selfie Pay' • Create a data recovery plan and secure your network • Startup touts four-factor authentication for VIP-level access White Paper: Kony Inc Kony Mobility Challenges This paper examines the most recent research on companies' top mobile priorities and challenges. Read More ▶ Are we in artificial intelligence winter? "Artificial intelligence, defined here as computer simulation of cognitive processes such as perception, recognition, reasoning, and control, have captured the public's imagination for over 60 years. However, artificial intelligence research has proceeded in fits and starts over much of that time, as the field repeats a boom/bust cycle characterized by promising bursts of progress followed by inflated expectations and finally disillusionment, leading to what has become known as an "AI winter" – a long period of diminished research and funding activity," IARPA wrote. Read More ▶ Attackers hack Linux Mint website to add ISO with backdoor Linux Mint warned its website was hacked via WordPress and attackers changed an ISO link to a malicious Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition on Saturday. The database was sold on the dark web and hackers re-compromised the site after it was first "cleaned." Read More ▶ What keeps white hat hackers from turning to the dark side? Security expert David Holmes asked three dozen white hat hackers to get a sense of what kept them on the side of the good guys. Read More ▶ Proper device management could have prevented the whole FBI-Apple fight Even without a comprehensive policy, just enrolling the device in an MDM system would have been enough. Read More ▶ Anticipating the RSA Security Conference Skills shortage, security automation, cloud security, data security, endpoint security and security analytics top my list of priorities Read More ▶ What users love (and hate) about 4 leading identity management tools What do enterprise users really think about Oracle Identity Manager, CA Identity Manager, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, and SailPoint IdentityIQ? There's a lot to like, but also plenty of room for improvement. Read More ▶ MWC: Wi-Fi hack test shows 'reckless' behavior; MasterCard to expand 'Selfie Pay' After a Wi-Fi hack experiment, Avast called Mobile World Congress attendees' behavior 'reckless;' MasterCard announced plans to expand its pay-by-selfie program. 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