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InfoWorld Security Report Jan 31, 2017 Better security through obscurity? Think again Hackers may not target obscure apps as often as popular software, but your systems still won't be much safer Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Hadoop vendors make a jumble of security • How to remove malware • Kudos to Microsoft for using new way to distribute Windows 10 update KB 3216755 • Technology of the Year winner: SourceClear • Facebook, GitHub teams up to make password resets more secure Video/Webcast: Neustar Inc 2016: A Security Minefield - Will You Be Ready for 2017? Ransomware. Politically-motivated hacking. Distributed denial-of-service - and now mega-DDoS attacks targeting the foundations of the Internet, thanks to vulnerabilities in the burgeoning Internet of Things. 2016 has been a landmark year for information security in many ways. What can we expect in 2017? Read More ▶ Hadoop vendors make a jumble of security That's both good and bad news, as big data security management is tough with the current lack of standardization Read More ▶ Video How to remove malware If you've found malware on your system, what should you do about it? This video walks you through the steps of getting the bad stuff off your PC. Watch Now ▶ Kudos to Microsoft for using new way to distribute Windows 10 update KB 3216755 The latest cumulative update is only available in the Update Catalog. Let's hope it's a blueprint for patches to come Read More ▶ Technology of the Year winner: SourceClear Developers don't always realize exactly how many libraries get pulled into a given software project or even how those components were included. SourceClear tackles the app dev security challenge by listing all the open source libraries and frameworks used in a software project and the kind of vulnerabilities found. Read More ▶ Facebook, GitHub teams up to make password resets more secure With the Delegated Recovery protocol, GitHub users will be able to reset their passwords using their Facebook accounts Read More ▶ White Paper: Neustar Inc Cybersecurity Essentials for 2017 For cybersecurity professionals, 2016 presented a year of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that were unprecedented. Week after week, the public was inundated with news of hacks, attacks, and data leaks. It didn't take long for everybody to realize the old axiom of cybersecurity still holds true - there are two types of companies: those who are hacked and know about it, and those who are hacked and soon will find out. Read More ▶ Get The Deep Technology Insights You Need Get ongoing access to our exclusive Insider content — Deep Dive PDFs and in-depth articles — available to Insider members. You get access not only to InfoWorld's Insider content but to selected Insider content from Computerworld, CIO.com, Network World, CSO, and other IDG Enterprise publications. Sign up at no cost today! ▶

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