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Computerworld Security Feb 28, 2017 February Patch Tuesday updated Microsoft released a single update last week with this February Patch Tuesday, after a week's delay. Or, perhaps MS17-005 is considered an out-of-band update from Microsoft? Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • 94% of Microsoft vulnerabilities can be easily mitigated • SHA-1 collision can break SVN code repositories • MWC 2017: Avast finds over 5.3 million hackable smart devices in Spain • Understanding the attack surface to better allocate funds • Samsung mulls iris scanners on smartphones to log into Windows PCs White Paper: Dyn Inc Extending Global Load Balancing to the Cloud with Secondary DNS The bar for exceptional digital experiences has been raised-and for those businesses that rely on the internet to drive revenue, turning to a cloud-based infrastructure and CDNs are necessary to achieve the global footprint needed to meet new customer demands. Read this white paper to learn how to get started and explore the benefits of combining existing global load balancing (GLB) services with a cloud-based secondary DNS solution. Read More ▶ 94% of Microsoft vulnerabilities can be easily mitigated Just turn off Administrator's rights on the PC and you can lock it down. Read More ▶ SHA-1 collision can break SVN code repositories The recently announced SHA-1 collision attack has the potential to break code repositories that use the Subversion (SVN) revision control system. Read More ▶ MWC 2017: Avast finds over 5.3 million hackable smart devices in Spain More than 150,000 of those vulnerable IoT devices were webcams, including 22,000 hackable baby monitors and webcams in Barcelona. Read More ▶ Understanding the attack surface to better allocate funds How CISOs can be better informed and get ahead of attacks. Read More ▶ Samsung mulls iris scanners on smartphones to log into Windows PCs Soon, your Samsung phone may be able to recognize your iris and log you into your Windows PC. Read More ▶ Research/Infographic: ITS Partners 10 Examples of Employee Behaviors in the Cloud That Can Increase Risk Every CISO knows that cloud apps are being used by employees. Some are approved apps but most are not. What every CISO doesn't know is the full extent of the actions employees are taking in those cloud apps and how those actions introduce risk. We've summarized the top risky actions employees are taking in an infographic you should print and post on your door. Read More ▶ Does Your Data Discriminate? Read Computerworld's newest digital magazine Learn how to prevent data biases in the January/February 2017 issue of Computerworld's monthly Digital Magazine. The magazine also includes News Analysis, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. View the magazine here ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld Daily News Sign up for our popular, twice-daily tech news newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's up-to-the-minute top stories of the day, both first thing in the morning and late in the afternoon (ET). We deliver breaking news on topics like the latest security threats and the newest mobile devices, in-depth features about enterprise technologies and IT careers, and authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Subscribe to CSO's Security Awareness Weekly Sign up for a weekly roundup of features, news, tips and analysis on security awareness delivered to your inbox on Mondays. Sign up now ▶ Computerworld Job Board Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. Check them out now ▶

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