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	Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to compromise their online servers and the computers of players accessing them. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sophos Sophos Virus Removal Tool Find and remove viruses, spyware, rootkits , fake antivirus and more. Scan now. In this Issue Legitimate online services enable DDoS-attacks-for-hire sites Why don't risk management programs work? Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack The true root causes of software security failures Blue Coat Systems to acquire security analytics firm Solera Networks Bit9, FireEye, Palo Alto Networks team to hit zero-day malware WEBCAST: Lexmark International Faster Business Information. Better Business Collaboration This webinar will teach you about smart process apps—a new category ofsoftware that makes collaborative processes more productive and flexible. Learn More Legitimate online services enable DDoS-attacks-for-hire sites A recent expose shines a light onto the strange world of "booter" or "stressor" web sites which offer DDoS-attacks-for-hire. Read More Why don't risk management programs work? When the moderator of a panel discussion at the recent RSA conference asked the audience how many thought their risk management programs were successful, only a handful raised their hands. Why don't these programs work? Read More Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday. Read More Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes We all know that relying on a simple user ID and password combination is fraught with peril. One alternative is to use one of the single sign-on solutions we reviewed last year, but there are less expensive options that could also be easier to install. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware The Clear Case for Cloud Join this Webcast to learn how the partnership between VMware and HP has resulted in some dramatic changes to putting VMs into production and enabling a software-defined data center. View Now! U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. Read More The true root causes of software security failures Developers being overly trusting is one of them. Read More Blue Coat Systems to acquire security analytics firm Solera Networks Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web traffic filtering and business assurance products and services, plans to buy security analytics specialist Solera Networks, which uses data mining techniques to classify network traffic and detect potential security threats. Read More Bit9, FireEye, Palo Alto Networks team to hit zero-day malware Bit9 has teamed with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, which each have sandboxing technologies, in order to share information related to zero-day attack code. Read More
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