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	BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Practice of Network Security Monitoring Learn how to deploy, build, and run a network security monitoring (NSM) operation using open source software and vendor-neutral tools. Enter now for your chance to win! Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Neustar Hoping DDoS will go away? Wish you had a strategy? Knowing is half the battle. Learn from experts in: • Government • Industry • Research & analysis Join us for DDoS Awareness Day From Hope to Strategy A live virtual event hosted by Neustar, sponsored by CSO │October 23, 2013 Register to Reserve Your Space Now In this Issue Bitcoin forum goes offline after hack Yahoo abandons T-shirt rewards for vulnerability information US demanded access to encryption keys of email provider Lavabit Mocana unwraps protection for iOS 7 apps Senator vows fierce defense of NSA data collection, surveillance programs McAfee sets sandbox appliance to explode stealthy malware WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Develop an Effective DDoS Mitigation Strategy To lower your organization's exposure to increasing web-based attacks, you need an effective DDoS Mitigation strategy. Download this Forrester Research report to learn how a two-phased approach to protecting your websites and applications can lower your risk. Learn More Bitcoin forum goes offline after hack A popular Bitcoin forum, Bitcointalk.org, remained offline Wednesday night as it investigated a cyberattack. Read More Yahoo abandons T-shirt rewards for vulnerability information Yahoo will stop giving T-shirts as a reward for finding security vulnerabilities after a public shaming it's calling "t-shirt gate." Read More US demanded access to encryption keys of email provider Lavabit The U.S. government demanded from email service provider Lavabit access to all user communications and a copy of the encryption keys used to secure web, instant message and email traffic for its investigation into several Lavabit user accounts, according to a post on the Facebook page of founder Ladar Levison. Read More WEBCAST: Dell VMware Key Data Protection Challenges Facing Today's Enterprises The data avalanche is accelerating. IDC estimates that the "digital universe" -- which is the total of all digital data created (and replicated) -- will reach 4 zettabytes this year. That's almost 50% more than 2012 volumes, and nearly four times the amount created and replicated in 2010. View Now Mocana unwraps protection for iOS 7 apps Mocana will soon allow companies to wrap iOS 7 apps in a layer of security software designed to insulate enterprise data from hackers who are becoming increasingly interested in smartphones. Read More Senator vows fierce defense of NSA data collection, surveillance programs Massive data collection and surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency are necessary to keep the nation safe from terrorism, several senators said Wednesday. Read More McAfee sets sandbox appliance to explode stealthy malware McAfee today unveiled a security appliance it calls McAfee Advanced Threat Defense which uses sandboxing technology to open incoming files to safely "explode" them to see if they contain stealthy malware. Read More
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