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	INSIDER Breaches are a personal nightmare for corporate security pros Beyond the compromise of valuable information, loss of revenues and damage to brand reputation, data breaches can pose a threat to the careers of security professionals involved: witness the sudden departures of both the CEO and the CIO of Target after last year's compromise of 40 million customers' credit cards. Read More WHITE PAPER: Solutionary The MSSP Advantage Read this Whitepaper that reveals an IDG study that shows how leading edge organizations are turning increasingly to managed security service providers (MSSPs) to keep both hackers and malware at bay. Learn More In this Issue BMW cars found vulnerable in Connected Drive hack Top password managers compared Flash Player plagued by third zero-day flaw in a month, updates coming 9 common security awareness mistakes (and how to fix them) DDOS attack size up 50-fold over past decade LightCyber rolls out new features for endpoint malware detection platform Security concerns cloud federal data center overhaul Google will motivate bug hunters to keep probing its products with research grants Hackers tapped into Syrian opposition's battle plans The Pirate Bay comes back from the dead after two-month outage BOOK GIVEAWAY: Enter to win a copy of 'Security in Computing, 5th Edition' WHITE PAPER: Level 3 Communications Secure Data Services: Breaking Down the Enterprise IT Silo This paper explores how NSPs can truly help their customers break down their silo mentality with an alternative approach to bundled services that is aligned to the core business interests of their customers. The benefits of this approach – to both NSP and customer – are also explored. Learn More BMW cars found vulnerable in Connected Drive hack An attacker could mimic a BMW server and remotely unlock a car. Read More Top password managers compared There's a password manager out there for you -- whatever your level of paranoia. Read More Flash Player plagued by third zero-day flaw in a month, updates coming Users are being targeted via mass malvertising attacks again, researchers warn Read More 9 common security awareness mistakes (and how to fix them) Most of the security mistakes that workers make fall into the "careless or clueless" category. Better security awareness could cut the risk to most organizations by 45% to 70%. But that takes effective, regular training. Read More DDOS attack size up 50-fold over past decade The size of the largest DDOS attack was fifty times larger last year than ten years ago, according to a new survey of Internet service and hosting providers, and attacks are also increasing in numbers and in sophistication.The largest reported attack last year was 400 gigabits per second, compared to just 8 Gbps in 2004 -- and 100 Gpbs in 2010."The growth is not straight line," said Gary Sockrider, solutions architect at Burlington, Mass.-based Arbor Networks, Inc. and the author of the report. "It's more of a hockey stick."By comparison, the total bandwidth of the entire Internet grew 42-fold over the same period, according to data from Cisco, from an average of 570 Gbps in 2004 to 24,000 Gbps in 2014.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Overcoming the Big Disconnect in Web Security According to a new CSO survey, companies know hackers are targeting them, but too few have plans in place for fighting back. Here are the steps you need to take to eliminate the disconnect. Learn More LightCyber rolls out new features for endpoint malware detection platform LightCyber, another security startup with the roots in the Israeli military, has opened its doors in the U.S. and is announcing new products and features to make its mark in the crowded field of endpoint detection and remediation.The company's Magna Breach Detection Platform monitors and analyzes network traffic as well as activity on Windows endpoints in search of anomalous behavior that they can identify as malware.So far it's having pretty good success in North America, with about 40 customers signed up for its appliances, software and services. It opened shop in Los Altos, Calif., last year, augmenting its headquarters that was already established in Ramat Gan, Israel, according to the company's chief marketing officer Jason Matlof.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Security concerns cloud federal data center overhaul Government CIOs are in the midst of an ambitious effort to modernize their data centers, but consolidation, virtualization and the cloud bring fresh security challenges. Read More Google will motivate bug hunters to keep probing its products with research grants The company seeks new ways to incentivize researchers as bugs become harder to find Read More Hackers tapped into Syrian opposition's battle plans Victims were tricked into a photo swap on Skype, which planted malware on computers, said FireEye Read More The Pirate Bay comes back from the dead after two-month outage The infamous torrent site returns after being offline for two months. 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