Conference
InfoSecurity Russia 2013: new records and success of anniversary exhibition!

InfoSecurity Russia 2013 which is the leading and most respectable Informational Security event in Russia affirmed this great status at the 10th time.

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General Security
National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and it is an opportunity to engage public and private sector stakeholders – especially the general public – to create a safe, secure, and resilient cyber environment. Everyone has to play a role in cybersecurity. Constantly evolving cyber threats require the engagement of the entire nation — from government and law enforcement to the private sector and most importantly, the public.

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General Security
Snowden documents reveal: NSA gathers U.S Citizens’ Social Connections’ data

Snowden documents reveal: NSA gathers U.S Citizens’ Social Connections’ data

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General Security
WordPress 3.7 Beta 1

For WordPress 3.7 we decided to shorten the development cycle and focus on a few key improvements. We plan to release the final product in October, and then follow it in December with a jam-packed WordPress 3.8 release, which is already in development. Some of the best stuff in WordPress 3.7 is subtle — by design! So let’s walk through what we’d love for you to test, just in time for the weekend.

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General Security
Management of Information Security by M. E. Whitman and H. J. Mattord

Management of Information Security by M. E. Whitman and H. J. Mattord

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Hack
Apple blocks pesky lock-screen intruders with iOS 7.0.2 update

Apple blocks pesky lock-screen intruders with iOS 7.0.2 update

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General Security
America's Leading Cybersecurity Companies to Come Together to Mentor the Nation Around Cybersecurity

America's leading cybersecurity companies, agencies and organizations will join together with leading educators in Baltimore, Maryland on October 8, 2013 at 3:30pm to kick off Cybersecurity Ideation Day at CyberMaryland 2013.

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Mobile Security
Chaos Computer Club claims to have "cracked" the iPhone 5s fingerprint sensor

A posting from Naked Security about Iphone 5s fingerprint sensor: The biometrics team of Germany's well-known Chaos Computer Club (CCC) claims it has"cracked" Apple's Touch ID system. Touch ID is the fingerprint sensor and the associated software that provides a biometric lock for the brand new iPhone 5s. Fingerprint readers have been common add-ons to laptops for […]

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Privacy
3 Steps To Keep Down Security's False-Positive Workload

A posting from Dark reading  on Steps To Keep Down Security's False-Positive Workload: Security needs to be better automated, but while detecting attackers is great, all too often automation means that security teams are left with chasing down a list of security events that turn out not to be an attack but unexpected system, network, or […]

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General Security
Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

Cisco has released three security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting various components of Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM). These vulnerabilities may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to disclose file components and access text files on an affected device. These vulnerabilities can be exploited independently on the same device; however, a release that is affected by one of the vulnerabilities may not be affected by the others.

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