Lawmakers on Friday indefinitely postponed anti-piracy legislation that pits Hollywood against Silicon Valley, two days after major Internet companies staged an online protest by blacking out parts of prominent websites.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid postponed a showdown vote in his chamber on the Protect Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA for short, that had been scheduled for January 24.
“Carberp replaces any Facebook page the user navigates to with a fake page notifying the victim that his/her Facebook account is ‘temporarily locked,'” says Trusteer CTO Amit Klein in his blog. “The page asks the user for their first name, last name, email, date of birth, password and a Ukash 20 euro [approximately $25 US] voucher number to ‘confirm verification’ of their identity and unlock the account.
SANS 2012 (March 23-30, 2012) is fast approaching! More than 35 courses are offered, all taught by our top-rated instructors who are the best at ensuring you learn the material and can apply it immediately when you return to your office. Choose from audit, IT legal, security management, software and web app developer, forensics, computer security training, and more.
Software vulnerabilities receive most of the limelight in network security, but weak, shared, and mismanaged passwords are often the biggest threat to most organizations.
FYI for those running Oracle products such as OracleDB, Glassfish, MySQL, Solaris, etc. The following links will provide additional information to assist you.
Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) Pre-Release Announcement – January 2012
Mobile Devices continue to evolve, and with each development there are becoming more efficient tools employees increasingly rely on to conduct both their corporate and personal business. Portable applications that allow the user to access sensitive corporate data are prime targets for hackers and provide them a wide range of access port to data. Controlling security breaches of mobile devices is complex due to the varying software and device types. Additionally, many organizations have no restrictions on the use of personal devices.
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Showcase, presented by the International Consumer Electronics Association, is this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2012 CES will feature some of consumer electronics’ biggest names and brands unveiling their next big things.
MobileIron, the innovator in enterprise management and security for mobile devices and apps, will be demonstrating its enterprise mobile device management and security platform in the Verizon booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas . The MobileIron platform was purpose-built for global companies to secure and manage mobile devices and apps. As business mobilizes, IT must support multiple operating systems, secure enterprise data on both corporate and employee-owned devices, and build and deliver mobile apps. MobileIron provides the most scalable solution for mobile device management, security and enterprise app storefronts.
REGISTER NOW to get trained by the experts in revolutionary technologies and techniques for exposing and preventing cyber crime. There is still time to make your plans and reserve your spot.
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ShmooCon is an annual east coast hacker convention hell-bent on offering three days of an interesting atmosphere for demonstrating technology exploitation, inventive software and hardware solutions, and open discussions of critical infosec issues. The first day is a single track of speed talks called One Track Mind. The next two days bring three tracks: Build It, Break It and Bring It On.
