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Cyber Attacks Hit Wells Fargo Website In Latest Security Scare For U.S. Banks

Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday became the latest bank to suffer problems with its website amid heightened concerns about cyber attacks against U.S. financial institutions.

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McAfee Vulnerability Manager Patch 7.0.8 is scheduled for release on September 27, 2012

If FSUpdate is configured to automatically check for Foundstone Software Updates, the appropriate patch will be automatically downloaded and applied. If you do not want to have the patch automatically applied, deselect Foundstone Software Updates from FSUpdate Options.

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Introduction to Security Threat Modeling

Recently reviewed Security threat modeling, or threat modeling, is a process of assessing and documenting a system’s security risks. Security threat modeling enables you to understand a system’s threat profile by examining it through the eyes of your potential foes. With techniques such as entry point identification, privilege boundaries and threat trees, you can identify strategies to mitigate potential threats to your system. Your security threat modeling efforts also enable your team to justify security features within a system, or security practices for using the system, to protect your corporate assets.

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Iran seen behind cyber attacks on US banks

Experts in the U.S. say they believe Iran’s government is behind this week’s cyber attacks on American banks, not hackers who blamed an anti-Islam film. NBC’s Robert Windrem and Jim Miklaszewski have the story.

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Private U.S. networks vulnerable to cyber attack: Pentagon

Privately-owned U.S. computer networks remain vulnerable to cyber attacks, and many U.S. companies are not doing enough to protect them, Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday.

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Laptop Security Tips: How to Keep it From Getting Lost or Stolen

Treat your laptop like cash

Get it out of the car, don't ever leave your laptop behind

Keep it locked, use a security cable

Keep it off the floor, or at least between your feet.

Keep passwords somewhere else, not near the laptop or case

Don't leave it “for just a sec” no matter where you are

Pay attention in airports, especially at the security check

If you have an alarm, turn it on

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Democrats push for open Internet, cybersecurity

Democrats late Sunday reiterated support for open Internet policies that protect free speech and consumer choice, stronger cybersecurity laws and the protection of movies and songs from online copyright violations.

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Small-business tech security can be had at lower costs

Nasty things began happening at Jones & Wenner not long after the Fairlawn, Ohio, insurance brokerage decided it had grown large enough to handle company e-mail in-house. The free Web mail services the firm's 20 employees had used to conduct business no longer cut it. So the company purchased a Microsoft Outlook Exchange e-mail server. […]

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How secure are you online? The checklist

Not all computer security is about tin foil hats and anonymous browsing. Everyone who uses a computer has a horse in the security race. For the purpose of this post, we're breaking down online security into four essential parts: passwords, browsers, at-home Wi-Fi and networking, and browsing on public Wi-Fi. Within those categories we'll give you a checklist of everything you should do, from the bare minimum to the tin-foil-hat best.

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Large collection of Free Microsoft eBooks

Microsoft has released a large collection of Free Microsoft eBooks for you, including: SharePoint, Visual Studio, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Office 365, Office 2010, SQL Server 2012, Azure, and more.

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