Cisco fixes serious security flaws in network, comms products

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Rise of humanoid robots Microsoft couldn't be Microsoft without Word/Office Network World Daily News PM October 24, 2013 Share this email Cisco fixes serious security flaws in network, comms products Cisco Systems released software security updates Wednesday to address denial-of-service and arbitrary command execution vulnerabilities in several products, including a known flaw in the Apache Struts development framework used by some of them. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Rise of humanoid robots 2. Microsoft couldn't be Microsoft without Word/Office 3. iPad Mini with Retina Display to be in short supply in 2013 4. Cisco's UC announcements at Collaboration Summit are good for everybody 5. Really, IRS? A two-week delay of the 2014 tax season? 6. Malcovery Security offers unique services to put a stop on phishing attacks 7. SCADA and Me: Images from the picture book primer 8. PLUMgrid adds advanced networking to OpenStack Havana 9. Does Mavericks Burst Open the Door to BYOD for OS X? 10. 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In his opening remarks, Trollope was refreshingly frank about the challenges in the UC industry today and how complexity and a lack of user-friendly solutions have held the industry... READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Enterprise Mobility Management Tech Seminar Dallas Execs Network-Enterprise Mobility Management Seminar Attend this content-rich, one-day event and determine the next steps to take as you hear from mobility experts, enterprise IT professionals and leading product and service providers. Thursday, November 14, 2013. 8:00 am-4:15 pm. W Dallas - Victory Hotel. Register now Really, IRS? A two-week delay of the 2014 tax season? Being a last-minute filer of the first order, this news from the IRS will matter little to me, yet I'm having trouble buying that a 16-day government shutdown in October can create an unavoidable need to delay the scheduled Jan. 21 start of the 2014 tax season ... by as much as two weeks. The IRS announced the delay yesterday and here's how they explained it in a press release: READ MORE Malcovery Security offers unique services to put a stop on phishing attacks Startup Malcovery Security has a unique way of looking at phishing attacks. Through deep analysis of phishing spam, Malcovery can often identify the precise person behind waves of attacks. The idea is to take that person out of commission – preferably to put them behind bars – in order to eliminate the source rather than just the symptoms of phishing. READ MORE SCADA and Me: Images from the picture book primer Taking the complexity out of a pervasive security threat to power grids, water supplies, industrial plants READ MORE PLUMgrid adds advanced networking to OpenStack Havana Virtual network infrastructure vendor PLUMgrid is bringing its platform to OpenStack Havana, adding better resiliency and scalability in large environments. READ MORE WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 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