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Microsoft releases emergency patch to stymie Windows Server attacks
Microsoft today released one of its rare "out-of-band" security updates to patch a vulnerability in all versions of its Windows Server software.Attackers have already exploited the underlying vulnerability, Microsoft acknowledged.The update, designated MS14-068, was one of two bulletins that Microsoft withheld a week ago when it issued 14 other patch collections for Windows, Internet Explorer (IE) and Office. Be sure not to miss: 10 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make admins happier On Nov. 6, Microsoft announced it planned to release 16 updates, but between then and Nov. 11's Patch Tuesday, dropped two. One for Exchange Server -- Microsoft's enterprise-grade email server -- was delayed, the company said, because of a problem with the installer package for Exchange Server 2013.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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Cisco open sources security
Cisco this week announced the availability of an open source security framework designed to harness big data analytics to combat data loss.Cisco OpenSOC integrates elements of the Hadoop ecosystem, such as Storm, Kafka, and Elasticsearch, to provide a platform incorporating full-packet capture indexing, storage, data enrichment, stream processing, batch processing, real-time search, and telemetry aggregation. It also provides a centralized platform to enable security analysts to detect and respond to threats, Cisco says.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
WhatsApp adding end-to-end encryption to message service
Ramping up efforts to keep its customers' messages safe from snooping, WhatsApp said Tuesday that it now supports end-to-end encryption for messages sent between users.The end-to-end encryption comes thanks to a collaboration between WhatsApp and Open Whisper Systems, an open-source development company focused on secure communications.Facebook-owned WhatsApp has more than 600 million users who log in monthly, making Open Whisper's encryption deployment the largest ever in the area of end-to-end encrypted communication, Open Whisper said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
12 security problems that EMV and tokenization won't solve
On Nov. 1 of next year, merchants that aren't ready to accept chip-based cards instead of the current magnetic-stripe cards will become liable for fraudulent transactions that today are covered by the credit card companies.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
IBM's new enterprise email aims to organize your day
IBM is going up against cloud-apps powerhouses Google and Microsoft with its next generation email client, called Verse, designed to enrich email with social media and analysis."We felt we could leverage analytics to build an experience that understands your priorities," said Jeff Schick, IBM general manager of IBM social solutions, of the app that launched as a private beta on Tuesday. "We had the opportunity to reduce clutter and create priority, and to help people be more efficient in how they master their inbox."The company plans to offer Verse in the first quarter of 2015 as a hosted service though the IBM Cloud Marketplace. IBM will also issue apps for both iOS and Android that can access all the same features as the desktop browser version.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
US Marshals auctioning $20M worth of Silk Road's Bitcoins
The US Marshals office this week said it would auction off almost 50,000 or about $20 million worth of alleged Silk Road creator Robert Ulbricht's Bitcoins.The auction, which is the second sale of Silk Road's Bitcoin collection, will take place during a 6-hour period on Dec. 4 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. EST. Bids will be accepted by email from pre-registered bidders only, the US Marshall's office stated. In June a more than $17 million in Bitcoins seized from the Silk Road take-down was auctioned off. +More on Network World: IRS: Bitcoin is property not money+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Swedish ISP to let users shield Internet activity from police
Swedes have started to sign up for a free service from ISP Bahnhof to hide their Internet communications metadata from the police, and the company's CEO is urging other European ISPs to follow suit.The Swedish ISP will start offering a free VPN (virtual-private-network) service to its customers on Monday. That same day it will also resume retaining customer location and traffic metadata for law enforcement purposes to comply with Swedish law, something it stopped doing in May. By complying again with the data retention rules, the ISP will avoid a fine of 5 million Swedish Kronor, or about US$678,000.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Google software writes photo captions (sigh)
A system created by Google researchers automatically wrote the caption on the picture above this post.Normally, I get paid to perform that function, at least on this blog.Maybe this isn't such great technology (he writes jokingly).From a post on the Google Research Blog: People can summarize a complex scene in a few words without thinking twice. It's much more difficult for computers. But we've just gotten a bit closer -- we've developed a machine-learning system that can automatically produce captions … to accurately describe images the first time it sees them. This kind of system could eventually help visually impaired people understand pictures, provide alternate text for images in parts of the world where mobile connections are slow, and make it easier for everyone to search on Google for images.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
10 hottest IT skills for 2015
The pace of job growth in IT may be slowing down, but it's still moving at a strong clip.A healthy 24% of the respondents to Computerworld's 2015 Forecast survey said that their companies plan to add more IT employees in the year ahead. While down from 32% and 33% in the previous two years, the fact that a number of employers still anticipate growth indicates that the prospects for expansion in the IT ranks are good.Moreover, the kinds of technical skills in high demand are those needed for enterprises in expansion mode, suggesting that organizations are continuing to invest in their IT infrastructures. Be sure not to miss:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IBM taps Twitter's data to drive business insights
The enterprise sector is undergoing such a transformation that companies recently deemed unfit for the corporate world are now sitting at the head of the table. So if IBM's partnership with Apple seemed like a hell-freezing-over moment in the middle of summer, last month's follow-up deal with Twitter would have to be characterized as a deep freeze.Enterprise is no longer exclusive to the stodgy or empowered companies that coast by on conformity. IBM and Twitter proclaim that they will "change the way business decisions are made" by integrating Twitter data into IBM analytics tools, developing mission-critical apps for enterprises and training 10,000 outside consultants to create other custom apps.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
EFF, Mozilla back new certificate authority that will offer free SSL certificates
A new organization supported by Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others is working to set up a new certificate authority (CA) that will provide website owners with free SSL/TLS certificates.The new CA will be called Let's Encrypt and is expected to become operational in the second quarter of next year. It will be run by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), a new California public-benefit corporation.The goal of this effort is to get as many people as possible to use the TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol—the more secure successor of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)—said Josh Aas, executive director of ISRG. Aas is also a senior technology strategist at Mozilla.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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