May 12, 2011

Principal Sponsor — SC Virtual Symposium: Cyberespionage

Date: Tuesday, July 13th
Time: 2 - 4 pm ET

FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Jerry Dixon, director of analysis, Team Cymru
Robert K. Knake, international affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Given the rise cyberespionage attacks - what can organizations do to ensure they're hardening their systems as much as they can and, if they've been breached already, make certain the most critical of their assets don't get in the hands of the wrong people? Experts share background on the types of attacks to watch out for and what to do to thwart them.

CLICK HERE to register today for FREE.

Latest News

Trustwave back buying, snares Breach for WAFs

Information security and compliance provider Trustwave continued its steady stream of acquisitions with the purchase Tuesday of Breach Security, maker of web application firewalls (WAFs).
 

Apple releases iOS 4 to fix dozens of bugs

Apple on Monday released version 4 of its mobile operating system iOS, formerly called iPhone OS, to fix 65 vulnerabilities. The bugs could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on an affected device, conduct cross-site scripting attacks or obtain sensitive information, Apple said in a security advisory. iOS 4 is available for iPhone 3G and 3GS, along with second- and third-generation iPod Touch devices. Meanwhile, iPad users will have to wait until fall for the same update. — AM
 

Connecticut leads probe into Google Wi-Fi data collection

After already being hit with at least three lawsuits over its admitted collection of information from unprotected Wi-Fi networks, Google now is being subject to a multistate investigation into the privacy blunder.
 

Associate Sponsor — 2011 SC Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2011 SC Awards U.S.
PLEASE NOTE: New qualifying questions have been added to the Reader Trust Categories.

CLICK HERE to download a copy of the 2011 Entry Kit.
CLICK HERE for more information.

SMBs, individuals being targeted by telephone DoS

Online vandals increasingly are leveraging telephone-based denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to tie up phone lines as they simultaneously plunder victims' bank accounts, the FBI warned Monday.
 

Senior leaders becoming disconnected from security

Board members and senior management are exercising less IT security governance, and the economic downturn may be to blame, according to a survey released by Carnegie Mellon University.
 

When a zero-day is less about the bug and more about the disclosure

Never mind the fact that Windows users are at risk to malicious code, the release of zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows XP systems has added fire to two age-old battles: bug secrecy versus disclosure and Google versus Microsoft. Neither seem resolvable.
 

How we test products

Check out this month's issue to see the other companies we picked. 

How we test products:

Click here to take a look at the methodology we use to evaluate each product we test.

Principal Sponsor — SC Virtual Symposium: Cyberespionage

Date: Tuesday, July 13th
Time: 2 - 4 pm ET

FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Jerry Dixon, director of analysis, Team Cymru
Robert K. Knake, international affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Given the rise cyberespionage attacks - what can organizations do to ensure they're hardening their systems as much as they can and, if they've been breached already, make certain the most critical of their assets don't get in the hands of the wrong people? Experts share background on the types of attacks to watch out for and what to do to thwart them.

CLICK HERE to register today for FREE.
WHITE PAPER LIBRARY
more...

SC Scholars

Acquiring relevant, up-to-date knowledge to boost your career is just a click away. SC Scholars, our recently launched online educational initiative, offers information security professionals exclusive, in-depth, university-level courses in a format that makes the best use of your valuable time.  Visit SCScholars.com today.

SC Events Calendar

TODAY
SC Webcast: Securing, controlling and auditing critical databases

June 21, 2011
SC eConference: Auditing and compliance

July 28, 2011
SC eConference: Securing the cloud

Aug. 25, 2011
SC eSymposium: Social networking - Threats and solutions

Call for Papers — SC World Congress New York & SC Congress Canada

A call for papers is now open for the third annual SC World Congress in New York and the inaugural SC Congress Canada. Visit the home page of the SC World Congress and find (under "Key Links" at the right) how to be a presenter or speaker at these two events. Click on the "Call for Papers" links to learn more.

Join us on Facebook!

Follow us on Twitter! 



Advertise
For details on exclusive sponsorship of The SC Magazine Newswire, please send a message to Mike Shemesh

Subscribe
If you were sent this by a colleague and wish to subscribe to The SC Magazine Newswire, please click here.

Unsubscribe
To unsubscribe from The SC Magazine Newswire click here.
To manage your entire SC Magazine profile login to your account.

You are subscribed as: %%EMAIL%%

To contact Haymarket Media for general questions or unsubscribe problems, please reply to this email.

All SC Magazine newsletters are sent from the domain "email.scmagazineus.com". When configuring e-mail or spam
filter rules, please use this domain name.

Haymarket Media Inc
114 West 26th St 4th floor
New York, NY 10001
© 2012 Haymarket Media Inc.