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Recent News Articles of Note from Around the Industry

Q&A: Preventing Mobile Vulnerabilities (an interview with Dr. Hongwen Zhang by ESJ.com)

Best practices for keeping mobile devices safe. By James Powell 06/21/2011 (Enterprise Strategies – ESJ.com) When it comes to protecting mobile devices connected to enterprise resources, security managers face a dilemma: can security be enforced without negatively impacting productivity? To … Continue reading

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“London Bridge Is Still Standing”: Advanced Persistent Defence

Since the beginning of this year 2011, the IT Security industry has been inundated with unending bad news: Epsilon, Sony Playstation Networks, Play.com, and the list goes on. With so much media publicity, it seems that our industry is doomed … Continue reading

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DLP: Data In Motion vs. Data At Rest (DIM vs. DAR)

The Debate column (P15) of the November, 2010 Issue of SC Magazine covers a very interesting topic– For or Against:  “DLP for data in motion is more effective than DLP that secures data at rest”. Two top executives, each from … Continue reading

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“Here you have” it… Yet-Another-Adobe-Exploit and why we need accuracy!

I have been away for a much needed holiday, spending quality time with my in-laws.  Apart from the typical gastronomical splurging (what else – Swiss chocolates, Swiss Cheese, etc.), holidays are a good time to reflect.  Trains and Europe go … Continue reading

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Help! I have been Moogled!

Yes that’s right, I said it, Moogled: Malware Originating, Orchestrated Group Level Exchange.  A term coined by Wedge’s resident genius, the man responsible for the Hamster, Dr.Husam Kinawi. It started off harmless enough,  I had just finished reading an article … Continue reading

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Come On, Wanna Pet My Pet Hamster?

Remember the days when Mom told you not to speak to strangers, even if they were friendly and offering you candy or petting their pet hamsters?  This week’s events sure brought about those memories.  Here are the top three events that … Continue reading

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And it is not just the antenna…

The new iPhone 4.0 is a piece of art, a handheld device which Andrew Berg of Wireless Week elegantly termed as ‘beautifuly flawed‘.  Surprisingly, another report that went out un-noticed by mainstream media, unless you are in the Security business, … Continue reading

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ISP’s Realizing the Benefits of Protecting End Users Against Web-Borne Malware Threats

Anti-malware systems that use Deep Packet Inspection are limited. Deep Content Inspection allows the anti-malware system to see the WHOLE picture without the need for wading into the contentious privacy issues. Continue reading

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Industry Infrastructure Security: The Mouse, The Cat, and The Fears

Thoughts on Stuxnex, Aurora Project, and machine-to-machine security: the mouse, the cat, and the fears Continue reading

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Today’s Patch Tuesday highlights Windows Help and Support Center can be a popular source of vulnerabilities

Today’s Patch Tuesday marks two key events – the first, for the first time Microsoft is able to provide a 33 day turn around patch to a zero-day attack. And the second, is how protocol handlers can be a popular source of vulnerabilties. Continue reading

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