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Hedge Fund Manager Doug Kass Predicts Cyber Attack Will Shut Down NYSE in 2011. Should Financial Experts Stick to Financial Analysis and Not Cyber Threats?

Trouble Ahead - The Implementation Challenges for DNSSECThere has been a lot of recent buzz surrounding implementation of Domain Name System Security extensions (i.e., DNSSEC). The latest example: verification and signing of DNSSEC for the .IN (India) and .ASIA top-level domains (TLDs), which are being pitched as major enhancements to global security for much of Asia.

Startup Says its ASL Protocol Fixes Fundamental Flaws with SSL Operating in stealth mode for the better part of five years, Toronto, Canada based Federated Networks, an Internet security software firm that launched in September at the DEMO Conference, received some validation and a vote of confidence that the company is on track with its initiatives to protect users from some of the most pervasive threat vectors.

Varonis Systems, a provider of data governance software, today announced it has extended its DatAdvantage for UNIX now supports AIX servers, allowing AIX system administrators the ability to perform automated data access and usage audits, fix and maintain access controls, identify sensitive data and find data owners.

Out of Band Authentication - How Fraudsters Circumvent Sophisticated Security Measures

ThreatMetrix, a provider of fraud prevention solutions today announced that Rick McPhee, Vice President of Engineering at Fortify, has joined the ThreatMetrix Advisory Board.

Novell, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Attachmate Corporation would acquire Novell for $6.10 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion. Attachmate Corporation is owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo.

Mobile Threats a Top Concern in 2011 According to Several Industry ReportsThreats targeting the fast growing smartphone and tablet markets top the list of cyber concerns in 2011 according to a report released today by M86 Security Labs and echoed by several other firms and recent reports.

Anonymizer has released a beta version of Nevercookie, the recently announced Firefox plugin designed to protect against the Evercookie, a javascript API built and made available by Samy Kamkar (same guy who brought you the Samy Worm and XSS Hacking to Determine Physica

Malaysian National Allegedly Hacked Federal Reserve Bank, Department of Defense Contractor and MoreAfter arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in late October, Lin Mun Poo, a 32 year-old resident of Malaysia traveling to the US on a business trip was greeted by Secret Service Agents who arrested him and seized his laptop computer.

The United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Michigan announced today that former Ford employee Xiang Dong Yu, aka Mike Yu, 49, of Beijing, China, pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of theft of trade secrets.

Adobe this week announced the availability of its new Acrobat X Family of products, including Adobe Reader X as well as Acrobat X Suite, Acrobat X Pro, and Acrobat X Standard. In the new release, Adobe added an entirely new security strategy with a new “Protected Mode” for Acrobat Reader.

In its monthly online fraud report, RSA researchers shed some light on the latest evolution of the Zeus Trojan – Zeus 2.1 – which now boasts features that help it avoid analysis and hostile takeover from law enforcement, researchers, or competing cybercriminal organizations.

Majority of Americans Have Abandoned an Online Purchase Due to Security Concerns, Poll FindsAccording to a national poll released today by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), 64 percent of Americans said they have not made an online purchase from a specific website because of security concerns.

Cisco and VMware to Deliver Integrated Virtual Desktop Solution Cisco and VMware this week announced a desktop virtualization solution based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and VMware View 4.5.The solution is aimed at helping customers deploy virtual desktop solutions that scale to meet business needs and regulatory requirements while reducing risk and total cost of ownership.

Dell today announced an encryption solution designed to help companies protect endpoint devices that contain sensitive information. The “Dell Data Protection | Encryption,” solution is a manageable and auditable solution aimed at helping customers simplify data protection and comply with security regulations.

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Stack Provides Toolkit for Key Stakeholders to Implement and Assess Security of Cloud EnvironmentsToday at the CSA Congress in Orlando, Florida, The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the availability of its Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) Stack, an integrated suite of initiative for GRC in the cloud.

Report Lists Top Applications With Security Vulnerabilities But Doesn't Provide a True Representation of Which are Really The Most DangerousA report released this week serves a wake-up call to users and companies, and shows the need to start paying more attention to what software is on (and what versions!) computers and other devices such as smartphones and removable storage devices.

Study Finds Businesses Benefit From Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies but Lack Management ToolsA study released today revealed that many companies are implementing new technologies, but are lacking the appropriate tools to accurately manage performance.

Cookieless Device Identification Technology Helps Businesses Automate Fraud Decisioning Process