Don't open that email! How to reduce the threat of phishing

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• Don't open that email! How to reduce the threat of phishing
• FAQ: IPv6 for enterprise networks
• Cloud-based security as a service: It's catching on and here's why
• Mac malware goes from game to serious
• Student charged with posting counterfeit coupons to 4chan
• Facebook denies privacy breach allegations by Symantec
• Google engineers deny Chrome hack exploited browser's code
• Businesses need to look at security as a military operation
• Interop: Cloud services take a beating in debate over security
• Microsoft leaves Mac Office users in the lurch, says researcher

Don't open that email! How to reduce the threat of phishing Posted: 12 May 2011 07:23 AM PDT There are two best practices when it comes to avoiding the harmful effects of a phishing attack: email filtering and user education. Wombat Security Technologies, a spin-off from the Carnegie Mellon University CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory, offers very innovative – and very effective – solutions in both areas.

FAQ: IPv6 for enterprise networks Posted: 12 May 2011 08:01 AM PDT With the availability of IPv4 addresses drying up, enterprise IT managers know they need to move to IPv6, but the migration raises all sorts of questions. In this excerpt from the book 'IPv6 for Enterprise Networks,' the authors answer many of those questions.

Cloud-based security as a service: It's catching on and here's why Posted: 12 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT When technology manager Lincoln Cannon wants to give his company's employees and business partners controlled access to various internal resources or cloud-based services the company uses, he goes to one cloud-based single sign-on security service to assign access privileges.

Mac malware goes from game to serious Posted: 11 May 2011 04:51 AM PDT A game theory paper written in 2007 predicted that Mac users would see more malware. Now, those predictions are coming true.

Student charged with posting counterfeit coupons to 4chan Posted: 11 May 2011 04:14 AM PDT d

Facebook denies privacy breach allegations by Symantec Posted: 11 May 2011 01:17 AM PDT Facebook today denied that it may have accidentally exposed personal user data to advertisers and other third parties for several years.

Google engineers deny Chrome hack exploited browser's code Posted: 11 May 2011 12:34 AM PDT Several Google security engineers have countered claims that a French security company found a vulnerability in Chrome that could let attackers hijack Windows PCs running the company's browser.

Businesses need to look at security as a military operation Posted: 11 May 2011 12:20 AM PDT LAS VEGAS -- Businesses need to look at security as a military exercise and can benefit from strategies that have proved useful in battle, a former military security expert told an Interop audience this week.

Interop: Cloud services take a beating in debate over security Posted: 11 May 2011 12:08 AM PDT Cloud services are not secure enough for businesses to use, or at least that was the conclusion drawn by attendees of an Interop debate, although all of the participants acknowledged the real answer was more subtle.

Microsoft leaves Mac Office users in the lurch, says researcher Posted: 11 May 2011 09:29 AM PDT Microsoft is telling Mac Office users it doesn't yet have a fix for a PowerPoint bug that it patched for Windows customers.

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