Cisco fabric launch seeks to undermine Arista, IBM

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• Cisco fabric launch seeks to undermine Arista, IBM
• EU ministers seek to ban creation of 'hacking tools'
• Smartphones and tablets create huge corporate security challenge
• Adobe patches second Flash zero-day in 9 days
• Enterprises get new guidance on PCI compliance in virtual environments
• U.S. questioned China about Change.org attack
• LulzSec attacks gaming sites ... just for laughs
• Microsoft patches critical IE9, Windows bugs
• 10 iPhone passcodes to pass on
• Why CIOs Should Care About Privacy
• Windows XP, Vista AutoRun update reduces malware infections by 82%

Cisco fabric launch seeks to undermine Arista, IBM Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:48 AM PDT In an effort to thwart the momentum of Arista Networks and IBM's BLADE Network Technologies business, Cisco this week announced what it claims is the first high-performance trading fabric optimized for the financial markets industry.

EU ministers seek to ban creation of 'hacking tools' Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:27 AM PDT Justice Ministers across Europe want to make the creation of hacking "tools" a criminal offence, but critics have hit back at the plans saying that they are unworkable.

Smartphones and tablets create huge corporate security challenge Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:00 AM PDT Adapting security and management for the new generation of mobile devices -- everything from the Apple iPhone and iPad to Google Android devices to name a few -- is turning out to be a huge corporate challenge.

Adobe patches second Flash zero-day in 9 days Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:54 AM PDT For the second time in nine days, Adobe on Tuesday patched a critical vulnerability in Flash Player that hackers were already exploiting.

Enterprises get new guidance on PCI compliance in virtual environments Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:11 AM PDT Enterprises got some much needed clarification on the implementation of PCI requirements in virtualized environments on Tuesday.

U.S. questioned China about Change.org attack Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:19 PM PDT The U.S. State Department questioned the Chinese government about a cyberattack that had temporarily shutdown Change.org after the site held a petition urging Chinese authorities to release artist Ai Weiwei from custody.

LulzSec attacks gaming sites ... just for laughs Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:42 AM PDT The hacking group known as LulzSec called it Titanic Takeover Tuesday. Gamers called it by a variety of names, many of which cannot be reprinted here. But for system administrators at a handful of gaming companies, Tuesday, June 14 was a nightmare: the day their websites went down under an online attack.

Microsoft patches critical IE9, Windows bugs Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:45 AM PDT Microsoft today patched 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and other software, 15 of them labeled "critical" by the company.

10 iPhone passcodes to pass on Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:20 PM PDT Attention iPhone users: You're not fooling anyone if you're using 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, 5555, 5683, 0852, 2222, 1212, 1998 as your smartphone passcode.

Why CIOs Should Care About Privacy Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:16 PM PDT Customers will judge your company's competence according to how well you protect their data, says Don Peppers, co-founder of customer relationship advisory firm Peppers & Rogers Group. CIOs are on the front line.

Windows XP, Vista AutoRun update reduces malware infections by 82% Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:48 PM PDT Microsoft today credited a February security update for lowering AutoRun-abusing malware infection rates on Windows XP and Vista by as much as 82% since the start of the year.

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