Cisco on Microsoft/Skype: Sour grapes?

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• Cisco on Microsoft/Skype: Sour grapes?
• Cisco aims to blunt the power of Microsoft-Skype merger
• Cool cop tech: 5 new technologies helping police fight crime
• How to Become an Ethical Hacker
• Google Chrome update fixes high-severity vulnerabilities and patches Flash Player
• Adobe confirms new zero-day Flash bug
• NASDAQ and BATS stock exchange websites hit by hackers
• Juniper exec gives inside look at QFabric
• Romanian police arrest alleged hacker in Pentagon, NASA breaches
• Apple to ban stealthy iPhone contact data harvesting
• Full visibility into high-performance nets: Demand 100% packet capture
• Are self-signed SSL certificates as insecure as they say?

Cisco on Microsoft/Skype: Sour grapes? Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:44 AM PST Does Cisco have non-buyer's remorse over the Microsoft/Skype union?

Cisco aims to blunt the power of Microsoft-Skype merger Posted: 16 Feb 2012 04:41 AM PST Cisco's plea to make Skype video conferencing protocols public is at least in part a defensive move to protect Cisco's dominance in video as it faces the potentially formidable blending of Skype with Microsoft's unified communication platform, Lync, experts say.

Cool cop tech: 5 new technologies helping police fight crime Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:31 AM PST CSI and its imitators have introduced TV viewers to some of the advanced technologies used by crime-scene investigators. But they aren't the only law enforcement personnel benefitting from technology; police officers across the nation have an arsenal of high-tech devices to help them investigate and solve cases.

How to Become an Ethical Hacker Posted: 16 Feb 2012 05:48 AM PST Do viruses, DDoS attacks, or buffer overflows tickle your fancy? If so, you might consider becoming a legal hacker, aka an ethical hacker, "white hat" hacker, or penetration tester.

Google Chrome update fixes high-severity vulnerabilities and patches Flash Player Posted: 16 Feb 2012 05:32 AM PST Google released a new version of its Chrome browser on Wednesday in order to update the bundled Flash Player plug-in and address serious security vulnerabilities.

Adobe confirms new zero-day Flash bug Posted: 16 Feb 2012 03:05 AM PST Adobe on Wednesday patched seven critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including one reported by Google researchers that hackers are using in "active targeted attacks."

NASDAQ and BATS stock exchange websites hit by hackers Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST Hackers have hit the websites of the NASDAQ and BATS stock exchanges.

Juniper exec gives inside look at QFabric Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:11 AM PST R.K. Anand, executive vice president and general manager of Juniper Networks' Data Center Business Unit, was employee No. 12 of the network startup back in 1996, leaving a job as a microprocessor designer at Sun Microsystems. Years later he left Juniper for a brief stint at another startup, but came back to help finalize the company's QFabric product and get it out the door. QFabric began shipping in September 2011. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Anand at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., for a deep dive on the company's answer to high-end data center demands.

Romanian police arrest alleged hacker in Pentagon, NASA breaches Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:04 AM PST Razvan Manole Cernaianu is accused of revealing security holes and publishing information about SQL injection vulnerabilities in those agencies.

Apple to ban stealthy iPhone contact data harvesting Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:44 AM PST Shortly after two Congressmen asked Apple about iPhone and iPad apps that snatch users' contact lists without permission, the company promised to address the issue with a future software update.

Full visibility into high-performance nets: Demand 100% packet capture Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:34 PM PST A new class of packet-based network monitoring and recording solutions are emerging that enable companies running high-speed and ultra-high-speed networks to address the issue of network blindness, a condition that exposes organizations to a raft of operational, legal, compliance and reputational risks. With the cost of network downtime measured in millions of dollars per hour, knowing what's going on inside the network isn't just a nice to have, it's critical.

Are self-signed SSL certificates as insecure as they say? Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:53 PM PST Given the recent problems with SSL certificates provided by third-party companies, one has to wonder why we place all this trust in these vendors. We allow them to process and produce "trusted" certificates for our websites, but in the end even Google, Microsoft and state and federal governments are falling victim to fraud.

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