Friday, October 04, 2013

Hackers steal information on 2.9 million Adobe customers

Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack

Instagram is wrecking your dinner (and lunch too for that matter)

Network World Daily News AM
October 04, 2013
Share this email

Hackers steal information on 2.9 million Adobe customers

Hackers broke into the internal computer network of Adobe Systems and stole information on 2.9 million customers, as well as source code for several of the company's products.

READ MORE
 

Issue highlights

1. Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack

2. Instagram is wrecking your dinner (and lunch too for that matter)

3. Twitter IPO reveals a company that's growing fast but losing money

4. Facebook and Cisco partner to offer free Wi-Fi at stores

5. vizCards: The best digital biz card service

6. Verizon Recreates the Public Cloud for the Enterprise IT

7. The NSA quiz

8. 'Mr. Sham' patent troll drops lawsuit against Fortinet

9. Did the Tea Party design the Obamacare website?

10. US indicts 13 Anonymous members for DDoS attacks

11. INSIDER 10 encryption tips for the enterprise

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Enterprise Mobility Management Tech Seminar

Network World Announces Launch of New Tech Seminar

Attend this content-rich, one-day event and determine the next steps to take as you hear from mobility experts, enterprise IT professionals and leading product and service providers. November 6th, Hyatt Regency Chicago, 8:00 am – 4:15 pm. Free Registration.

Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack

Microsoft today said it will ship eight security updates next week to patch critical vulnerabilities in Windows and IE, with the one aimed at IE plugging the hole attackers have been exploiting for months. READ MORE

Instagram is wrecking your dinner (and lunch too for that matter)

Seems that all those Instagrammed photos of food are more than just annoying, they could hurt our desire to eat. READ MORE

Twitter IPO reveals a company that's growing fast but losing money

Twitter has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering, revealing a fast-growing company but one that lost money in each of the past three years. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Demonstrate the Business Value of Security

This Forrester report highlights the most common mistakes made in the budgeting process and offers Forrester's step-by-step Information Security Value Model to guide you through a strategy to support smart investment and resource allocation. Learn More

Facebook and Cisco partner to offer free Wi-Fi at stores

Cisco and Facebook have become unusual friends in a new collaboration that offers free Wi-Fi to consumers who "check in" to a participating business via a Facebook account. READ MORE

vizCards: The best digital biz card service

READ MORE

Verizon Recreates the Public Cloud for the Enterprise IT

Verizon Terremark CTO John Considine took the stage at Interop 2013 here in New York City Thursday to unveil the new offering, which he says has been built from scratch to support scalability and ease of use at its core. "I'm here to talk about a new cloud with new rules," Considine told Interop attendees. "Just a few years ago, we were having a serious debate about whether cloud was a fad or something real." READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers

The application delivery controller has evolved into a key component of the data center architecture, and enterprises should evaluate ADCs based on how they integrate with this architecture and support more advanced features, such as user and traffic control and monitoring. This report provides insights into vendors' strengths and weaknesses. Read More.

The NSA quiz

They know everything about you but what do you know about them? READ MORE

'Mr. Sham' patent troll drops lawsuit against Fortinet

Even a non-lawyer such as yours truly could see this one coming, as a patent troll has dropped its lawsuit against security vendor Fortinet rather than press on in front of a California judge who called its alleged Texas office "a sham" and its lone alleged employee there "Mr. Sham." READ MORE

Did the Tea Party design the Obamacare website?

Whether you support the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or not, one thing is clear - whoever designed and implemented the healthcare.org site must not be a big fan. READ MORE

US indicts 13 Anonymous members for DDoS attacks

The U.S. has brought criminal charges against 13 persons, said to be members of the hacker group Anonymous, for their alleged participation in cyberattacks as part of a campaign called Operation Payback. READ MORE

INSIDER

10 encryption tips for the enterprise

Whether you're protecting corporate data from internal leakers, hackers looking to steal money from you and your customers, foreign spies, your own government, or employees accidentally leaving their laptops in a taxi, encryption is today's hot go-to tool. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: SAP

Transition to the 3rd Platform for Enterprise Applications

The tech industry is in the midst of a major transition brought about by the combination of four forces. Since the lifetime of an application software package in a business is significant, application buyers need to consider support for the 3rd Platform. Learn more

SLIDESHOWS

iOS 7 tips and tricks you need to learn

Some advice on getting the most out of Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS 7.

JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES

As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity).

Network World on Facebook

Network World on LinkedIn

MOST-READ STORIES

1. Research buries Microsoft's Bing vs. Google claim

2. 15 must-have iOS apps you can't get on any other platform

3. Cisco/Insieme ushering in hardware-defined networks

4. Meet the man behind Silk Road, the online drug marketplace the FBI seized

5. HP says open sourcing SDNs is wrong

6. Former Qwest CEO out of prison, blames NSA for troubles

7. 12 best places to land a tech job

8. McAfee sets sandbox appliance to explode stealthy malware

9. 80% pay raise for Cisco CEO Chambers

10. Ubuntu impresses in Linux enterprise server test

Follow Network World

Share this email

You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as networking.world@gmail.com.

Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy

Learn about INSIDER

If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com

To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com

Copyright (C) 2013 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701

** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **

No comments: