Computerworld Security: July 22, 2013 ===============================================================
Apple confirms hack of its developer website Apple on Sunday admitted that its developer website, which has been offline since Thursday, had been hacked and sSome information may have been stolen. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620994/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Powerful and secure remote support with LogMeIn Rescue For companies that want to compete in their industry, improving the customer experience is a top priority. To do that, having an on-demand remote support solution is essential. Thats why companies around the world choose LogMeIn Rescue to provide powerful, secure support of any device, anytime, anywhere. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620995/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Best security tools for under $3,000 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620996/0/ 2. Ubuntu forum defaced, breached by hackers http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620997/0/ 3. True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620998/0/ 4. SIM cards vulnerable to hacking, says researcher http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620999/0/ 5. Cyber drills like Quantum Dawn 2 vital to security in financial sector http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/621000/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consolidating Remote Servers and Storage for Security A new kind of storage architecture allows IT to consolidate remote servers and data in the data center by decoupling storage from its server over any distance--even thousands of miles--and still get the same performance as if the storage remained local to the branch. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/621001/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=d10065ad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best security tools for under $3,000 Check Point wins test of eight unified threat management (UTM) devices for small business. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620996/0/ Ubuntu forum defaced, breached by hackers A website dedicated to discussion of the Ubuntu Linux distribution was breached on Saturday, with hackers gaining access to encrypted passwords and email addresses. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620997/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Hitachi and Microsoft~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rapid Deployment of Microsoft Environments Learn how to get the most out of your Microsoft environments while staying within budget, by looking at Hitachi turnkey converged infrastructure solutions validated by Microsoft from a single qualified vendor. Theyre pre-validated and preconfigured, they ship quickly and theyre ready to deploy right out of the box. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/621002/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=46232bd9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking Stings, penetration pwns, spy games -- it's all in a day's work along the thin gray line of IT security http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620998/0/ SIM cards vulnerable to hacking, says researcher Millions of mobile phones may be vulnerable to spying due to the use of outdated, 1970s-era cryptography, according to new research due to be presented at the Black Hat security conference. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/620999/0/ Cyber drills like Quantum Dawn 2 vital to security in financial sector Cyber exercises, like the Quantum Dawn 2 drill carried out by dozens of Wall Street firms this week, can be useful in helping financial firms close critical gaps in their incident response capabilities, analysts said. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8663342/114916/621000/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT: CLOUD COMPUTING In our in-depth report on cloud computing, we take a closer look at platform-as-a-service, security-as-a-service and back-end-as-a-service, weighing the benefits and challenges of each service and sharing tips from early adopters. 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