National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Launch Event
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Hear from the nation’s leaders on cybersecurity from government, industry and nonprofits as we launch National Cybersecurity Awareness Month from Ypsilanti, MI on October 7th during the Michigan Cyber Summit.
PLEASE NOTE: The live stream will now be from 8:15am ET-11:30am ET
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Cloud Security Summit l Free Online
Event The adoption of cloud-based solutions has become a necessity for most enterprises. While a growing number of companies enjoy the agility and flexibility achieved through the cloud, security experts emphasize a number of risks and vulnerabilities related to this trending technology. Attend this summit to hear from world-class thought leaders, analysts and experienced end-users on how to mitigate the major threats and fully secure both private and public cloud.
GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY O’MALLEY TO JOIN FACEBOOK AND TIME WARNER’S CARTOON NETWORK FOR NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH KICK-OFF
On Thursday, October 6th, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and First Lady Judge Katie O’Malley will join Facebook’s Vice President for U.S. Public Policy Joel Kaplan and Cartoon Network President/COO Stuart Snyder, State and local education leaders, and other special guests for a special National Bullying Prevention Month kick-off event at Arundel High School in Anne Arundel County, MD.
Revir Malware for OS X Undergoes Revision
Recently a new PDF-based malware threat for OS X was discovered that displays a Chinese PDF file while it installs and runs its malicious code in the background. While the initial version of this malware (OSX/Revir.A) was detected over a week ago, the criminals developing the code are busy revising and refining it, and over the weekend a variant has been identified (OSX/Revir.B). As with all malware, new versions of these threats are likely to surface in the future, and as they do, expect malware detection utilities (including Apple's XProtect) to follow close behind and label them alphabetically as they appear.
The Secure Enterprise Mobility Conference & Expo
Registration is now open for the Secure Enterprise Mobility Conference & Expo on December 8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
Mark your calendar today and plan to attend this full day event focused on secure mobile implementation for government.
October 2011 is National Cyber Security Awareness Month & National Stop Bullying Month
The month of October has been designated as National Cyber Security Awareness Month and National Stop Bullying Month. SecurityOrb.com plans to publish security tips on how to protect yourself, your information, and your computing devices as well as provide useful information on how to deal with cyber bullying.
DerbyCon 2011 Review
DerbyCon is a new hacker’s conference held this past weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. Hans Bosch of NY, a SecurityOrb.com contributor had the opportunity to attend and shared some positive feedback with me about the conference.
