| Today's InfoWorld Headlines: Wrap Up | | | Later this week Canonical will debut a new rev of Ubuntu that features both the latest version of OpenStack and Canonical's new "container hypervisor," LXD. Canonical -- like other companies that offer both OpenStack and containers in the same package -- is responding to the demand for both technologies. And like some of those other companies, Canonical is offering its own take on the way containers can and should work. | | | Issue highlights 1. IBM launches new threat-analytics tools in the cloud 2. Apple's OS X 'Rootpipe' patch flops, fails to fix flaw 3. HTTPS snooping flaw affected 1,000 iOS apps with millions of users | | White Paper: Zscaler Osterman Research surveyed C-level IT decision makers on deploying next generation firewalls. Learn what they had to say about migrating to next-generation firewalls, including adoption drivers, key decision criteria, rules and best practices. Learn more >> | | Ever since its acquisition of Q1 Labs back in 2011, IBM has been selling its QRadar security event management software in the traditional way, whereby customers pay a price and download the version they want. On Tuesday, however, the company launched two new services that make the technology available through a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) model instead. READ MORE | | White Paper: Zscaler Traditional firewall appliances are no longer enough to protect you from sophisticated malware. The Zscaler Next Generation Firewall protects your organization's Internet access against application-based threats across your distributed enterprise. Learn more >> | | Apple's recent patch to fix a serious privilege escalation vulnerability in OS X Yosemite can be easily circumvented, a security researcher said. Labeled "Rootpipe" by its finder, Emil Kvarnhammar of Swedish security company TrueSec, the bug could let attackers gain full access to a targeted Mac without having to know the administrative account's password -- dubbed "root access" -- making it a breeze to silently install malware on the machine. READ MORE | | Apps used by millions of iPhone and iPad owners became vulnerable to snooping when a flaw was introduced into third-party code they used to establish HTTPS connections.The flaw was located in an open-source library called AFNetworking that's used by hundreds of thousands of iOS and Mac OS X applications for communicating with Web services. READ MORE | | Webcast: Zscaler Learn why United Airlines relies on Zscaler to address some of their toughest security challenges. See Michael Kennaugh, VP of IT Business Management at United Airlines, speak about Zscaler at the 2014 RSA Conference. Learn more >> | | Join the IDG Contributor Network The IDG Contributor Network is a collection of blogs written by leading IT practitioners about the technology, business opportunities and challenges you face everyday. We invite you to participate by applying to be a contributor today. |
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