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Trending Security News Security news stories this week focused on smartphone security and GPS tracking; our Security Development Conference in DC; and a report on security technology trends with a few stories also covering malware stats and cyber-attacks. Here are the security news stories and two blog picks we read this week.
In the News What a DDoS Can Cost – Dark ReadingYour laptop could come under attack at NATO, experts warn – Chicago Sun-TimesSmartphone security is heading for 'apocalypse' – Network WorldSmartphone Security – MSNBCForrester Outlines 5 Rising, 5 Declining Security Technologies – CIO
Security Research & Intelligence
Steve Lipner on the Microsoft SDL, critical infrastructure protection – TechTargetMicrosoft's SDL Expands Beyond Redmond – ThreatpostReminder to Congress: Cops’ Cellphone Tracking Can Be Even More Precise Than GPS – Forbes
Cyber Threat
Cyberspies Target Victims Via ‘Strategic’ Drive-by Website Attacks – Dark ReadingCan better software make cyberattacks a losing proposition? – Government Computer NewsAndroid Malware Quadruples Between 2011 And 2012 – Forbes
Government, Legislation & Policy
Pentagon expands cybersecurity exchange – Washington PostCybersecurity bill hits snag – PoliticoTackle cyber security with ad campaign, says Labour defence spokesman Jim Murphy – Computer WeeklyInsider tells why Anonymous ‘might well be the most powerful organization on Earth’ – National Post
Blog PicksIT Security Hack – CIOCall of Duty Trojan horse creator ends up in jail, after drunken college raid – Naked Security
Microsoft Research, Papers and Media
Trustworthy Computing Next (paper)
Cybersecurity/Internet Health
Rethinking the Cyber Threat (paper)Collective Defense: Applying Public Health Models to the Internet (paper)Video: Collective Defense: Enabling Healthy Devices (video)
Security IntelligenceLessons from Least Malware Infected Countries (series)Battling the ZBot Threat (paper)
Trustworthy ComputingImagine Video: Microsoft Trustworthy Computing (video)
Cybersecurity/Trusted Supply Chain
Supply Chain Risk Management keynote at the East-West Institute’s Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit (video)Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management: Toward a Global Vision of Transparency and Trust (paper)Toward a Trusted Supply Chain: A Risk Based Approach To Managing Software Integrity (paper) Microsoft at RSA Conference 2012
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