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  Rethinking Identity Management

  By Tim Wilson

  Secret identities are a good thing. Multiple identities? Not so much

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  Security War Games

  By David Schwartzberg- Sophos

  Information security keeps evolving, but our educational methods are not evolving rapidly enough to win the cold cyberwar

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  Know Your Pen Tester: The Novice

  By Vincent Liu

  Beware of the tool-obsessed pen-tester

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  Use A Human Trust Model For Endpoints

  By Tim Rohrbaugh

  Use anthropomorphic references to engage your brain and strengthen your approach to security

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  The Dragon In The Room

  By Kelly Jackson Higgins

  China, China, China

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  I Think We're All Botnets On This Bus

  By Wendy Nather

  How many undercover researchers can fit under one cover?

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  Five Questions To Ask When Choosing A Threat Intelligence Service

  By Tim Wilson

  Threat intelligence services are becoming an essential weapon in the enterprise security arsenal. Do you know how to choose one?

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  Panic Now

  By Glenn S. Phillips

  There is a big difference between panic and anxiety

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News

• ControllingThe Risks Of Vulnerable Application Libraries

  Libraries are easier to use than ever, but they're piling on more risk to the development process

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• Google Aurora Hack Was Chinese Counterespionage Operation

  Attackers were after U.S. government surveillance requests for undercover Chinese operatives, say former government officials.

• Myth-Busting SQL- And Other Injection Attacks

  Black Hat injection-attacks instructor dishes on the complexity of SQL injection and the prevalence of lesser-known injection attacks

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• Black Hat 2013 Showcases Home Security, Bootkits, Cellular OPSEC Failures

  Black Hat announces three more featured talks

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Quick Hits

• The Eight Most Common Causes Of Data Breaches

  Why do bad breaches happen to good companies? Here's a look at the most frequent causes

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• IDs Of 22 Million At Risk Following Breach At Yahoo Japan

  Yahoo Japan officials say they "can't deny the possibility" of epic data breach

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