Microsoft: TechNet Flash Newsletter - Vol 14, Issue 21 (Sep 19, 2012)

Unsubscribe | Customize TechNet Flash Volume 14, Issue 21 | September 19, 2012 Top Stories Download System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta Find updates to System Center 2012 for compatibility with Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and other enhancements, including support for Azure VM and capabilities for Hosted Service Providers. Manage Windows Server 2012 Trial in System Center 2012 System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 introduces support for Windows Server 2012, enabling you to take advantage of Windows Server 2012's cutting-edge features in a managed environment. Try out the beta now. Free Ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 Download the RTM edition of the free ebook from Microsoft Press - Introducing Windows Server 2012. This edition replaces the earlier preview edition, with screenshots and feature descriptions now being based on RTM instead of beta. A key feature of this book is the inclusion of sidebars written by members of the Windows Server team, Microsoft Support engineers, Microsoft Consulting Services staff, and others who work at Microsoft. Your Featured Content Upgrade Your Windows Server 2012 Evaluation to the Full Retail Version Did you install theevaluation version of Windows Server 2012 from the TechNet Evaluation Center and would now like to move it to production? Thanks to a new feature in Windows Server 2012 you can now easily upgrade from the trial version to the full retail version. Sign Up for the HPC Pack 2012 Beta Program The fourth major version of our HPC software line - following the Compute Cluster Pack, HPC Pack 2008, and HPC Pack 2008 R2 releases - the HPC Pack 2012 release brings a batch of new functionality and support for new software. TechNet Radio: VMware vs. Windows Server 2012 Harold Wong and Edwin Yuen, Director of Cloud & Virtualization strategy at Microsoft, kick off their new series to discuss the latest announcements made by VMware. Tune in as they chat about vSphere 5.1's features, licensing, and pricing model and how this stacks up to Windows Server 2012. Deployment Considerations for Windows To Go Because Windows To Go was designed as an enterprise solution, extra consideration was given to the deployment workflows that enterprises already have in place. Explore the boot experience, deployment methods, and tools that you can use with Windows To Go. Windows ADK for Windows 8 Customize, assess, and deploy Windows 8 to new computers in your organization with the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit. Download the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Tool The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter provides a Microsoft-supported, freely available, stand-alone solution for converting VMware-based virtual machines and virtual disks to Hyper-V-based virtual machines and virtual hard drives (VHDs) - including conversion from VMware to Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012. The Secret to IT Career Success Revealed He's a real-world database administrator (DBA), an author, a sought-after speaker, and was just a judge on the reality show "Be the Next Microsoft Employee." Now Buck Woody is ready to help you kick-start your IT career. Ask him how you can get certified and build a great career. Case Study: Migrating Legacy Applications to Windows Azure Microsoft IT used the Windows Azure operating system to create a cloud computing-based replacement for a 10-year-old, business-critical licensing application. The new solution uses Remote Desktop Licensing Manager (RD Licensing Manager) to take advantage of the scalability and extensibility benefits of Windows Azure, and to provide increased speed, business continuity capabilities, and cost-effectiveness. TechNet Flash Sponsors CommVault, and SolarWinds: •  CommVault: A Leader in the Backup / Recovery Magic Quadrant •  Get the Top 3 Free Tools to Fight Network Bandwidth Hogs Editor's Note TechNet Flash Editor Mitch Irsfeld System Center Ready to Manage It All With the recent launch of Windows Server 2012 and the great anticipation surrounding next month's launch of Windows 8, it's a good time to loop back on the very important task of systems management with these new platforms. System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, now in beta, introduces support for Windows Server 2012, including... 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New Training Available for Windows 8 The first available instructor-led Microsoft Official Course on Windows 8, 20687A: Configuring Windows 8 is a five-day course providing hands-on experience with Windows 8, and guidance on installing, upgrading, administering, and troubleshooting. The course is intended for IT professionals who configure or support Windows 8 computers, devices, users and associated network and security resources, and also serves as preparation toward Microsoft certification exam 70-687: Configuring Windows 8. ADVERTISEMENT Get the Top 3 Free Tools to Fight Network Bandwidth Hogs Choose from Real-time NetFlow Analyzer, Real-time Bandwidth Monitor, or Real-time AppFlow Analyzer. Download one or all three tools for free. Events Find a Windows Server 2012 IT Camp in Your Area Microsoft IT Camps are expert-led, no cost, hands-on technical training events for IT professionals, centered on the issues and workloads you're tackling in your environment today. At the Windows Server 2012 IT Camp, gain deep technical insight into the new features and functionality of Windows Server 2012. Resources Get a TechNet Subscription TechNet News Feed TechNet Flash Archive TechNet Magazine MSDN Flash Newsletter Security Newsletter Microsoft IT Camps TechNet Evaluation Center  TechNet | Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile ©2012 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

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Hackers Never Sleep - New Cyber Attack

It has been quite a while that I don't really focus on cyber security. A bit tight with my new responsibilities but I'll try my way in with cyber security.

Cyber attack is no longer focusing on banking or normal site. There are venturing into new area which is more complicated but the impact is far greater.

Late last month, RasGas's (Qatar's natural gas pumper company) network was hijacked.

Months before that, Kaspersky detected new malware known as Wiper. Not sure the impact or threat causes by the malware but it is prove that the bad-guy never rest.

The Wiper

People like us must continue to learn and continue to expect the unexpected. If we can be one step ahead, we should at least be in the same step as the bad-guy :).

References:
paganinip, "RasGas, new cyber attack against an energy company", August 31st, 2012
paganinip, "Wiper, assumptions and difficulties analyzing a malware", August 31st, 2012
Q1Labs, "Learn How Security Intelligent Can Help Combat Wikileaks Stuxnet and Advance Threat"

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New Team Software Process Symposium 2012  17th September 2012  St. Petersburg, United States of America 2nd Annual Mobile Security and BYOD Summit  15th October 2012  Johannesburg, South Africa 13th conference on Information Technology and Communication  22nd October 2012  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ASQ International Conference on Software Quality  29th October 2012  Indianapolis, United States of America Online Community Engagement  31st October 2012  Sydney, Australia National Conference on "Advances in Network & Information Security " (NC-ANIS 2012)  2nd November 2012  Bhopal, India International Conference on Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICACEE'2012)  17th November 2012  Manila, Philippines First International Conference JEWISH HERITAGE – science, culture, knowledge  18th November 2012  Tomar, Portugal Cr Reporting and Communications Summit  20th November 2012  London , United Kingdom 7th Annual Data Protection Practical Compliance Conference  22nd November 2012  Dublin 1, Ireland 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Software CERtification WoSOCER 2012  27th November 2012  Dallas, United States of America International Conference on Management Research 2012  29th November 2012  lahore, Pakistan International Conference on Advanced Computational Technologies (ICACT'2012)  8th December 2012  Pattaya, Thailand Regional Seminar on Culture and Globalization in Asia  11th December 2012  Tehran, Iran 10th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology  17th December 2012  Islamabad, Pakistan International Conference on Systems and Electronic Engineering (ICSEE'2012)  18th December 2012  Phuket, Thailand International Conference on Civil, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICCEEE'2012)  21st December 2012  Bangkok, Thailand International Conference on Computer Engineering and Network Security (ICCENS'2012)  26th December 2012  Dubai, United Arab Emirates 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT'2013)  4th January 2013  Bali, Indonesia 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Computer and Image Processing (ICETCIP'2013)  8th January 2013  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization’2013 (Trends and Future Directions)  29th January 2013  Noida, India 2013 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Information Networks (ICIIN 2013)  2nd February 2013  Malé, Maldives 2013 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICIMA 2013)  2nd February 2013  Malé, Maldives 2013 5th International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2013)  2nd February 2013  Hong Kong, China International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development (MODELSWARD 2013)  19th February 2013  Barcelona, Spain 2013 International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging (ICFBI 2013)  23rd February 2013  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2013 International Conference on Intelligent and Automation Systems (ICIAS 2013)  23rd February 2013  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2013 5th International Conference on Computer Research and Development (ICCRD 2013)  23rd February 2013  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2013 4th International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation (ICCMS 2013)  24th February 2013  Rome, Italy 2013 2nd International Conference on Information Computer Application (ICICA 2013)  24th February 2013  Rome, Italy 2013 International Conference on System Modeling and Optimization (ICSMO 2013)  24th February 2013  Rome, Italy 2013 2nd International Conference on Education and Management Innovation – ICEMI 2013  24th February 2013  Rome, Italy Early Education and Technology for Children  2nd April 2013  Salt Lake City, United States of America ACAH 2013 - The Fourth Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities  4th April 2013  Osaka, Japan International American Conference for Academic Disciplines (Paris 2013)  8th April 2013  Paris, France Palestinian International Conference on Information and Communication Technology  15th April 2013  Gaza, Palestinian Territories Pursuit of Justice: Understanding Hate, Confronting Intolerance, Eliminating Inequality  18th April 2013  Spokane, United States of America Fourth International Conference for Academic Disciplines (on the Harvard campus)  26th May 2013  Boston, United States of America ACSS 2013 - The Fourth Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2014  6th June 2013  Osaka, Japan International History of Public Relations Conference  24th June 2013  Bournemouth, United Kingdom August 2012 20th ARES - The 7th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security Prague, Czech Republic 21st The Corporate Communication Compass Melbourne, Australia 24th OWASP Information Security India Conference 2012 Gurgaon, India 25th 2012 International Conference on Image, Vision and Computing - ICIVC 2012 Shanghai, China 25th 2012 International Conference on Microelectronics, Optoelectronics and Nanoelectronics (ICMON 2012)Shanghai, China 27th 2nd Information Technology Management Africa Conference (ITMA 2.0) Johannesburg, South Africa September 2012 1st 2012 International Conference on Electronics Engineeing and Informatics--ICEEI 2012 Phuket, Thailand 1st 2012 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN 2012) Phuket, Thailand 1st 2012 4th International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE 2012) Phuket, Thailand 1st 2012 International Conference on Computer Design and Engineering (ICCDE 2012) Phuket Island, Thailand 11th Language and Communication in the Work Place Solo, Indonesia 11th HLS- Israel's third leading annual event for Homeland Security Airport City, Israel 11th Bio-IT Cloud Summit San Francisco, United States of America 14th Third International Conference on the Image Pozan, Poland 15th 2012 International Conference on Information and Computer Technology (ICICT 2012) Beijing, China 17th 4th Annual International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference: A Cross Disciplinary Exploration Terre Haute, United States of America 17th International Conference on Computer Applications and Advanced Communications Singapore, Singapore 17th Team Software Process Symposium 2012 St. Petersburg, United States of America 18th The Green Data Centre Conference & Exhibition London, United Kingdom 19th 5th Workshop Digital Social Networks Braunschweig, Germany 20th Bulgarian Cryptography Days 2012 - BulCrypt 2012 Sofia, Bulgaria 20th Workshop & Tutorial Bitcoin Braunschweig, Germany 20th Legal and Human Resource Guide to EMPLOYING FOREIGN WORKERS Toronto, Canada 23rd Book Development in 12 Weeks, Online New York, United States of America 25th OSS-BSS WORLD SUMMIT 2012 London, United Kingdom 26th CISIM 2012 - 11th International Conference on Information Systems and Industrial Management Venice, Italy 26th Nullcon - Information Security Conference Gurgaon-Delhi, India 28th 2012 4th International Conference on Signal Acquisition and Processing (ICSAP 2012) Phnom Penh, Cambodia October 2012 1st GOTO AARHUS 2012 Aarhus, Denmark 3rd GreeNets 2012 Gandia, Spain 4th 6th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics Konstanz, Germany 5th 2012 International Conference on Information and Digital Engineering (ICIDE 2012) Singapore, Singapore 5th 2012 International Conference on Software and Computer Engineering--ICSCE 2012 Singapore, Singapore 5th 2012 4th International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing(ICGIP 2012) Singapore, Singapore 5th 2012 2nd International Conference on Information and Electronics Engineering (ICIEE 2012) Singapore, Singapore 5th 2012 International Conference on Software and Intelligent Information (ICSII 2012) Singapore, Singapore 6th International Conference on Innovations in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICIEE'2012) Dubai, United Arab Emirates 8th The IET International Conference on Wireless Communications and Applications (ICWCA 2012) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12th Ubiquitous Learning: An International Conference (Fifth Annual)Champaign-Urbana, United States of America 15th 2nd Annual Mobile Security and BYOD Summit Johannesburg, South Africa 15th The Macrotheme Business and Economics Conference Paris, France 16th 5th Annual Legal & Human Resource Guide to EMPLOYING FOREIGN WORKERS Calgary, Canada 17th The 6th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies AICT2012 Tbilisi, Georgia 19th The Creativity Workshop in New York (October 19 - 22, 2012) New York, United States of America 20th 2012 5th International Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV 2012) Wuhan, China 20th 2012 International Conference on Communication and Network Security (ICCNS 2012) Wuhan, China 20th 2012 3rd International Conference on Future Information Technology (ICFIT 2012) Cochin, India 20th 2012 2nd International Conference on Computer and Software Modeling(ICCSM 2012) Cochin, India 22nd 13th conference on Information Technology and CommunicationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24th Cyber Defence Forum 2012 Prague, Czech Republic 26th 2012 3rd Journal Conference on e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning (JC4E 2012 3rd) HongKong, 26th 2012 6th International Conference on Distance Learning and Education (ICDLE 2012) Hong Kong, China 26th 2012 2nd International Conference on Information Communication and Management (ICICM 2012) Hong Kong, China 26th 2012 5th International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering(ICCEE 2012) Hong Kong, China 27th 2012 3rd International Conference on E-business, Management and Economics (ICEME 2012) Hong Kong, China 29th ASQ International Conference on Software Quality Indianapolis, United States of America 29th American Conference for Academic Disciplines Rome, Italy 30th Toward 2050 and Beyond -Innovative Technology for Sustainable Societies- Tokyo, Japan 31st Online Community Engagement Sydney, Australia November 2012 1st International Conference on SPEECH, IMAGE, BIOMEDICAL & INFORMATION PROCESSING 2012 (SIBIP 2012) Chandigarh, India 1st 8th Central and Eastern European Software Engineering Conference in Russia Moscow, Russian Federation 2nd 1st International Symposium: Representations - Struggles for Reality Montreal, Canada 2nd National Conference on "Advances in Network & Information Security " (NC-ANIS 2012) Bhopal, India 3rd 6th International Conference - ICACCT 2012 Panipat, India 3rd 2012 International Conference on IT Training--ICITT 2012Shenzhen, China 6th European Corporate Social Media Summit London, United Kingdom 7th 4th International Conference on Science & Technology (ICSTIE)George Town, Malaysia 7th

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