In my role as curator of the Dice Security Talent community, here are some of my favorite stories of the past week, including some follow-ups from the Target credit card breech that are worth looking at. And this story in the NY Times about what happened behind the scenes is also worth a closer read.

• 10 Free Or Low-Cost Network Discovery And Mapping Tools
• Starbucks, SSL for Twitter and Why Sensitive Data Must Be Encrypted
• Digitally signed data-stealing malware targets Mac users in undelivered courier item attack
• Adware Vendors Buy and Abuse Chrome Extensions
• The Cybersecurity skills gap is worse than you think
• Mysterious networking error stifles Internet access in China
• Major retail breaches highlight point-of-sale security weaknesses
• Researchers warns about evolution of threats and interests to modern networks
• Target and Restoring Trust After a Data Breach
• When The Internet of Things Attacks! Parsing The IoT Botnet Story