Quick Takes on Microsoft: Security, Baidu and Rustock

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	Quick Takes on Microsoft: Security, Baidu and Rustock   Despite a long weekend, Microsoft has been busy. All of these little items are too small to warrant a blog post, so here they are as a bunch of quick hits, along with an interesting rumor. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell IT Managers Face Security Challenges with Mobile Devices A recent IDG survey reveals data security is the top barrier to supporting employees' mobile devices. Read more In this Issue Top 5 worries keeping IT pros up at night PDFs that exploit iPhone, iPad zero-day available on the Web Cool iPhone space-watching apps The Latest Security Tool for Your Arsenal: Whitelisting Washington Post reports data breach on job ads section DHS tests show security's people problem Jailbreak artists exploit unpatched Apple iPhone, iPad bugs Privacy groups protest proposed E-Verify bill US Army wants soldiers to have advanced smartphones, wireless technology The Best of 'Damn You, Autocorrect' Financial services firms get updated authentication guidance WHITE PAPER: EMC The Changing Role of Network Management Read how new challenges in IT like virtualization and cloud computing are changing the role of Network Managers, who are now required to leverage automation and integrated solutions even further to adapt to these changes. Learn how EMC Ionix Network Solutions help Network Managers overcome these challenges. Read now Top 5 worries keeping IT pros up at night What keeps you up at night? IT pros share what weighs most heavily on their minds. Read More PDFs that exploit iPhone, iPad zero-day available on the Web German government security officials warned that one of the recently revealed Apple iOS flaws could be put to malicious use. Read More Cool iPhone space-watching apps NASA, space shuttle launch, star gazing, space weather lead package of cool iPhone apps Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now! The Latest Security Tool for Your Arsenal: Whitelisting Phishing, spear phishing, trojan horse and other attacks are growing in number and sophistication, seemingly by the day. There can be little disputing that notion after RSA, Sony, Lockheed and Citicorp were embarrassed by breaches this year. Read More Washington Post reports data breach on job ads section The Washington Post has alerted job seekers who use its employment pages of a data breach that compromised up to 1.27 million accounts. Read More DHS tests show security's people problem A U.S. Department of Homeland Security test that found some workers plugging found USB drives into work computers and others who provided passwords to fake support people shows how inadvertent employee miscues are often at the center of security breaches. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Reduce Cellular Spend With ShoreTel Mobility Organizations continue to spend valuable budget on international and long distance calls. This white paper shows how a multi-location organization can reduce cellular spend by leveraging current Wi-Fi and dual-mode smartphone deployments, and offloading expensive minutes from cellular networks to virtually free WLAN networks. Read now! Jailbreak artists exploit unpatched Apple iPhone, iPad bugs Developers today said they used a pair of unpatched vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS to "jailbreak" the iPhone and iPad, including the first-ever hack of the iPad 2. Read More Privacy groups protest proposed E-Verify bill A proposal to force employers to use the federal E-Verify system to vet new and current workers has stoked widespread privacy concerns. Read More US Army wants soldiers to have advanced smartphones, wireless technology As the U.S. Army ponders how to give every soldier a smartphone loaded with apps for military purposes -- and be able to support global communications not only with commercial cellular networks like Sprint, Verizon or AT&T -- it is also exploring how it can quickly set up its own wireless network almost anywhere in the world. Read More The Best of 'Damn You, Autocorrect' Smartphones try to predict or correct words in the text messages people type, sometimes with disastrous results. Here are some of the best text-messaging gaffes submitted to damnyouautocorrect.com. Read More Financial services firms get updated authentication guidance This month's update is designed to reinforce risk-based authentication for customers and covers layered security and other controls designed to mitigate transaction risk. Expert reaction to the guidance's efficacy is mixed. Read More
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