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	DARPA set to develop super-secure "cognitive fingerprint" Developers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to build information technology security that goes beyond simply recognizing complex passwords but rather gets in your head to confirm your identity before you get access or continue to have access to important information. Read More WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies Experts Help CIOs Rethink Threat Prevention This webcast examines sophisticated and targeted threats, security gaps, techniques and new technologies with regards to understanding and defending against zero-day threats, propagating worms, low-and-slow attacks and advanced persistent threats (APT). Learn more. In this Issue Facebook, researchers turn up heat on Koobface gang Mozilla slows pace of Firefox 9 upgrades NSA releases a security-enhanced version of Android 12 effective habits of indispensible IT pros Zappos data breach response a good idea or just panic mode? Clamor for cloud apps increases corporate data breach risk Symantec acquires LiveOffice cloud-based archiving company Chinese 'attack US DoD Smart Cards' with Sykipot Malware WHITE PAPER: NetSupport Inc Reducing Hidden Operating Costs Through IT Asset Discovery After reductions in headcount and procurements have been made, cost-cutting strategies are now turning to internal operations, and many IT decision makers are taking a closer look at indirect, or "soft," costs within these departments. Learn More Facebook, researchers turn up heat on Koobface gang Security researchers are worried that the alleged Russia-based authors of Koobface, a piece of malicious software that plagued social networking sites such as Facebook, may slip away before law enforcement can catch them. Read More Mozilla slows pace of Firefox 9 upgrades Mozilla dramatically slowed the update pace of Firefox 9, the browser it shipped late last month. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Big Data: Managing Explosive Growth Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now NSA releases a security-enhanced version of Android The National Security Agency (NSA) has released SE Android, a security-enhanced version of Android, which provides and enforces stricter access-control policies than those found in the popular mobile operating system by default. Read More 12 effective habits of indispensible IT pros Ditch the slackers, take on dirty work, do it with data -- here's how to get the inside track on a highly rewarding career in IT Read More WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! Zappos data breach response a good idea or just panic mode? In acknowledging a data breach in which information related to as many as 24 million customers was stolen, online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos has taken assertive steps, including compelling customers to change passwords, plus temporarily foregoing 800-number phone service in an effort to redeploy customer-service representatives to respond to customer email. Read More Clamor for cloud apps increases corporate data breach risk Vendor analysis of network and application traffic shows poorly managed remote access tools and traffic flowing outside port 80 are rampant. Read More Symantec acquires LiveOffice cloud-based archiving company Symantec has acquired LiveOffice, a provider of cloud-based data archiving and storage, for US$115 million [m], the companies announced Monday. Read More Chinese 'attack US DoD Smart Cards' with Sykipot Malware A new strain of Sykipot is being used to attack US Department of Defense smart cards Read More
	SLIDESHOWS CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy! GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Mac attack FTC may investigate Google for favoring Google+ in Search Plus Your World No demand for Windows 8 tablets? Or don't trust predictive surveys RSA chief: Last year's breach has silver lining Chinese 'attack US DOD smart cards' with Sykipot malware Woz on smartphones: Wishes his iPhone could do all his Android can More confusion over Windows 8 tablets Cisco's Umi still dead. As a doornail. Really, really dead IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 13 The best of CES 2012
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