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	Don't Wait on This Patch, Microsoft says Microsoft usually lets its customers install Patch Tuesday fixes at their own rate, but it's making a rare exception this week and urging users to hurry up with one severe fix released this past Tuesday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Try Microsoft Office 365, free Collaborate in the cloud with Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync videoconferencing. Access, edit, and share documents. Starting at $8/user/month. Try it free. In this Issue How CIOs Can Learn to Catch Insider Crime Microsoft's MAPP reportedly hacked, RDP exploits coming sooner than expected Navy, Army open labs looking for robot, energy, fuel, mechanical inventions Ambitious Army project takes Arlington National Cemetery high-tech IRS criticized by federal government watchdog agency for lax IT security Advanced tech conflict: China's rare earth stranglehold 'Anonymous-OS' branded a hoax by suspicious hacktivists Google says it will cooperate with any Safari privacy investigations Call for mandatory data breach notifications renewed Techie business cards WHITE PAPER: IBM Best Practices to Architect Applications in the IBM Cloud It's clear that cloud environments are a great way to deliver software—but what are the best ways to use it really well? Read this report to learn how to leverage cloud environments, design applications for successful cloud-based deployments and safeguard your virtual machines. Read Now How CIOs Can Learn to Catch Insider Crime Research shows that CIOs rarely discover the internal security threats that can ruin companies, even though it frequently involves IT systems. Here's what needs to change. Read More Microsoft's MAPP reportedly hacked, RDP exploits coming sooner than expected When Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release earlier this week revealed a code execution vulnerability for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), we knew it wasn't a good sign. We didn't expect the situation to get this dangerous so quickly, however, and neither did Microsoft. Read More Navy, Army open labs looking for robot, energy, fuel, mechanical inventions The US Navy and Army this week talked up new laboratories they are opening that promise to develop all manner of cutting edge technologies for the future. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business 5.0 This free fully-functioning 30-day trial of GFI VIPRE Business is designed to optimize overall performance by melding antivirus and antispyware together into one powerful engine. Learn More Ambitious Army project takes Arlington National Cemetery high-tech The US Army says it has begun implementing an ambitious digital, geospatial technology project that will fix long-standing management problems at Arlington National Cemetery. Read More IRS criticized by federal government watchdog agency for lax IT security The Internal Revenue Service isn't doing such a great job of protecting its key financial and tax-processing systems, according to the government's watchdog agency, the GAO. Read More Advanced tech conflict: China's rare earth stranglehold The battle over access to rare earth materials, critical components of all manner of advanced technologies from smartphones and computers to aircraft and cars, raged again this week as the United States, Europe and Japan joined forces to challenge China's restrictions on exports of the metals. The crux of the situation: China controls some 95% of the world's rare earth materials and sets prices and access to the materials willy-nilly and of course has threatened to cut off access to the stuff at the drop of a hat. The U.S. and Australia have begun mining rare earth materials but they are years away from equaling China's production. So the battle rages. Here's a look at the conflict. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Smart Security for Escalating Challenges This eBook examines how CSOs and IT managers are solving these issues using next-generation firewalls. Read now. 'Anonymous-OS' branded a hoax by suspicious hacktivists The 'Anonymous-OS', an Ubuntu Linux image full of hacking tools released earlier this week, has been denounced as a hoax designed to distribute Trojan malware. Read More Google says it will cooperate with any Safari privacy investigations Google will cooperate with any investigations into allegations that it bypassed privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser, the company said, after a news report that both U.S. and E.U. officials are investigating the company. Read More Call for mandatory data breach notifications renewed Australian consumers are facing unnecessary cyber security risks thanks to the ongoing lack of mandatory data breach notification laws, the Parliament's Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety has heard. Read More Techie business cards Some examples of how to get creative with an overlooked medium Read More
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