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	Android: Everyone's favorite new malware target Year-over-year smartphones exploits have exploded. McAfee released its Threats Report for the second quarter of 2012 [PDF] today, reporting dramatic year-over-year growth of mobile malware and citing Android as the favored target of black hat mobile hackers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Did AntiSec snag Apple UDID list from FBI laptop via Java 0day exploit? The Security Skills Shortage Impact on Security Services P2P blocklists fail to protect privacy from copyright cops' mass monitoring 12 hot cloud computing companies worth watching Does a Cyber-9/11 Loom? FBI denies it was source of leaked Apple device ID data How BYOD has changed the IT landscape Banking execs won't find prison nearly as easy to scam as their ATM racket BitCoin exchange loses $250,0000 after unencrypted keys stolen WHITE PAPER: Dell and VMware Cloud Control: Meet the Challenges Head-On Looking for the "On" switch for your cloud computing deployment? Right. While Cloud Computing is the gateway to business flexibility and agility, there's no "On" switch. There's no "right" way. The benefits of cloud hold tremendous promise, and challenges abound. Learn More Did AntiSec snag Apple UDID list from FBI laptop via Java 0day exploit? Is the FBI tracking 12,367,232 Apple device users? It is according to AntiSec hackers who allegedly snagged the Apple device ID list from an FBI computer and then dumped the redacted digital dirt on one million to prove it. Read More The Security Skills Shortage Impact on Security Services According to ESG Research, 55% of enterprise organizations (i.e. those with more than 1,000 employees) plan to hire additional security professionals in 2012 but they are extremely hard to find. In fact, 83% of enterprises claim that it is "extremely difficult" or "somewhat difficult" to recruit and/or hire security professionals in the current market. Read More P2P blocklists fail to protect privacy from copyright cops' mass monitoring Have you downloaded any pirated movies, music or eBooks via a BitTorrent client lately? If yes, then you probably had your IP address logged by copyright cops within three hours of joining a swarm. Opting not hide your IP behind a VPN or proxy, and instead opting to use P2P blocklists don't offer file-sharers much protection from the "massive monitoring" activities by anti-piracy groups. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee What's Holding Back the Cloud? This report captures key findings from a blind survey of 800 IT professionals in four countries — China, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States — that provide insight into cloud computing security concerns, and how those concerns might be alleviated. Learn more in the McAfee Securing Cloud-Based Services KnowledgeVault. Learn more. 12 hot cloud computing companies worth watching While big-name players such as Amazon, Google, IBM, Verizon and VMware sit atop the burgeoning cloud computing market, an entire ecosystem of early stage startups are looking to stake their claim, too. Read More Does a Cyber-9/11 Loom? The longer Congress waits to gets its act together on cybersecurity, the longer the U.S. remains at risk of an attack by spies, terrorists, hackers or companies representing themselves or an entire rogue nation. Can Washington rise to the challenge without crushing civil liberties? Read More FBI denies it was source of leaked Apple device ID data The FBI denied that the 1 million unique device identifiers for Apple devices posted publicly by hacker group AntiSec on Monday had come from its computers. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM How to Justify the Cost of a TMS Read this white paper to learn how implementing a service-based TMS, together with a well designed freight audit and payment module help reduce your transportation spend. Learn More How BYOD has changed the IT landscape It may be hard for some to just say 'no' to the growing "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) crowd, but that was the initial reaction manager of information at certified public accounting firm Burr, Pilger, Mayer Anthony Peters had when senior executives starting purchasing iPhones, asking them to be supported. Read More Banking execs won't find prison nearly as easy to scam as their ATM racket Two executives at a company that owned and dispensed ATM machines have been sent to jail for defrauding the Domestic Bank of Cranston, Rhode Island of about $4.8 million. Read More BitCoin exchange loses $250,0000 after unencrypted keys stolen Hackers stole about US$250,000 from BitFloor, a BitCoin exchange, on Monday, and it does not have the money to reimburse account holders, according to the website's founder. Read More
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