Notification of .edu server breach mistaken for phishing email

The top 6 jailbreak apps for iOS 6 Dell: We can beat Cisco in enterprise and cloud security Network World Daily News PM February 20, 2013 Share this email Notification of .edu server breach mistaken for phishing email The administrators of 7,000 university websites are being required to change their .edu domain account passwords after a security breach ... one that was reported to them by Educause, the non-profit higher-education IT group that administers .edu, via an email that some complained bore the markings of a phishing attempt. First the breach. From a statement issued yesterday by Garth Jordan, vice president... READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The top 6 jailbreak apps for iOS 6 2. Dell: We can beat Cisco in enterprise and cloud security 3. The beginning of the end of BYOD as we know it 4. INSIDER Career advice that will change your life 5. OnApp: The most popular cloud platform you've probably never heard of 6. 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