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	Microsoft's picture-authentication welcomed given password fatigue But while an alternative for consumers, picture-passwords a poor choice in enterprises because they do not work with Active Directory Read More   In this Issue Is Microsoft an enemy of the internet by helping the NSA undermine encryption? MIT's inflatable antennae could boost small satellite communications Here's how to best secure your data now that the NSA can crack almost any encryption Botnet likely caused spike in number of Tor clients Introducing the world's first 'anti-trolling software' Yahoo: More than 12,000 US data requests led to disclosures more than 11,000 times Schneier on NSA's encryption defeating efforts: Trust no one WEBCAST: IBM and Intel IBM Delivers Innovation On New x86 Systems and Solutions Live Webcast: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 3:00 PM EDT You need an IT infrastructure that provides scalability, performance and efficiency tailored to the specific goals of your business. Join us on September 10 to learn more about IBM's new innovation designed to provide the performance and efficiency required for today's workloads. Register Now Is Microsoft an enemy of the internet by helping the NSA undermine encryption? For the past decade, the NSA has been busy thwarting encryption that millions of netizens count on to guard the privacy of their electronic communications. Read More   MIT's inflatable antennae could boost small satellite communications Researchers at the Massachusetts's Institute of technology say they have developed an inflatable antenna for small satellites known as cubesats that can fold into a compact space and inflate when in orbit. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP Why Your Organization Needs a Next Generation Firewall Learn why next-generation firewalls hold promise to combat the evolving threat landscape, how to make the business case for the technology, and how to select the solution that's right for your organization. Learn More Here's how to best secure your data now that the NSA can crack almost any encryption The latest Snowden-supplied bombshell shook the technology world to its core on Thursday: The NSA can crack many of the encryption technologies in place today, using a mixture of backdoors baked into software at the government's behest, a $250 million per year budget to encourage commercial software vendors to make its security "exploitable," and sheer computer-cracking technological prowess. Read More   Botnet likely caused spike in number of Tor clients The spike in the number of clients using the Tor anonymity networkA was likely caused by a botnet, according to Tor and third-party security researchers. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager: Online Product Demo Intelligent Investigation Manager optimizes fraud investigation and analysis and it dynamically coordinates and reports on cases, provides analysis and visualization, and enables more efficient and effective investigations. Learn More. Introducing the world's first 'anti-trolling software' British company SMC4 has developed a new software product that could land a pretty high-profile user base - anti-trolling software. According to the Telegraph, SMC4 Lite "reads all inbound and outgoing social media messages from the user's Twitter account and automatically blocks any profanity, sexism, racism and other inappropriate language." Read More   Yahoo: More than 12,000 US data requests led to disclosures more than 11,000 times Yahoo received 12,444 requests from the U.S. government for user data in the first half of this year, resulting in 11,402 instances of data disclosure, it said Friday in its first transparency report. Read More   Schneier on NSA's encryption defeating efforts: Trust no one The U.S. National Security Agency's efforts to defeat encrypted Internet communications, detailed in news stories this week, are an attack on the security of the Internet and on users' trust in the network, some security experts said. Read More
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