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	Browser extension creates 'disposable' data for privacy A Boston-based company, Abine, is beefing its anti-tracking browser extension to let users shield their real credit card details, email addresses and phone numbers during web transactions. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware The Clear Path to Cloud Security, Compliance, & Cost Control Both customers and IT decision makers are concerned about cloud security, according to recent research. How can you negotiate this barrier to realize the benefits of cloud computing? Read this paper to learn about the techniques, tools, and technologies that will enable you to capitalize on the cloud safely and cost-effectively. Read Now In this Issue Network World's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide - Something for Everyone Critics say U.S. tech companies could suffer in warning against China-based cloud services Survey: Most Europeans fear cybercrime but fewer take security measures Report highlights several security issues within HealthCare.gov Cryptolocker: The Musical Cryptolocker: UK SMEs warned that vicious ransom Trojan is targeting them Google strengthens its SSL configuration against possible attacks Warning! Targeted Internet misdirection on the rise RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) FREE 30-day Trial SolarWinds NPM works as your early warning system to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages. Use this early warning system to stop network outages before they affect your users, so you can spend your time monitoring your network rather than supporting your network monitoring software. To find out more about how this early detection system works reference the free, fully functional 30-day trial of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Download now and start discovering your network within an hour! Network World's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide - Something for Everyone We've completed work on the 2013 edition of the annual Network World Holiday Gift Guide with one of the most diverse sets of great gifts ever. I'm pleased once again to have been part of Keith Shaw's team in testing and evaluating an astonishingly broad array of gift possibilities, for home and even for work. Read More Critics say U.S. tech companies could suffer in warning against China-based cloud services A congressional commission that warned U.S. companies that using China-based cloud services posed a security risk is unfair and could lead to retaliation against American tech companies, critics say. Read More WHITE PAPER: New Relic Secure, Reliable & Proven APM for the Enterprise Your organization depends on your web applications to do business -- from customer facing eCommerce,banking or travel applications, to mission-critical applications for your employees or partners. When it comes to performance, visitors' expectations for service and reliability are high. Read Now Survey: Most Europeans fear cybercrime but fewer take security measures According to a Eurobarometer survey published on Friday, only 48 percent of Internet users have changed any of their online passwords during the past year. Read More Report highlights several security issues within HealthCare.gov While most of them have been fixed, a report recently delivered to Congress highlighted several security problems on Healthcare.gov, most of which could've easily been addressed by a basic security check. Said check didn't happen however, as HealthCare.gov was given a security waiver prior to launch. Read More WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies Continuous Monitoring & Mitigation: the New InfoSec Frontier Join CSO publisher Bob Bradgon and a panel of experts as they discuss how new solutions help to leverage existing security solutions through bi-directional integrations. View now >> Cryptolocker: The Musical Everyone's looking for a fresh spin on Cryptolocker, the maddening ransomware that has become more prominent in recent days, and Umbrella Security Labs has come up with one: A 3D visualization set to music. Read More Cryptolocker: UK SMEs warned that vicious ransom Trojan is targeting them Large numbers of UK SMEs are being targeted by a major spam campaign pushing the vicious Cryptolocker ransom malware using plausible-looking targeted attachments, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. Read More Google strengthens its SSL configuration against possible attacks Google replaced the SSL certificates for its online services with new ones that use stronger, 2048-bit RSA keys, making encrypted connections to its sites safer against so-called brute-force attacks. Read More Warning! Targeted Internet misdirection on the rise Unknown attackers have successfully hijacked and redirected Internet traffic belonging to financial services companies, VoIP providers and governments many times over the past year. Read More
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