Cryptolocker: The evolution of extortion

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	Cryptolocker: The evolution of extortion The Cryptolocker Trojan is an evolution of "ransomware," not a revolutionary change from past criminal attempts to extort money from PC owners, a security expert said today. 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. 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Targeted Internet misdirection on the rise INSIDER How IT found savings by tackling (instead of cringing at) photocopiers Products of the week 11.18.13 WHITE PAPER: IBM Maximizing Enterprise Resource Planning ROI In this paper, we highlight the common reasons why midsize companies often do not realize significant ROI with their ERP system implementations and suggest solutions for getting the most value from their applications. Learn More. 20-plus eye-popping Black Friday tablet, computer & tech deals Apple iPads, latest Android and Windows machines all in for big discounts. Oh, and free snow globes. Read More HP: 90% of Apple iOS mobile apps show security vulnerabilities HP today said security testing it conducted on more than 2,000 Apple iOS mobile apps developed for commercial use by some 600 large companies in 50 countries showed that nine out of 10 had serious vulnerabilities. Read More VMware and Palo Alto team to more quickly secure virtual resources In connection with its NSX network virtualization software effort, VMware is teaming with Palo Alto Networks to jointly develop a virtualized network-generation firewall (NGFW) tightly integrated with VMware's platform. Read More Top Tech Turkeys of 2013 Gobble, gobble - these techies deserve to be carved up Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Connection Unlock the Power of Flash Continuous data growth coupled with a new generation of multi-core CPUs has placed new demands on storage systems to handle an unprecedented number of workloads. As organizations move toward fully virtualized datacenters, the storage systems they choose today must be able to handle hundreds, even thousands, of virtual machines and mixed workloads. Learn More Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond given 10 year sentence AntiSec activist to serve 10 years in federal prison for his attack on geopolitical intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting Inc. Read More FireEye, Palo Alto top network companies on Deloitte Fast 500 list Newly public FireEye, a Milpitas, Calif., company whose sandboxing technology has been the envy of other security companies, is the fastest growing network company on this year's Deloitte Fast 500 list. Read More The 10 fastest supercomputers on Earth The latest twice-yearly Top500 report is out – see which supercomputers are the world's fastest. Read More Experts applaud Google completion of SSL certificate upgrade Google's faster-than-expected upgrade of all its SSL certificates to an RSA key length of 2048 bits will make cracking connections to the company's services more difficult without affecting performance, experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Not Getting Real Value Out of Mobile? Think Beyond the App. Mobility promises to drive real competitive advantage. But why hasn't it happened yet? Because it's about true innovation, not just building an app. Find out more. Learn More Detect and respond: How organizations are fighting off targeted attacks faster It doesn't matter how high, deep, or long the IT walls are that security pros build around their networks, it seems attackers find ways to fly over, dig under, or drill through. The most recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that more than 50 percent of all breaches were caused by some form of hacking -- and it took months to years for more than two thirds of successful breaches to be detected. Read More Verizon rolls out certificate services for 'Internet of things' Verizon today said it is rolling out digital certificate services aimed at the "Internet of things" in order to provide security and authentication for machine-to-machine systems. 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 INSIDER How IT found savings by tackling (instead of cringing at) photocopiers Say the word 'photocopier,' and most IT leaders have visions of skilled workers wasting time undoing paper jams. But for Karl Collins, vice president of technical services and infrastructure at SavaSeniorCare, IT's newfound ownership of enterprise-wide photocopiers has yielded $739,000 annual savings and increased visibility among executives. Read More Products of the week 11.18.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Extreme and CloudLock Read More
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