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	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: 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 Cryptolocker: Ransomware on the loose Cupid Media hacked for 42 million unencrypted passwords LG Smart TV spying, owner claims his USB filenames posted on LG servers Mars manned mission: "2018 is our last chance to be first" This is how Amazon cleans its servers when customers are done with them Hackers reportedly stole 42 million customer records from online dating network Cupid Media 12 creepy new robots that could take over the world INSIDER Big data's biggest challenges Expert: Botnet takedowns are about garnering press, have no lasting impact 20-plus eye-popping Black Friday tablet, computer & tech deals Data centers play fast and loose with reliability credentials WHITE PAPER: Dell Tech Brief: Exchange 2013 Data Loss Prevention Protecting your company's critical data is a critical, mandatory part of an Exchange administrator's tasks. In this white paper, learn about the data loss prevention feature in Exchange 2013 and Exchange Online, how it controls inbound and outbound data flow and how it works for businesses of any size. Read now! Cryptolocker: Ransomware on the loose [View the story "Cryptolocker: Ransomware on the loose" on Storify] Read More Cupid Media hacked for 42 million unencrypted passwords The company behind several dating sites was hacked recently, and it didn't even encrypt its users' info. Read More LG Smart TV spying, owner claims his USB filenames posted on LG servers LG Smart TVs are in the crosshairs thanks to one owner who discovered LG is purportedly uploading his personal file names from a USB drive to LG servers. Read More 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! Mars manned mission: "2018 is our last chance to be first" It seems that US human space-trip to Mars grow ever-more unlikely each time Congress talks about NASA and the budget. Read More This is how Amazon cleans its servers when customers are done with them Every day thousands of customers spin up and down virtual machines and make billions of requests for processes on the storage being held in the Amazon Web Services cloud. But what happens when a customer is done renting that hardware? Read More Hackers reportedly stole 42 million customer records from online dating network Cupid Media Hackers reportedly stole 42 million customer records including email addresses and clear-text passwords from Cupid Media, a network of dating websites. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T How to navigate the ever-changing mobile device landscape Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful, and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information. Learn More 12 creepy new robots that could take over the world A roundup of robots and drones that could take over the world. Read More INSIDER Big data's biggest challenges IT pros from social media, healthcare and insurance industries share their big-data success stories and lessons learned. Read More Expert: Botnet takedowns are about garnering press, have no lasting impact Previously, in September and earlier this summer, Microsoft and Symantec made headlines by taking down major botnets. Now, one expert calls their actions ineffective, and wonders if the only reason they happened was to garner good press. Read 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 Data centers play fast and loose with reliability credentials How reliable is your data center service provider? Perhaps not as reliable as you think. Read More
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