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	Hackers try to hijack Facebook, other high profile domains through domain registrar The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a group of hackers who have made a habit of hijacking high-profile domain names, managed to change the domain registration information for Facebook.com, but failed to redirect the domain to a different server. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM The Big Data Zoo—Taming the Beasts According to Dr. Devlin's white paper "The Big Data Zoo—Taming the Beasts", data is still data, whether big or small. It needs to be managed effectively if organizations want to be gain value from it. Although big data may present special challenges for IT organizations, the principles of data management haven't changed. Learn More In this Issue FBI: Stolen copper gang cuts its way to prison Judging in the Olympics and IT Security: Subjective vs. Objective Building control systems can be pathway to Target-like attack 7 clever mobile apps to conquer procrastination California bill proposes mandatory kill-switch on phones and tablets Cybercriminals compromise home routers to attack online banking users The Skyfence security gateway monitors and protects cloud apps Target contractor says it was victim of cyberattack Patch Tuesday: Windows 8, Exchange in danger WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks Cloud-based UC: A Foundation for Business Transformation CIOs are turning to cloud-based UC to reduce IT costs and focus resources on projects that deliver the greatest strategic advantages. Read Now FBI: Stolen copper gang cuts its way to prison You don't hear about this often enough - the FBI today said the last in a group of seven men was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal copper from two dozen First Energy Corp. and or Cleveland Public Power substations in Northeast Ohio. Read More Judging in the Olympics and IT Security: Subjective vs. Objective I was watching the opening night events of the Sochi Olympics last night while I was finalizing my presentation for RSA Conference this month in San Francisco. My presentation is on what are the right metrics to measure security and risk. At the same time I am watching figure skating and women mogul skiing. It struck me that in all of these things subjective judging of performance is just so imprecise.... Read More Building control systems can be pathway to Target-like attack Companies should review carefully the network access given to third-party engineers monitoring building control systems to avoid a Target-like attack, experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Storage Insight: Debunk the Data Storage Myths Of all the obstacles standing in the way of building a better IT infrastructure, misinformation may be the most daunting. This informative eBook is designed to provide the immediate insight you need to make the right decisions about some of the most important IT issues your enterprise will ever face. Read Now>> 7 clever mobile apps to conquer procrastination Call it a disease, a bad habit, or a character flaw, but procrastination spares no one from its strangling grip. Just search "procrastination" in any mobile app store, and you'll be rewarded with a glut of solutions that promise to motivate, badger, cajole, prod, inspire or otherwise spur you into action. Before you kick another project down the road, check out these 7 apps and conquer your task-avoidance once and for all. Read More California bill proposes mandatory kill-switch on phones and tablets Politicians and law enforcement officials in California will introduce a bill on Friday that requires all smartphones and tablet PCs sold in the state be equipped with a digital "kill-switch" that would make the devices useless if stolen. Read More Cybercriminals compromise home routers to attack online banking users Attacks recently observed in Poland involved cybercriminals hacking into home routers and changing their DNS settings so they can intercept user connections to online banking sites. Read More WEBCAST: VCE Vblock™ Specialized System for SAP HANA® Deploy SAP HANA® fast and with low risk. VCE brings together all of the necessary components for SAP HANA® into a single, standardized converged infrastructure system to ensure maximum performance at scale even with high data volumes. Learn More The Skyfence security gateway monitors and protects cloud apps As companies move more of their applications to the cloud, they need a new enforcement point to protect data. Skyfence Networks offers a security gateway that monitors user activity for all cloud applications and prevents unauthorized access by malicious insiders and criminals using stolen credentials. Read More Target contractor says it was victim of cyberattack A contractor for Target said Thursday it was also a victim of a cyberattack, supporting the retailer's claim that hackers gained entry to its network via a third party. Read More Patch Tuesday: Windows 8, Exchange in danger Microsoft is issuing critical patches for flaws found in Windows 7, 8 and RT desktops as well as for the spam and malware filter for Microsoft Exchange server. Read More
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