IRS warns on 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams for 2014

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	IRS warns on 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams for 2014 Everybody wants your money – the IRS too, but at least they will take it legally. The IRS however doesn't want your money taken by scamsters who use tax season to celebrate Christmastime for dirtbags. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Anatomy Of A CyberAttack Do you know how to keep cyber-criminals out of your network? Cyber-criminals employ complex techniques to avoid detection as they sneak into corporate networks to steal intellectual property. Don't give the bad guys the keys to your network. Learn how to protect your organization from emerging threats in our e-book. Read Now In this Issue What will be hot at RSA? NSA/tech industry battle; cyberwarfare issues dominate Microsoft Lync gathers data just like NSA vacuums up info in its domestic surveillance program Malware has changed, but its name hasn't -- and likely won't 15 Ways to Make Sense of Calls for NSA Reform New planet hunter with 34 telescopes to set sights on deep space Hot Topics at the RSA Conference Candy crushed: Forklift 'solution' gets worker canned Cisco fixes unauthorized access, denial-of-service flaws in several products WHITE PAPER: IBM Introducing Social Business for the Mid-Market This report provides directional guidance for mid-market companies to appropriately use Social Business to achieve their goals. Learn More. What will be hot at RSA? NSA/tech industry battle; cyberwarfare issues dominate It's almost a shame that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden won't be at the upcoming RSA Conference since the disclosures he's leaked about the NSA's mass surveillance practices involving the U.S. high-tech industry are directly influencing a preponderance of conference agenda this year. Read More Microsoft Lync gathers data just like NSA vacuums up info in its domestic surveillance program Microsoft's Lync communications platform gathers enough readily analyzable data to let corporations spy on their employees like the NSA can on U.S. citizens, and it's based on the same type of information - call details. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software What to Look for When Evaluating Next-Generation Firewalls These liabilities create security vulnerabilities and force enterprises into expensive workarounds like deploying separate gateway antivirus products and intrusion prevention systems (IPS).Next-Generation Firewalls remedy these problems. Learn More Malware has changed, but its name hasn't -- and likely won't What's in a name? For one security expert, not enough when the name is "malware." Read More 15 Ways to Make Sense of Calls for NSA Reform President Obama has called for reforms to the National Security Agency's programs in order to strike a balance between privacy and security. However, contrasts abound between what the president has said and what his own review group and independent agencies propose. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Getting Agnostic about Mobile Devices The need for flawless, high-performing mobile apps is critical, yet many organizations struggle. This paper explains how to accurately analyze performance of mobile apps, calculate the cost of app failure, and how to develop, deploy and test mobile apps so that malfunctions don't happen. Read more! New planet hunter with 34 telescopes to set sights on deep space The European Space Agency this week said it was putting together a new space telescope that would take aim at discovering habitable exoplanets in our solar system. Read More Hot Topics at the RSA Conference It's the calm before the storm and I'm not talking about the unusual winter weather. Just a few days before the 2014 RSA Security Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. In spite of this year's controversy over the relationship between the NSA and RSA Security (the company), I expect a tremendous turnout that will likely shatter the attendance records of last year. Cybersecurity issues... Read More Candy crushed: Forklift 'solution' gets worker canned The technology gods owe Robert McKevitt - all of us, actually - an explanation as to why in the year 2014 vending machines are still are still capable of driving normal human beings to abnormal acts of frustration. In other words, who among hasn't wanted to take a forklift to a balky vending machine? Read More Cisco fixes unauthorized access, denial-of-service flaws in several products Cisco Systems has released security updates to fix serious vulnerabilities in a range of products including its Intrusion Prevention System, Unified Computing System Director, Unified SIP Phone 3905 and Firewall Services Module products. Read More
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