Ransomware: Pay it or fight it?

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	Ransomware: Pay it or fight it? Ask security experts what to do when hit with ransomware – the sophisticated malware that infects a device or network, uses military-grade encryption to restrict access, and demands payment for the decryption key – and you'll typically get the same answer: 'never pay the ransom.' But for many, that's simply not an option. Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn 5 Ways to Wow the Connected Customer The future success and sustenance of your organization will depend on your ability to understand your customers' needs, develop a strategy that effectively meets them, and be nimble in your response to a constantly changing customer landscape. Learn More In this Issue State Dept. to shut down email system to clean out malware INSIDER Review: Gigabit Wi-Fi access points for SMBs INSIDER American Cancer Society embraces Big Data Qwerty Card: A lo-tech solution to managing hi-tech passwords Yahoo puts email encryption plugin source code up for review Users plus passwords equals disaster Government requests for Facebook data continue to grow Facebook acquires The Find e-commerce search engine MacBook makes a case for wireless docking -- but too soon WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Security Considerations in the Internet of Things (IoT) Era In the evolving era of the Internet of Things, the combination of tiny sensors, powerful and inexpensive processors and cloud-based management and analysis tools are creating entirely new categories of products and also new opportunities for criminals and other malicious actors Learn More State Dept. to shut down email system to clean out malware The U.S. Department of State will shut down its unclassified email system for a short time to clean up malware that may have resided there since late last year. Read More INSIDER Review: Gigabit Wi-Fi access points for SMBs Last year we reviewed five of the first Gigabit Wi-Fi access points to hit the market. This time around, we're testing three new entrants: the Cisco WAP371, D-Link's DAP-2695, and the Edimax WAP-1750. Read More INSIDER American Cancer Society embraces Big Data In 2012, the American Cancer Society, one of the largest non-profit groups in the country, realized that its de-centralized organizational structure had to change. So, the ACS consolidated 13 locations (a national home office and 12 separate locations, each its own charity) into one company based in Atlanta with a dozen divisions. (Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Infographic: The Future of the Internet of Things The Internet of Things is rapidly transitioning from "What" and "Why" to "When" and "How." Xively has created an infographic on the future of the IoT that combines industry research with our own customer experience to create a visual representation of where the market is today. How will the IoT transform your business? Learn More Qwerty Card: A lo-tech solution to managing hi-tech passwords The way to have safe and easy passwords is to have a management method that makes generating and remembering passwords as easy as possible. Read More Yahoo puts email encryption plugin source code up for review Yahoo released the source code for a plugin that will enable end-to-end encryption of email messages, a planned data-security improvement prompted by disclosures of U.S. National Security Agency snooping. Read More Users plus passwords equals disaster Just like oil and water or peaches and concrete, passwords and users don't mix too well. The problem is that users want ease of use with the products and services they access which, to them, means having to remember as few passwords as possible. Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn 7 Steps to Business Success on the Internet of Things The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to do nothing short of revolutionize the way the world does business. The ability to sense and control the physical world through sensor-enabled devices can unlock massive, previously unseen opportunities to expand revenue, optimize operations and delight customers and users. Learn More Government requests for Facebook data continue to grow Requests from governments for people's Facebook account data were overall on the rise in the second half of 2014, though they declined in the U.S. and Germany. Read More Facebook acquires The Find e-commerce search engine Facebook has acquired The Find, a nine-year-old company with a search engine that indexes products across thousands of e-commerce sites. Read More MacBook makes a case for wireless docking -- but too soon The new MacBook is supposed to usher in a wire-free future for laptops, but Apple left out technologies that could have saved road warriors a few ungainly wires. Read More
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