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	Human error gave spammers keys to Microsoft systems Microsoft blamed human error after two computers on its network were hacked and then misused by spammers to promote questionable online pharmaceutical websites. Read More WEBCAST: NetApp Use 50% Less Storage - Guaranteed Listen to this on-demand Webcast and hear Chris Rima of Tucson Electric Power discuss how his organization managed data growth and improved performance with storage and server virtualization. You'll also hear Brian Garrett from ESG and NetApp experts discuss ways to consolidate your Windows® application data, files, and virtual machines. Learn More In this Issue Which Phone 7 devices should you let on your network? Would 1,000 space-bound lasers deter a missile attack? Spam nation: U.S. tops list of spam-relaying countries Cloud computing security skeptics abound A quarter of WiFi networks unsecured, finds survey Encryption for the Internet and for telephony DHS scoured social media sites during Obama inauguration for 'items of interest' Cisco's top 10 rivals: missing F5 and/or Riverbed? Microsoft, Google make amends over IE8 zero-day flaw Cha-ching of Scraping: Data Brokers Digging Up & Selling Your Digital Dirt WEBCAST: Bradford Networks Step-by-Step Process to Network Security Hear from one financial services IT pro who thought his network was completely secure until it failed an internal security audit. Tim Childress from the credit card division of Bridgestone discusses the unique approach he took to improve network security. Hear how he met his objectives to stop rogue devices, gain better network visibility. View now Which Phone 7 devices should you let on your network? The business-focused among the first line of smartphonesI can't help but roll my eyes when smartphone TV spots advertise watching big screen motion pictures on a five-inch screen. Really? "Avatar" on a smartphone? You think you're going to convince me that I'm in a movie theater? In a pinch, maybe I would watch TV or movies on a smartphone, but I'm more interested about practical uses of a smartphone like for work. Read More Would 1,000 space-bound lasers deter a missile attack? John Raese, West Virginia's Republican nominee for Senate wants $20 billion for 1,000 laser space systemHere's an idea: The government puts 1,000 lasers in space over the US to shoot down any missiles fired at us, oh, and the system will cost $20 billion. Read More Spam nation: U.S. tops list of spam-relaying countries Spam nation. Let's face it, that's what they should call us, and it's not the eatin' spam, it's the e-mail spam. The United States of America is the top spam-belching nation in the entire world — by far. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Close the Protection Gap & Safeguard your Business This guide describes four phases of protection for small and midsize businesses. Read Now Cloud computing security skeptics abound The prospect of data security in cloud computing — particularly public-cloud computing — has security professionals taking a cautious approach. Read More A quarter of WiFi networks unsecured, finds survey Years after WiFi security was supposed to have gone 'critical', a quarter of access points in the UK remain open and unsecured, a new 'wardriving' survey has discovered. Read More Encryption for the Internet and for telephony In 1991, Zimmerman released Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and made it available, including source code, by FTP, thus allowing virtually anyone with an Internet connection to download it. At that time, PGP (based on the RSA algorithm) was the first freely available public-key based encryption program. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle SOA Best Practices and Design Patterns One of the most important tools in the evaluation, purchase, and ongoing use of SOA is the body of best practices that vendors, consultants, and customers have compiled. The promise of business agility, improved customer service, and competitive advantage with SOA is real. What varies most is the time, cost, and ease of SOA implementation. Learn More Today! DHS scoured social media sites during Obama inauguration for 'items of interest' A rights advocacy group is expressing concern over what it contends was an overly broad surveillance of social networking sites conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the days leading up to last years presidential inauguration. Read More Cisco's top 10 rivals: missing F5 and/or Riverbed? Case could be made for adding WAN optimizers to listGranted, it could have included companies like F5 and Riverbed. And some of you probably think it should. But our list of Cisco's Top 10 Rivals are all equally deserving of the recognition. Just ask Cisco... Read More Microsoft, Google make amends over IE8 zero-day flaw Microsoft fixes bug after criticism from Google security researcherLast month, a little dustup occurred between rivals Microsoft and Google over a years-old security flaw in Internet Explorer that a Google researcher had been pushing Microsoft to fix. But the companies have seemed to make amends, with Microsoft fixing the bug this week in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, and even publicly thanking Google researchers three separate times for reporting flaws... Read More Cha-ching of Scraping: Data Brokers Digging Up & Selling Your Digital Dirt Data Brokers scrape password-protected private forums, trawl the Net for digital dirt, listen in, and profit from your personal data. Now one wants to tie your real name to your online alias.The default decision for digging up digital dirt on a person seems to be that if it's online, then it's fair game. Did you know, however, that some companies which scrape and sell your personal data, will disregard any ethical concerns and use automated software to log into private message boards and scrape your info? There are many personal and private subjects that people online may share with likeminded... Read More
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