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	Death by Morto A? It's your own fault, says Microsoft The Morto A worm is having continued success despite its reliance on a list of lame passwords to take over victim machines. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software New NetVault Backup Licensing Model Read a report from an industry-leading analyst to see why traditional backup and recovery licensing methods no longer make sense. You'll learn how you can dramatically cut costs with a different strategy that's more intuitive, reasonable, enduring, and flexible. Download the report today. Read Now! In this Issue Was this the e-mail that took down RSA? VMworld: Security, regulatory concerns still a challenge in virtualization 5 misconceptions about file transfer security Tips for Taming Rogue IT Chatbots gone wild – and nasty Top cybersecurity concerns: Malicious code, employees run amok 4 simple steps to bulletproof laptop security VMware strives to expand security partner ecosystem Hackers may have stolen over 200 SSL certificates Hackers break into Linux source code site Trend Micro: Virtualization changing our anti-malware business big time Survey: IT pros split on allowing end users to download, install software The big, bad browser quiz IFA: Sony intros two Android tablets WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Gartner 2011 Planning Guide: Network and Telecom Read the Gartner Research Note, "2011 Planning Guide: Network and Telecom," and discover how to keep up with the most important networking trends for 2011. Includes practical guidance to build an optimized data center, the best network infrastructure and true "anywhere Enterprise" capabilities. Get your report -- compliments of Citrix. Learn more Was this the e-mail that took down RSA? "I forward this file to you for review. Please open and view it." Read More VMworld: Security, regulatory concerns still a challenge in virtualization While VMware users harbor little doubt about the cost savings and productivity gains brought by virtualizing their networks, security concerns still exist on many fronts, whether it's figuring out how to meet regulatory compliance with auditors, or evaluating cloud services. Read More 5 misconceptions about file transfer security The typical enterprise transfers thousands of files per day, making it one of the essential business productivity tools. But there are a number of file transfer security misconceptions floating around that give the technology a black eye. Here are the Top 5. Read More Tips for Taming Rogue IT Sure, some rogue IT is the result of unmet technology needs. Other times, it's just the product of misunderstanding or miscommunication. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation Diskeeper 2011 Professional Edition FREE Trial Diskeeper prevents the majority of fragmentation (scattered file fragments randomly placed across the hard drive) before it can happen and instantly defrags the rest. More importantly, Diskeeper 2011 brings data flow up to peak speed for the best possible productivity. Download now! Chatbots gone wild – and nasty A demo of two robots chatting that a pair of Cornell University Ph.D. students cobbled together for an artificial intelligence course has exploded into a viral video over the past week that has amassed nearly 1.4 million views on YouTube. The video, "AI vs. AI. Two chatbots talking to each other" (see below) is based on a Web-based chatbot called Cleverbot that the students gussied up with a text-to-speech... Read More Top cybersecurity concerns: Malicious code, employees run amok When 3,300 information-technology professionals were asked about cybersecurity, they said malicious code attacks accounted for the main type of cyberattack their organizations suffered during the past year, although "internal unintentional actions" by well-meaning insiders also wreaked havoc. Read More 4 simple steps to bulletproof laptop security Follow these tips, tools, and techniques to protect your Windows notebook against theft, intrusion, and data loss Read More VMware strives to expand security partner ecosystem VMware yesterday said it has added more security vendor partners to its vShield product-development program in which security firms work with the company to develop data protection specifically designed for VMware's flagship virtualization platform, which today is vSphere 5.0. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Most Important Metric for your VMs The management tools selected to support virtualization is essential to the ability of IT to grow the virtual environment without proportionately increasing the staff to manage all of the new physical host servers and their guest VMs. Learn More Hackers may have stolen over 200 SSL certificates Hackers may have obtained more than 200 digital certificates from a Dutch company after breaking into its network, including ones for Mozilla, Yahoo and the Tor project, a security researcher reported today. Read More Hackers break into Linux source code site As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, and the bad guys who break into computers. Read More Trend Micro: Virtualization changing our anti-malware business big time Virtualization -- in particular Trend Micro's close alliance with VMware -- is bringing about a strategic shift in Trend's anti-malware business as its products become designed for use with VMware's vShield technology. Read More Survey: IT pros split on allowing end users to download, install software In their efforts to keep malware off their networks, some IT and security pros restrict end users' rights to install apps on company machines, and the majority restrict the individual applications that are allowed on the network, a survey says. Read More The big, bad browser quiz Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari -- you know the names of these Web browsers, but do you really know them? Read More IFA: Sony intros two Android tablets The tablets will integrate with other Sony products so for example consumers can use them as a remote control for their TV. Read More
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