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	Flame fallout: Microsoft encryption deadline looms Tuesday Starting Tuesday Microsoft platforms will block the use of encryption keys less than 1024 bits so businesses that are still using weaker keys better get busy. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue Security: What if all law enforcement agencies could do instant DNA analysis? Encryption algorithm with 'sponge construction' picked to succeed SHA-2 Black Hole Exploit Kit Casts A Wide Net FTC: $1M fine to Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Selena Gomez fan site operator that unlawfully collected kid info Surveillance State: From Inside Secret FBI Terrorist Screening Room to TrapWire Training EFF criticizes controversial Philippines cybercrime law Watch a 500-pound server rack tossed off an 18-story building IDC: Security Appliance Market Growth Slows Slightly in Q2 2012 Ad industry calls IE10's 'Do Not Track' setting 'unacceptable' What if Windows 8 flops? Forrester: Digital disruption forcing IT leaders to do things differently Cyberattacks on banking websites subside -- for now Man-in-the-Browser malware scam goes universal U.S. goes after alleged pack of Russian agents sending military high-tech to Russia WHITE PAPER: Dell | Microsoft Why Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 Makes Business Sense This guide examines the business and IT advantages of migrating to Windows 7 and the costs of further delaying the move. We also take a look and migration strategies, best practices and lessons learned, as well as the resources to help men the move smoother and most cost-effective. Read Now! Security: What if all law enforcement agencies could do instant DNA analysis? What would happen if everyone could do DNA analysis within minutes using a simple computerized box that accepted a person's cell samples on a swab and spit out the answer about a person's genetic identity automatically? Read More Encryption algorithm with 'sponge construction' picked to succeed SHA-2 Bringing to a close a five-year selection process, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the successor to the encryption algorithm that is used today to secure much of the information on the Internet. Read More Black Hole Exploit Kit Casts A Wide Net Despite high profile take downs of several large botnets, there is still lots of malware being pushed on us by mass distribution phishing attacks according to the latest quarterly research report by Solutionary's Security Engineering Research Team (SERT). Read More FTC: $1M fine to Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Selena Gomez fan site operator that unlawfully collected kid info Not the kind of activity young entertainment stars Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez want to be associated with but the company that ran their websites apparently didn't have a problem with it. News: The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2012 (so far!) Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Virtualize Your ADI: Are You Ready to Unbox? Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss the benefits of an updated ADC. Learn more. Surveillance State: From Inside Secret FBI Terrorist Screening Room to TrapWire Training Joe Wolverton wrote an article on The New American about how TrapWire training courses might reveal the possible purpose for its creation. "The scope and significance of TrapWire, the size of it cannot be exaggerated." Read More EFF criticizes controversial Philippines cybercrime law The U.S.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation criticized new cybercrime legislation that went into effect Wednesday in the Philippines, which has sparked protests over its heavy-handed approach to speech on the internet. Read More Watch a 500-pound server rack tossed off an 18-story building I'm OK with marketing stunts as long as they're entertaining. And tossing a 500-pound server rack off the roof of an 18-story building is nothing if not entertaining. If that's all you want to see, you can stop watching after the first 15 seconds of the video. If you want to know how they pulled it off without risking the rack turning into a wrecking ball, a guy from 32TEN Studios explains beginning... Read More IDC: Security Appliance Market Growth Slows Slightly in Q2 2012 Both factory revenue and unit shipments grew in the second quarter of 2012, according to research firm IDC, with worldwide factory revenue recording an increase of 6.3 percent year-over-year to just under US$ 2.0 billion, and shipments increasing 6.5 percent to 496,697 units. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Join the scale revolution for cloud ready networks Today's cloud evolution requires a full scale revolution. Citrix TriScale technology transforms enterprise data centers into highly scalable enterprise clouds. Download this whitepaper and learn how to scale your cloud network for more elastic performance, seamless expansion and simple consolidation. Learn More Ad industry calls IE10's 'Do Not Track' setting 'unacceptable' Many of the country's largest companies lashed out at Microsoft this week, claiming that its decision to turn on the "Do Not Track" privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10 would "harm consumers, hurt competition, and undermine American innovation." Read More What if Windows 8 flops? Microsoft launches Windows 8 later this month after a year of gradually making the new operating system more and more available, hoping for a big hit that will drive sales this holiday season and beyond, and giving the company new hope of grabbing a bigger share of tablet sales. Read More Forrester: Digital disruption forcing IT leaders to do things differently Digital disruption is forcing IT leaders to move away from simply being managers of back-end systems that support commodity IT, to customer-focused leaders that embrace social media and mobile. Read More Cyberattacks on banking websites subside -- for now The wave of cyberattacks against a half-dozen U.S. financial institutions has subsided this week, but the recent demonstration of force shows a careful honing of destructive techniques that could continue to cause headaches. Read More Man-in-the-Browser malware scam goes universal The Man-in-the-Browser has had a makeover: He is now available as the Universal Man-in-the-Browser (uMitB). Read More U.S. goes after alleged pack of Russian agents sending military high-tech to Russia The U.S. government yesterday busted what's alleged to be a Russian-agent ring disguised as a Texas-based company illegally transferring high-tech electronics to the Russian military. Read More
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