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	Increasingly virulent adware threatens Android user privacy New generations of adware targeting Android smartphones are increasingly violating user privacy by grabbing personal information and using it without permission, a new study shows. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue DDoS attacks against banks raise question: Is this cyberwar? iPredators: Cyberbullying to cyber-harassing troll cop from hell Hackers, Security Pros Talk Penetration Testing, Social Engineering INSIDER Getting the most out of IPS Gartner: Cisco CEO John Chambers talks HP, tech complexity and patent trolls Russian coder puts Microsoft botnet accusation behind him INSIDER Securing the new data center WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away Live Webcast: Tuesday, October 30th at 12:00pm ET Join Steve Dispensa, PhoneFactor Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Fender, PhoneFactor Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, to learn how phone-based authentication is helping companies tackle complex authentication challenges. Learn More DDoS attacks against banks raise question: Is this cyberwar? It's been a month of crippling denial-of-service attacks on websites operated by U.S. banks and financial services firms. A terrorist organization called Al-Qassam takes credit online, but now the attacks are being blamed on Iran. Read More iPredators: Cyberbullying to cyber-harassing troll cop from hell Not only is October pegged as cybersecurity month, it is also national bullying prevention awareness month. When it comes to cyberbullying, there are thousands of articles online about the tragic suicide of 15-year-old Amanda Todd and how Anonymous may have unmasked the man who bullied her into sending pictures which he later posted online and sent to her friends. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! Hackers, Security Pros Talk Penetration Testing, Social Engineering CIO.com goes undercover (sort of) at GrrCon, the Midwest's premier conference on penetration testing and software security, to learn about cloud security, hacking, lock picking and more. Read More INSIDER Getting the most out of IPS Intrusion prevention systems — security tools designed to stop problems even before they crop up — have emerged as indispensable components of defense-in-depth security strategies. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Solve QoS Problems in VoIP Call Centers View this short video "Maintaining High VoIP Quality for Call/Contact Centers with Network Time Machine", to learn more about how carrier and call center customers are using Network Time Machine to rapidly determine problem domain and identify choke points in the network. View Now! Gartner: Cisco CEO John Chambers talks HP, tech complexity and patent trolls ORLANDO -- Cisco CEO John Chambers sat down with Gartner analysts for a wide-ranging and interesting interview at the Gartner Symposium/Itxpo today. The upbeat CEO chatted about everything from the company's greatest challenges in his 17 years at the helm to how he views the completion and many other topics. MORE GARTNER NEWS: Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2013 Here's a look at... Read More Russian coder puts Microsoft botnet accusation behind him When 32-year-old Russian programmer Andrey N. Sabelnikov visited the U.S. for the first time in January, he had a surprise waiting for him. Read More INSIDER Securing the new data center It's hard enough to secure resources when they are bound to a physical box, but the game changes when servers are virtualized and start to move around, not only to other servers in the data center, but also to off-premise cloud facilities. Read More
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