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	Steve Ballmer attacks Android security and Apple's high prices Only days after an embarrassing parting of ways with Windows 8 architect Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is back to his industry-slaying form, laying into Apple for its high prices and Google's Android for its record on mobile security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems The Economist: Secure Access in a Mobile Universe In a survey by The Economist, 89% of companies admit allowing mobile access to critical data, yet 50% of those surveyed have security concerns. Learn how you can minimize risk as mobile-access demands rise. Read Now In this Issue IBM: Companies facing social media conundrum Proof-of-concept malware can share USB smart card readers with attackers over Internet The top 5 issues with the top 5 cloud storage services General David Patraeus used clever Gmail trick during affair NASA breach update: Stolen laptop had data on 10,000 users US agencies target bogus business opportunities PCI Council publishes risk-assessment rules for card-processing networks RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! IBM: Companies facing social media conundrum IBM issued a report today that found while most companies are accelerating their social media plans, many are struggling to figure out what it all means. Read More Proof-of-concept malware can share USB smart card readers with attackers over Internet A team of researchers have created a proof-of-concept piece of malware that can give attackers control of USB smart card readers attached to an infected Windows computer over the Internet. Read More WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away Live Webcast: Thursday November 29th at 2:00pm 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 The top 5 issues with the top 5 cloud storage services A new survey by technical support website FixYa indicates that users of the top five cloud storage services are most concerned about capacity, security and missing files. Read More General David Patraeus used clever Gmail trick during affair It seems that we can't go even a few weeks without some new political sex scandal setting up shop in the news cycle. You would think that politicians and those generally in the public eye would have learned a lesson or two from a long list of disgraced public figures who have been caught cheating on their spouses, but that would be giving them too much credit. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell SonicWall Why Protection and Performance Matters Outdated firewalls can pose serious security risks and simply adding malware protection inhibits performance. Dell SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls overcome these limitations with multi-core architecture and Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection for unrivaled protection and performance. Read Now! NASA breach update: Stolen laptop had data on 10,000 users Personally identifiable information of "at least" 10,000 NASA employees and contractors remains at risk of compromise following last month's theft of an agency laptop, a spokesman said Thursday. Read More US agencies target bogus business opportunities Three U.S. agencies and a group of state attorneys general have filed more than 70 civil and criminal cases against defendants offering allegedly bogus business opportunities, with some of the defendants offering to help customers set up online businesses. Read More PCI Council publishes risk-assessment rules for card-processing networks The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council today issued guidelines on how businesses storing, processing or transmitting payment-card information should look at doing an annual risk assessment. Read More
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