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	How the world's largest cyberattack slows down your Internet use Websites take longer to load. Netflix cuts out. Normally you can blame those annoyances on a slow Internet connection speed, but this week, it's the result of the largest global cyberattack in history. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Accelerate Performance with High Performance Computing In this eGuide, articles from Computerworld and InfoWorld offer case studies, examples and opinions of how HPC can be applied to real-world problems today, and what the future of the technology is likely to hold. Read Now! In this Issue 10 Geeky and Foolish Ways to Celebrate April Fools' Day Evernote account used to deliver instructions to malware Dirty smartphones: Devices keep traces of files sent to the cloud 6 IT Security Innovations to Keep You Ahead of Attackers Geekiest/Techiest Easter Eggs Who has responsibility for cloud security? 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Learn More 10 Geeky and Foolish Ways to Celebrate April Fools' Day The Web is the epicenter of foolishness these days, but there are also ways to celebrate April 1 offline Read More Evernote account used to deliver instructions to malware A piece of malicious software spotted by Trend Micro uses the note-taking service Evernote as a place to pick up new instructions. Read More Dirty smartphones: Devices keep traces of files sent to the cloud When smartphone users upload files to cloud-based services, remnants of those files often remain on their handheld device, even if the data is meant to be stored only in the cloud, researchers have found. Read More 6 IT Security Innovations to Keep You Ahead of Attackers Hardly a day goes by without a new security threat emerging. Traditional security tools aren't always up to the task of keeping sensitive business information in safe hands. These six innovations will help you stay a step ahead. 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Network World explores the issue in-depth with: Read More Entrust puts down stake in the future of mobile security and digital certificates Entrust, whose focus is identity-based security based on digital certificates, has come up with new ways its technology can play a role in mobile devices. According to Entrust CEO Bill Conner, the latest thing is putting a digital certificate in an Apple iPhone so it can be used to wirelessly sign in to a PC or Macintosh. Read More Wisconsin man charged with participating in Anonymous DDoS A man in Wisconsin has been charged with participation in a distributed denial-of-service attack in February, 2011 against Koch Industries by hacker group Anonymous . Read More WHITE PAPER: Moovweb Why Responsive Design Isn't Good Enough… And How to Fix It This white paper digs into the responsive web design hype, discusses the pros and cons of this technique and proposes a next generation approach that doesn't force you to compromise. Read Now! New malware shows Android has target on its back Recently discovered Android malware used in targeted attacks against Tibetan and Uyghur activists in Europe is a warning to U.S. companies that mobile devices will likely be the mark in future cyberespionage attacks, experts say. Read More IRS uncorks Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2013 The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that there are plenty of scam artists and cybercriminals that want your money. Read More Pirated software a shortcut to malware and worse, says IDC report Consumers and businesses that choose to use pirated software are running an extremely high risk of malware infection while searching for and downloading it, a new IDC report on behalf of Microsoft has claimed. Read More Wells Fargo warns of ongoing DDOS attacks Wells Fargo warned on Tuesday that its website is being targeted again by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. Read More INSIDER How to blunt spear phishing attacks According to Allen Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, 95% of all attacks on enterprise networks are the result of successful spear phishing. In other words, somebody received an email and either clicked on a link or opened a file that they weren't supposed to. Read More
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