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	Did Microsoft reach into your PC to stomp a botnet? Microsoft took down yet another botnet, but its method for doing so many not sit well with a lot of people, as the company removed software from their computers without their knowledge. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Advanced Multi-Platform Virtualization Management Read the white paper and learn why this technology beats the competition in terms of automated provisioning, systems integration and resource pooling. Also see how this environment offers advanced image management and higher resilience. Learn More In this Issue CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked Tech's biggest lobbyists Three security startups you should keep an eye on Hacker groups embracing more effective tactics in targeted attacks Dungeons & Dragons at 40: A history Why smart users are the key to secure online banking New Windows malware tries to infect Android devices connected to PCs Google dismisses eavesdropping threat in Chrome feature WHITE PAPER: VCE Rompetrol Case Study After a successful acquisition and growth phase, Rompetrol turned its energy into improving global operations by consolidating IT operations and launching a series of IT initiatives including an SAP rollout and a move toward private cloud. Learn More CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked A number of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were hacked Thursday by a group styling itself as the Syrian Electronic Army. Read More Tech's biggest lobbyists How Cisco, Google & others looked to win friends, influence legislators in 2013 Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc When Disaster Strikes, Can the Cloud Save Your Business? Find out why the survivors of Hurricane Sandy and other recent calamities say they wish they'd had cloud-based business VoIP communications, rather than "the vulnerability and limitations of the premises-based communications we had in place." Learn more >> Three security startups you should keep an eye on Security start-ups Skyfence Networks and Zimperium made their official debut today, while another still in stealth mode, Bluebox Security, announced this week additional funding bringing it to a $27.5 million in venture capital. Read More Hacker groups embracing more effective tactics in targeted attacks Hacker groups increasingly compromised industry websites in 2013 in an attempt to load malware onto the computers of employees of targeted companies and government agencies, a global threat report found. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM A Smarter Approach to CRM: An IBM Perspective Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms. Learn More. Dungeons & Dragons at 40: A history An overview of the first tabletop RPG and a look back at its four decades of life. Read More Why smart users are the key to secure online banking Online banking is not 100% secure -- nothing is. That is not expected to change in 2014. But a number of security experts, along with an industry official, say it is reasonably safe, if users take reasonable precautions. Read More New Windows malware tries to infect Android devices connected to PCs A new computer Trojan program attempts to install mobile banking malware on Android devices when they're connected to infected PCs, according to researchers from Symantec. Read More Google dismisses eavesdropping threat in Chrome feature Google said there's no threat from a speech recognition feature in its Chrome browser that a developer said could be used to listen in on users. Read More
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