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	Ransomware leverages victims' browser histories for increased credibility The authors of police-themed ransomware have started using the browsing histories from infected computers in order to make their scams more believable, according to an independent malware researcher. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle 10 Ways CIOs Can Enhance Innovation Date: April 9th, 2013 Time: 2 PM EDT Most CIOs who say they want to pursue innovation won't permit their teams to use the tools that are most capable of delivering innovative gains. It's a huge disconnect in IT primarily driven by perceptions of security risks over cloud and mobility. Learn More In this Issue My divorce from Google - One year later Critical denial-of-service flaw in BIND software puts DNS servers at risk Hacking evolution: From good to evil to good Bitcoin exchange faces DDoS, even as the digital currency surges Forrester Research calls mobile-device management 'heavy-handed approach' WEBCAST: Lexmark International Faster Business Information. Better Business Collaboration This webinar will teach you about smart process apps—a new category ofsoftware that makes collaborative processes more productive and flexible. Learn More My divorce from Google - One year later Google's Terms of Service and Privacy Statement motivated me to give up over 3,000 Google+ Friends, and to stop using the Google search engine and the rest of their products, attractive as they were. Finding alternatives is definitely do-able. Here's where I am, one year later. Read More Critical denial-of-service flaw in BIND software puts DNS servers at risk A flaw in the widely used BIND DNS (Domain Name System) software can be exploited by remote attackers to crash DNS servers and affect the operation of other programs running on the same machines. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Your IT Journey - Your Way Faced with unrelenting pressure to do more with less, IT leaders are implementing virtualization, mobility and cloud computing in their enterprises. In this Knowledge Vault Exchange you'll find a plethora of valuable information, including videos, on-demand Webcasts, white papers and Twitter chats. View Now! Hacking evolution: From good to evil to good Video outlines the background of how hacking when from enthusiasts to criminals, and how good hackers are trying to take back the term. Read More Bitcoin exchange faces DDoS, even as the digital currency surges Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox faced a distributed denial-of-service attack late Thursday, at a time the digital currency is seeing an upward swing. Read More Forrester Research calls mobile-device management 'heavy-handed approach' Forrester Research predicts that with the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend expected to increasingly include laptops in addition to smartphones and tablets, the approach to managing those devices is in for some big changes. Read More
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