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	French lawmakers propose warrantless access to live user data from ISPs and hosting sites A wide variety of government officials could gain access to live data concerning users of ISPs and online services including content-hosting sites, without the approval of a judge, under a draft law approved by members of the French National Assembly on Friday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Unifying Virtualized Backup Replication/Recovery Dell AppAssure 5 builds on an impressive legacy of high-performance backup and recovery solutions, eliminating the need for vendor-specific hardware, giving IT administrators complete backup flexibility. Read the White Paper >> Read now! In this Issue Akamai to buy DDoS protection specialist Prolexic Bitcointalk.org warns passwords in danger after DNS attack Google Nexus phones vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via Flash SMS messages New Windows privilege escalation flaw exploited in active attacks Google's privacy policy violates Dutch data protection law, Dutch DPA says WEBCAST: BMC Software Be Ready for Big Data Big Data Analytics has become synonymous with Hadoop. As with any new technology, there is many times a lack of expertise – and at a minimum a learning curve. Learn about the choices you have for implementing a Big Data environment. Metascale, a Big Data service provider, manages all of Sears Big Data processing along with other companies. View Now Akamai to buy DDoS protection specialist Prolexic Content delivery services provider Akamai Technologies plans to buy Prolexic Technologies, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation specialist, for US$370 million in cash. Read More Bitcointalk.org warns passwords in danger after DNS attack A popular Bitcoin discussion forum warned on Monday some user passwords may have been intercepted after the site's DNS (Domain Name System) registrar was breached. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Why Your Organization Needs a Next Generation Firewall Learn why next-generation firewalls hold promise to combat the evolving threat landscape, how to make the business case for the technology, and how to select the solution that's right for your organization. Learn More Google Nexus phones vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via Flash SMS messages Attackers could force phones from Google's Nexus line to reboot or fail to connect to the mobile Internet service by sending a large number of special SMS messages to them. Read More New Windows privilege escalation flaw exploited in active attacks Attackers are exploiting a new and unpatched vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that allows them to execute code with higher privileges than they have access to. Read More Google's privacy policy violates Dutch data protection law, Dutch DPA says Google's practice of combining personal data from different Google services violates the Dutch data protection act, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) said Thursday. But Google will not face any enforcement actions for now. Read More
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