US researcher banned for mining bitcoin using university supercomputers

US researcher banned for mining bitcoin using university supercomputers Verizon threatens to sue Netflix in war of words over video quality ITworld Today June 06, 2014 Share this email Massive botnet takedown stops spread of Cryptolocker ransomware The takedown earlier this week of a major malware-spewing botnet has crippled the distribution of Cryptolocker, one of the world's most sophisticated examples of ransomware. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. US researcher banned for mining bitcoin using university supercomputers 2. Verizon threatens to sue Netflix in war of words over video quality 3. Sprint-T-Mobile merger questions: Will regulators OK it? And, Legere as CEO? 4. Malicious advertisements on major websites lead to ransomware 5. Five reasons why China is attacking U.S. tech 6. Blackberry partners to offer infotainment system in digital instrument clusters 7. Trojan app encrypts files on Android devices and asks for ransom 8. No Europe, Google does not have to delete all your personal data 9. Microsoft's latest countdown: Update Windows 8.1 before Tuesday 10. Google reveals $1,000 Project Tango tablet for seeing in 3-D 11. Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: 'Right to be forgotten' is censorship White Paper: Ericom Software BYOD is Here to Stay, But Organizations Must Adapt As more and more employees bring their personal laptops and mobile devices to the workplace, IT teams are dealing with new security, compliance, support, management and cost challenges associated with BYOD. Learn More US researcher banned for mining bitcoin using university supercomputers The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has banned a researcher for using supercomputer resources to generate bitcoin. READ MORE Verizon threatens to sue Netflix in war of words over video quality Verizon Communications has threatened to sue Netflix after the video streaming company started displaying error messages that blamed Verizon for low-quality video streams. READ MORE Sprint-T-Mobile merger questions: Will regulators OK it? And, Legere as CEO? Merger would create a larger No. 3 carrier, but number of nationwide carriers would fall from four to three. READ MORE Malicious advertisements on major websites lead to ransomware Malicious advertisements on domains belonging to Disney, Facebook, The Guardian newspaper and others are leading people to malware that encrypts a computer's files until a ransom is paid, Cisco Systems has found. READ MORE Five reasons why China is attacking U.S. tech China's blistering attacks on U.S. tech firms is more than quid pro quo over cyberspying charges. It's a signal of China's growing confidence in its own technology capabilities. READ MORE White Paper: iRise Why Projects Fail CIOs are expected to deliver more projects that transform business, and do so on time, on budget and with limited resources. An IDG survey reveals the top three drivers of project failure and offers CIOs insight into how to prevent or overcome project failure. Learn more Blackberry partners to offer infotainment system in digital instrument clusters Blackberry released an infotainment system interface for digital instrument clusters and a platform for vehicle active and passive safety features. READ MORE Trojan app encrypts files on Android devices and asks for ransom The ransomware model is increasingly being adopted by cybercriminals who target mobile users, one of their latest creations being able to encrypt files stored on the SD memory cards of Android devices. READ MORE No Europe, Google does not have to delete all your personal data A Google representative confirmed on Thursday that the so-called European right to be forgotten will not apply to the .com domain. READ MORE Microsoft's latest countdown: Update Windows 8.1 before Tuesday Next week's seven-bulletin slate, including critical fixes for IE and Windows, won't reach 8.1 unless April's Update has been applied READ MORE Google reveals $1,000 Project Tango tablet for seeing in 3-D Google has unveiled its experimental "Project Tango" tablet for advanced imaging applications, and it wants developers to get to work on it. READ MORE Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: 'Right to be forgotten' is censorship Wales sits on a committee advising Google on dealing with an EU court's ruling that people have the right to be forgotten online. READ MORE Webcast: CA Technologies The End of Data Protection As We Know It. Traditional backup is going away, but where does this leave end-users? Learn more! 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