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	VMware patches 'critical' vulnerability VMware has issued a patch for its VMware View product that fixes a security vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized user to access system files. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software The Right Way to Prove Identity and Establish Trust Right now, someone's logging into your network and accessing proprietary data. Do you know who it is? Ensuring the identity of the person(s) trying to access your network is harder than ever. This Quest technical brief explains why two-factor authentication is superior to password authentication. Read Now! 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Read Now FCC issues security guidance to smartphone users The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is advising smartphone users on how to protect their mobile devices and data from mobile security threats. Read More DOJ to use prosecutorial powers in state-sponsored cyberespionage The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to throw its prosecutorial weight behind efforts to stem the growing number of foreign government-sponsored cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies. Read More Why one retailer is migrating away encryption to protect customer data For retailers, protecting customer payment-card information is critical, and encryption is the typically the way to do that today. But Crutchfield Corp, which sells electronics and other goods online and through catalogs, has decided to migrate away from encryption in favor of an alternative security technology known as tokenization in order to shield sensitive customer data. 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Here are the best – and mostly worst – celebrity tech moments of 2012: Read More NASA on full court press to deflate doomsday prophecies Insidious unknown planets lurking behind the sun ready to slam into Earth, supernova set to engulf the planet and giant, unseen asteroids screaming toward our globe are all theories espoused across the Internet as to how we will meet our demise next week on 12/21/2012. Read More Samsung promises fix for vulnerability in Android devices Samsung said Wednesday it is working on an update for a software flaw that could allow attackers to siphon personal data from a phone. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! IBM analysis of Twitter, Facebook and other social sites says you're gonna love holiday travel this year Maybe the direction had nowhere to go but up or maybe people really just need to get away regardless of how annoying car and air travel has become. Read More Oracle to stop patching Java 6 in February 2013 Java 6 will be retired from security support in less than two months, and users and businesses should prepare now for its demise, experts said today. Read More McAfee Inc. takes reputation beating after founder fled police In the wake of his Belize neighbor's unsolved murder, John McAfee's lurch through the news damaged the reputation of his namesake, the security company McAfee Inc., a brand expert said Thursday. Read More Facebook messaging changes could let paid advertisements into users' inboxes Facebook today announced a trial that could let paid advertisers directly message users' in-boxes, which have traditionally been held for messages from friends. Read More
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