Oops. Microsoft takes down some researchers' servers along with Citadel botnet sites When Microsoft took down Citadel botn

Oops. Microsoft takes down some researchers' servers along with Citadel botnet sites When Microsoft took down Citadel botnets last week it disrupted the thieves who use the malware for stealing online banking information, but it also caused collateral damage by knocking out sinkhole servers used by researchers to figure out how best to combat the criminals, a Swiss researcher says. READ MORE

Issue highlights 1. Gartner reveals Top 10 IT Security Myths 2. Ubuntu Touch: First look at the Linux smartphone OS 3. Getting the most out of flash storage 4. 10 scary facts about Bitcoin 5. iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending June 7 6. The world is not flat: Apple unveils 'fresh, light' iOS 7 7. Products of the week 6.10.13 8. VMware: We're building one of the biggest SDN deployments in the industry 9. How to protect your PC from PRISM surveillance WHITE PAPER: Tibco The 21st Century World of Mobile, Social, Cloud and Big Data This paper will discuss the new IT landscape as it relates to the new integration, and the need for a new comprehensive integration strategy. Read Now! Gartner reveals Top 10 IT Security Myths When it comes to information security, there are a lot of "misperceptions" and "exaggerations" about both the threats facing businesses and the technologies that might be used to protect their important data assets, according to Gartner analyst Jay Heiser. READ MORE Ubuntu Touch: First look at the Linux smartphone OS READ MORE Getting the most out of flash storage As powerful and beneficial as flash storage can be, many organizations are overspending on capacity they don't need, deploying flash in the wrong places, and inefficiently spending on flash applications that are not appropriate for their real business objectives. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Verizon Building the Best Network for the Cloud In this Verizon Knowledge Vault, you'll learn from videos and other downloadable resources how to move large amounts of data reliably and securely, how to increase performance for the cloud and how to balance risk and opportunity in the cloud era with the help of Verizon Network and Cloud Solutions. Learn More 10 scary facts about Bitcoin Bitcoin's trajectory over the past few years is nothing short of impressive. A peer-to-peer alternative currency whose creator remains anonymous five years later, Bitcoin sounds like something out of a science fiction novel. READ MORE iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending June 7 As Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference loomed, the iOSphere seemed resigned to No New Hardware, taking the wind out of much of the hot air about iPhone 6. But diehards do not go gentle in that good night. READ MORE The world is not flat: Apple unveils 'fresh, light' iOS 7 Apple CEO Tim Cook and several of his top executives took the stage today at the company's annual developers conference to unveil a spruced-up, new-look iOS 7, introduce iTunes Radio and talk up this fall's "Mavericks" upgrade for OS X. READ MORE WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Make your data center available, efficient and safe We will discuss what you should expect from a world class service provider and the scope of services needed to make your data center the best it can be. Learn More. Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2pm Eastern Learn More. Products of the week 6.10.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Belkin and Fortinet READ MORE VMware: We're building one of the biggest SDN deployments in the industry VMware hopes to make the networking components of its soon-to-be-released vCloud Hybrid Service one of its biggest selling points, and in doing so the company plans to build one the largest software-defined networking (SDN) deployments in the industry. READ MORE How to protect your PC from PRISM surveillance Thursday afternoon, a bombshell dropped: Two leading reports claimed that the U.S. government has been spying on emails, searches, Skype calls, and other electronic communications used by Americans for the last several years, via a program known as PRISM. 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