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27th of Jan, 2012 by Admin

Massive Android malware op may have infected 5M users

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Computerworld Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012 =============================================================== Massive Android malware op may have infected 5 million users The largest-ever Android malware campaign may have duped as many as 5 million users into downloading infected apps from Google's Android Market, Symantec said today. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549535/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CloudPassage CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers - from dynamic firewalls to intrusion detection, and account management. Halo is SaaS and installs in 5 minutes. Halo Basic is free for up to 25 servers. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/548424/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. 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Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone is top dog -- and Samsung's Google problem http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549550/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cisco UCS with intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors Learn how the Cisco Unified Computing System, powered by intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors, signals an evolution in the data center: Cisco Unified Computing at Work, Unified Computing Design Zone, Build a Cloud Ready Data Center and Changing the Server Industry. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/544506/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features Mission Control and other snazzy new Lion features may have gotten all the press, but columnist Ryan Faas has uncovered a slew of lesser-known features that every OS X Lion user should know about. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549536/0/ Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill Lawmakers in Hawaii quietly dropped a bill that would have required Internet service providers to collect the browsing histories of Internet users in the state and store the data for at least two years. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549537/0/ Cisco aims to simplify, unify collaboration products' design, interfaces Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549538/0/ Researchers unearth more Chinese links to defense contractor attacks Symantec researchers have uncovered additional clues that point to Chinese hacker involvement in attacks against a large number of Western companies, including major U.S. defense contractors. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549539/0/ From CIO.com: How To Reinvent Your PC Sourcing Strategy The growing popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs, more smartphones and tablets in the workplace, and new trends in desk-side computing indicate a need to change traditional sourcing practices. Here are some ideas on how to adapt to the changing environment. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549540/0/ Apple reclaims top brand spot after iPhone 4S launch, Jobs' death Apple reclaimed the top spot in a brand listing by collecting an estimated $900 million worth of traditional media, social media and Twitter coverage in the fourth quarter of 2011, a measurement company said today. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549541/0/ Facebook scammers redirect victims through Amazon's cloud Facebook scammers have started redirecting victims through Amazon's cloud in order to bypass malicious URL filters, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor F-Secure. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549542/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Oracle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Migrating Your Legacy IBM Database Environment Download this guide to ensure a seamless migration and take advantage of reduced costs associated with extremely efficient day-to-day database administration. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549551/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ White House CTO Chopra leaving his post Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, is stepping down in early February. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549543/0/ Drive-by-download attack exploits critical vulnerability in Windows Media Player Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro have come across a Web-based attack that exploits a known vulnerability in Windows Media Player. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549544/0/ CloudPassage launches new security product for public clouds CloudPassage is launching a new security product for virtual servers in public clouds such as Amazon Web Services that it says takes care of the all-important need for security when using services from infrastructure providers. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549545/0/ Wall Street Beat: Tech shines as earnings come in strong This week's tsunami of tech earnings, led by Apple's jaw-dropping quarterly report, has given market watchers something to cheer about and also points to industry shifts around tablets and cloud computing. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549546/0/ Facebook IPO could come next week The Internet juggernaut Facebook could file papers for an initial public offering as early as Wednesday, hoping to raise as much as US$10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549547/0/ Preston Gralla: Bill Gates -- taxing the rich more will help close the budget deficit Since Bill Gates left Microsoft, he has become the world's premier philanthropist, but has largely stayed away from politics. But now, in an aside in an interview with the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph, he lightly weighs into U.S. politics, saying that increasing taxes on the rich would be a good way to close the budget deficit. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549548/0/ Robert L. Mitchell: Why e-textbooks could cost students Current e-textbook distribution models, if successful, could let publishers control prices and eliminate the used textbook market. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7831046/869152226/549549/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone is top dog -- and Samsung's Google problem iPhone is king of smartphones once again. Apple sold 37 million of the things in Q4 2011, dashing Samsung from its briefly-held position as world's number one smartphone vendor. 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