Biggest Apple botnet discovered: 600K+ Macs infected

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	IT Blogwatch: Biggest Apple botnet discovered: 600K+ Macs infected Russian researchers have discovered a botnet of more than 600,000 Macs. Yes, Macs -- you know, those things that don't get malware. Apple is coming under heavy criticism for its slow response to known vulnerabilities and for perpetuating the myth that OS X is malware-free. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers count the cost. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue In this Issue Barbara Krasnoff: Hands-on: BackBeat Go wireless earbuds make listening easier Preston Gralla: Five ways the Lumia 900 beats the iPhone Barbara Krasnoff: The new Evo 4G LTE smartphone: Paying attention to calls Government IT Spotlight: Your best resources are right next door Shark Tank: How about KNARP? WHITE PAPER: F5 Securing the Cloud Cloud computing has become another key resource for IT deployments, but there is still fear of securing applications and data in the cloud. With F5 devices, you can keep your most precious assets safe, no matter where they live. Learn More! Barbara Krasnoff: Hands-on: BackBeat Go wireless earbuds make listening easier Plantronics' new Bluetooth earbuds offer more convenience than your standard wired earbuds along with quality audio. Read More Preston Gralla: Five ways the Lumia 900 beats the iPhone I've been testing the Lumia 900 for the last several days, and have found that some of ifs features are superior to the iPhone --- here are five of them. (Note: I'll have a fuller review posted on Computerworld in several days.) Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Optimize Data Backup to Ensure Data Protection Protecting data, a top IT priority, is made even more difficult as rapid data growth pushes traditional backup processes beyond their capabilities. Integrating virtualization into existing backup solutions can optimize data protection and reduce backup windows and costs up to 80%. Learn More! Barbara Krasnoff: The new Evo 4G LTE smartphone: Paying attention to calls At the introduction of the new Evo 4G LTE smartphone, attention was paid to a long-neglected aspect of these devices -- the quality of the call. Read More Government IT Spotlight: Your best resources are right next door In the government sector we are all having to face reduced budgets, reduced staffing, reduced resources, while also facing increased workloads, increased demands and an ever changing technology landscape. In the face of this new paradigm how are we going to meet these challenges and maintain our drive to innovation and efficiencies through these incredible breakthroughs that continue to come, day after day? Read More Shark Tank: How about KNARP? This IT pilot fish is in the Air Force and working as a telecom engineer at a base where the telephone switch has a special command for administrators to show the passwords -- a challenge fish can't resist. Read More
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