Cryptolocker: The evolution of extortion

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	Cryptolocker: The evolution of extortion The Cryptolocker Trojan is an evolution of "ransomware," not a revolutionary change from past criminal attempts to extort money from PC owners, a security expert said today. Read More   In this Issue Perspective: Curbing data use is key to reining in NSA Firefox Nightly: A visual tour of the new Australis UI Retina iPad Mini's 'secretive' launch continues, shortages persist Google wants you walkin' in its Winter Wonderlabs Snap! 'Selfie' becomes International Word of the Year Warning! Targeted Internet misdirection on the rise Supreme Court refusal to block NSA data collection not surprising In role reversal, Ballmer stays composed, Gates chokes up, in shareholder meeting Nokia shareholders approve sale of smartphones to Microsoft As sale to Microsoft closes, here's a salute to Nokia's most iconic phones Apple's $380M case against Samsung goes to jury Google strengthens its SSL configuration against possible attacks Ubuntu Linux server with ARM processor rolled out by Boston Limited Intel rushes to exascale with redesigned Knights Landing chip Jonny Evans: iOS 7 tips: taking better iPhone photos Preston Gralla: Steve Balmer's farewell message to Microsoft shareholders: Save Bing and Xbox WHITE PAPER: SAP Innovation in Enterprise Cloud Management Managing the enterprise cloud using SAP HANA allows you to reinvent your business, do more with less, and support business with technology. This KnowledgeVault explains how to roll out new business processes with Two-Tier Innovation, harness the power of Big Data, expand mobile solutions and innovate with public cloud solutions. Learn more Perspective: Curbing data use is key to reining in NSA Any effort to rein in the National Security Agency after its widespread spy activities were revealed in leaked documents must focus on more than simply limiting what personal data can be collected. Read More   Firefox Nightly: A visual tour of the new Australis UI   Firefox rolled out the new 'Australis' UI to its Nightly browser channel on Monday. Here is what the update looks like. Read More   Retina iPad Mini's 'secretive' launch continues, shortages persist The Retina iPad Mini's "secretive" launch was driven by severe shortages, which have not improved since Apple started selling the smaller tablet a week ago, a financial analyst said today. Read More   Google wants you walkin' in its Winter Wonderlabs Google opened gadget showrooms in six U.S. cities as the holiday shopping season quickly approaches. Read More   Snap! 'Selfie' becomes International Word of the Year If you posted selfies on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter this past year, you helped make "selfie" the Oxford Dictionaries' international Word of the Year for 2013 Read More   Warning! Targeted Internet misdirection on the rise Unknown attackers have successfully hijacked and redirected Internet traffic belonging to financial services companies, VoIP providers and governments many times over the past year. Read More   Supreme Court refusal to block NSA data collection not surprising Privacy rights advocates and legal experts this week said they were disappointed but not surprised with the U.S. Supreme Court's denial of a petition challenging the legality of the National Security Agency's phone metadata collection program. Read More   In role reversal, Ballmer stays composed, Gates chokes up, in shareholder meeting In his last appearance at a Microsoft shareholder meeting as CEO, Steve Ballmer said he's completely certain the company is in very good shape to succeed in the next decade under someone else's captainship. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Security Technologies for Mobile and BYOD With so many security technologies available, how do you sort through the options and pick the solutions that will really work for your business? Learn More. Nokia shareholders approve sale of smartphones to Microsoft More than 99 percent of Nokia's shareholders have voted to approve Microsoft's acquisition of the Finnish company's Devices & Services business. Read More   As sale to Microsoft closes, here's a salute to Nokia's most iconic phones Today Nokia's shareholders voted to approve Microsoft's acquisition of the company's Nokia's Devices & Services business. The deal marks the end of an era that has produced many iconic phones. Read More   Apple's $380M case against Samsung goes to jury A jury in California will begin deliberating over how much money Samsung should pay to Apple for the infringement of several patents in multiple models of Samsung smartphones. Apple wants just under $380 million, but Samsung argues it shouldn't pay more than $52 million. Read More   Google strengthens its SSL configuration against possible attacks Google replaced the SSL certificates for its online services with new ones that use stronger, 2048-bit RSA keys, making encrypted connections to its sites safer against so-called brute-force attacks. Read More   Ubuntu Linux server with ARM processor rolled out by Boston Limited Boston Limited has announced a new server based on ARM processors and certified to run Ubuntu Linux 13.10, a move that could further stir up growing interest in ARM servers. Read More   Intel rushes to exascale with redesigned Knights Landing chip In the rush to exascale computing, Intel is making a small change that could have a big impact on system design with its upcoming Xeon Phi chip. Read More   Jonny Evans: iOS 7 tips: taking better iPhone photos iPhones are the most popular cameras in the Flickr community, so here's some tips iPhonographers can use to take better pictures. Read More   Preston Gralla: Steve Balmer's farewell message to Microsoft shareholders: Save Bing and Xbox Stock analysts and even a potential CEO candidate are calling for Microsoft to sell off Bing and its XBox division, but Steve Ballmer, in his final speech to company shareholders, makes it plain: He believes both are core to Microsoft's success. Is he clinging to yesterday's vision, or is he on target? Read More
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