How to stay one step ahead of phishing attacks

Computerworld Security: December 03, 2013
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INSIDER: How to stay one step ahead of phishing attacks

Protecting yourself against phishing attacks used to be relatively easy. Don't
download unexpected attachments. Visit banking websites directly instead of
clicking on links in an email. And look for bad grammar.
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through your My VMware™ account.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Security Manager's Journal: An admin surfing on a server? That's a big no-no
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8806695/823929835/645311/19/

2. Akamai to pay $370M for DDoS security firm Prolexic
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8806695/823929835/645312/20/

3. Darlene Storm: Huge bitcoin heist: Black market drug shop Sheep Marketplace poofs with $40 million
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DCIM: Total Management Insight

The pace of change in the data center continues to accelerate. At the same time,
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collect equate to more storage requirements as well as faster and more agile
servers and networking equipment to process and transmit the information.

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Security Manager's Journal: An admin surfing on a server? That's a big no-no

How could a tightly restricted server in finance be compromised by malware?
Really, it's not that hard.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8806695/823929835/645311/29/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: IBM Corporation~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Leveraging SaaS to Drive Innovation and Results

Learn how sales, finance, marketing, procurement, and supply chain leaders are
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Akamai to pay $370M for DDoS security firm Prolexic

Content delivery services provider Akamai Technologies plans to buy Prolexic
Technologies, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation specialist, for
$370 million in cash.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8806695/823929835/645312/31/

Darlene Storm: Huge bitcoin heist: Black market drug shop Sheep Marketplace poofs with $40 million


Did a hacker or hackers pull off a huge heist from one of the biggest black
market drug-selling sites, or did the operators of the anonymous digital
narcotics bazaar, Sheep Marketplace, just get away with stealing at least $5.2
million and perhaps as much as $40 million from their clients?
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