Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Prolific cyberspying group linked to China's army

13 IT security myths debunked

Microsoft quietly raises prices of Mac Office by up to 17%

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February 19, 2013
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Prolific cyberspying group linked to China's army

A new report traces a large cybersecurity threat group to China's People's Liberation Army, specifically an unit that goes under the cover name "Unit 61398".

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Issue highlights

1. 13 IT security myths debunked

2. Microsoft quietly raises prices of Mac Office by up to 17%

3. First Look: Firefox for Windows 8

4. INSIDER ROI calculations done right can help IT projects

5. Source code to original Adobe Photoshop released

6. Microsoft's Software Battles (some of them, anyway)

7. Adobe to release emergency patches for Reader, Acrobat

8. Pirate Bay files police report alleging piracy by pro-copyright organization

9. Products of the week 2.18.13

10. Contest aims to boost state of password encryption

11. Microsoft's Outlook.com comes out of preview phase

12. Flip side to Burger King Twitter hack: Many new followers

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13 IT security myths debunked

They're security myths, oft-repeated and generally accepted notions about IT security that...simply aren't true. As we did a year ago, we've asked security professionals to share their favorite "security myths" with us. Here are 13 of them (if you'd prefer to zip through a slideshow version of this, click here) READ MORE

Microsoft quietly raises prices of Mac Office by up to 17%

Microsoft has quietly raised prices of Office for the Mac as much as 17% and stopped selling multi-license packages of the application suite. READ MORE

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First Look: Firefox for Windows 8

Mozilla has been working on a version of Firefox specifically targeted at the tile-based "Modern" user interface of Windows 8. It's still in the early stages of development and Mozilla hasn't announced when there will be an official release, but here's what we know so far. READ MORE

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ROI calculations done right can help IT projects

Building a solid business case for your IT projects means nailing the financial calculations and language. CIOs say making accurate ROI predictions can pay off. Insider (registration required) READ MORE

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Comparing Consumer and Enterprise Online File Sharing

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Source code to original Adobe Photoshop released

The Computer History Museum announced this week that the source code to the original version of Adobe Photoshop would be made freely available. READ MORE

Microsoft's Software Battles (some of them, anyway)

With Microsoft's vast reach in the marketplace, it seems the company regularly has an area where it is trying to be better than the competition or has a challenger to one of its many products. This is nothing new, its been going on almost since the beginning of recorded history - at least since Lotus gained ground over VisiCalc, only to see Microsoft Excel later gain market share over the 1-2-3 spreadsheet... READ MORE

Adobe to release emergency patches for Reader, Acrobat

Adobe Systems said it will release patches for two critical vulnerabilities disclosed last week that are actively being used by attackers. READ MORE

Pirate Bay files police report alleging piracy by pro-copyright organization

On Monday The Pirate Bay, the world's largest file sharing site, reported an anti-piracy organization to Finnish police for allegedly breaching its copyright. READ MORE

Products of the week 2.18.13

Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Sophos and WatchGuard READ MORE

Contest aims to boost state of password encryption

Passwords are the most widely used security mechanism on the Web, so beefing up hashing algorithms, utilized to protect them, is important READ MORE

Microsoft's Outlook.com comes out of preview phase

Microsoft has moved its email service Outlook.com out of the preview phase, and plans a marketing campaign to boost its adoption worldwide. READ MORE

Flip side to Burger King Twitter hack: Many new followers

Burger King saw a surprising upside after its Twitter account was compromised on Monday: tens of thousands of people began following its account. READ MORE

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