NSA wants even closer partnership with tech industry

70 percent of business users vulnerable to latest Internet Explorer Zero-Day Marissa Mayer's way of getting people to use MyYahoo homepages: Retweet them Network World Daily News PM September 19, 2013 Share this email NSA wants even closer partnership with tech industry The National Security Agency's director of information assurance today said the "way to achieve confidence in cyberspace" is to increase collaboration between the government and the high-tech industry — remarks that rang ironic given former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's revelations about how NSA works with industry. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 70 percent of business users vulnerable to latest Internet Explorer Zero-Day 2. Marissa Mayer's way of getting people to use MyYahoo homepages: Retweet them 3. Gold and silver iPhone 5s devices will be very hard to find tomorrow 4. Google Wallet now works with iOS devices 5. FBI warns "Beta Bot" malware can kill your anti-virus programs, steal data 6. 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