Commission recommends using 'ransomware' against IP thieves

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	Commission recommends using 'ransomware' against IP thieves Buried in a 100-page report issued last week by the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property was a recommendation that companies copy a tactic cyber scammers use to extort money from innocent victims. The IP Commission -- a private panel of politicians, military and defense officials and technology leaders -- is co-chaired by Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah and former U.S. ambassador to China, and Dennis Blair, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former Director of National Intelligence. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Powerful and secure remote support with LogMeIn Rescue For companies that want to compete in their industry, improving the customer experience is a top priority. To do that, having an on-demand remote support solution is essential. That's why companies around the world choose LogMeIn Rescue to provide powerful, secure support of any device, anytime, anywhere. Rescue offers a simple, reliable interface packed with all the features technicians want. Check out LogMeIn Rescue to learn more and start your free trial today. In this Issue Microsoft knuckles under, yanks YouTube app for Windows Phone Smartphone chips could replace server processors in HPC, researchers say Twitter's two-factor authentication can be abused WEBCAST: HP and Intel® Itanium® HP Project Odyssey: Add new muscle to mission-critical See how HP Project Odyssey features a development roadmap unifying UNIX and x86 server architectures to bring industry-leading availability, increased performance and uncompromising client choice to a single Intel-powered platform. Learn more. Microsoft knuckles under, yanks YouTube app for Windows Phone Microsoft has bowed to pressure from Google and pulled the YouTube app from its Windows Phone Store that earlier this month triggered a cease-and-desist letter from the search giant. The two companies will instead collaborate on a YouTube app that abides by the Google-owned video site's terms of service, including delivering ads. Read More Smartphone chips could replace server processors in HPC, researchers say Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top supercomputers. Read More Twitter's two-factor authentication can be abused Twitter's SMS-based, two-factor authentication feature could be abused to lock users who don't have it enabled out of their accounts if attackers gain access to their log-in credentials, according to researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure. Read More
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