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• Microsoft to strengthen Cloud security with latest acquisition

  Microsoft has acquired security company, Adallom, in a bid to give IT departments more control over application access as well as data stored across cloud services.

• CTIA: FCC transparency guidelines 'irrational'

  The wireless industry's chief lobbying group today issued comments on part of the FCC'S Open Internet Order that went into effect last month, saying that provisions requiring better disclosure of network management, performance and pricing figures are unfair and burdensome.

• Report: Microsoft paying $320m for Cloud security provider Adallom

  Microsoft is said to be paying $320 million to acquire Adallom, a Cloud security provider whose services might help Microsoft in its new push toward becoming a "Cloud-first" company.

• Dropbox dives deeper into the enterprise

  Dropbox has beefed up its Dropbox for Business product as the organisation looks to make greater inroads in the enterprise market.
  

• Salesforce warns customers of malware attack

  Salesforce.com users are being targeted by a new version of a computer Trojan that has typically attacked online banking customers until now.

• Skyhigh Networks integrates cloud security for Box file-sharing with on-premises DLP systems

  Skyhigh Networks Wednesday aired an offering that lets companies using the Box file-sharing service first have files checked for compliance by their existing data-loss prevention (DLP) equipment.

• Gameover malware targets accounts on employment websites

  A new variant of the Gameover computer Trojan is targeting job seekers and recruiters by attempting to steal log-in credentials for Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com accounts.

• Gameover malware tougher to kill with new rootkit component

  A new variant of the Gameover malware that steals online banking credentials comes with a kernel-level rootkit that makes it significantly harder to remove, according to security researchers from Sophos.