5-year cyberespionage op hit organizations in 30 countries

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Elon Musk sidekick, ex-Juniper exec leads new batch of security startups Microsoft to offer free 8GB of OneDrive storage if you refer friends Network World Daily News AM February 11, 2014 Share this email 5-year cyberespionage op hit organizations in 30 countries A cyberespionage operation that used highly sophisticated multi-platform malware went undetected for more than five years and compromised computers belonging to hundreds of government and private organizations in more than 30 countries. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Elon Musk sidekick, ex-Juniper exec leads new batch of security startups 2. Microsoft to offer free 8GB of OneDrive storage if you refer friends 3. 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux 4. Microsoft offers multifactor authentication to all Office 365 users 5. U.S. CIO Urges Feds to Fail Fast, Not Fail Big 6. CIOs still in control of most IT spending, Forrester says 7. Snapchat vulnerability can be exploited to crash iPhones, researcher says 8. 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