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Information Security October 30, 2014 Editor of this Newsletter Teena Hammond | Senior Editor | @teena_hammond Teena Hammond is a Senior Editor at TechRepublic. She has 20 years of journalism experience as an editor and writer covering a range of business and lifestyle topics. How to prevent Samsung's Find My Mobile zero-day exploit The Samsung line of smartphones has been hit with a vulnerability that should have you shutting off the Find My Mobile service. Jack Wallen explains. Resource of the day Webcast: Top 5 Features of Next-Gen Backup Which files are located on which media? Can you restore lost data accurately and quickly? Do questions like this keep you up at night? Then this is the webcast for you. Join CBS Interactive and Veeam to learn about the top five features of next-gen backup. More from TechRepublic Beware of scary fates awaiting your mobile device Keeping XP on life support: Will UK NHS drag it out for another year? Microsoft's Android moment has arrived Avoid PR nightmares by setting up DR communication trees Today's recommended downloads Webcast: Top 5 Features of Next-Gen Backup (Veeam Software) Live Webcast: Ensure High Availability for Virtual Resources (Veeam Software) Live Webcast: Centrify and Dropbox for Secure Collaboration (Centrify) Top 5 Reasons to Choose SolarWinds Log and Event Manager (LEM) (SolarWinds) Download Your FREE Trial of IP Address Manager from SolarWinds! (SolarWinds) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet IT Budgeting 2015: Planning the Next Stage As technology decision makers look ahead to budget planning for 2015 and where to focus their IT resources to make the biggest impact in the year ahead, we've got perspectives and research to help inform those decisions. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! The Android Expert The Mobile Revolution Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2014 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.