Stocks With Volume Buzz As Of July 25 2014 Close

• VRSN
• TRLA
• SWK
• BIDU
• THC
• FLS
• Z
• RCL
• QIHU
• CHKP
• ALGN
• ISRG
• GLNG
• LMT
• WHR
• ETE
• HCA
• OMC
• LYB
• CAM
• TMH
• CTXS
• WLK
• CERN
• UA

Sector Strength As Of July 25 2014 Close

Sorted By Summary Rank Top 10 

Rank Determined By % Gain/Loss

Summary (4 Time Periods) Top Ten

IYT, QQQ, XLK, EEM, XLB, XLV, XLE, RSP, VTI, VNQ

1 Month Top Ten

XLK, QQQ, EEM, IYT, VNQ, VOX, XME, XLV, XLB, XLF

3 Month Top Ten

XBI, QQQ, IYT, XLK, EEM, FDN, XLV, VOX, XLE, XLB

6 Month Top Ten

XLE, XOP, EEM, XSD, IYT, XES, VNQ, XLB, XLK, XLU 

1 Year Top Ten

IYT, QQQ, XOP, XLK, XSD, XLB, XLV, XBI, XLE, FDN

Summary (4 Time Periods) Top Ten

IYT, QQQ, XLK, EEM, XLB, XLV, XLE, RSP, VTI, VNQ

Data Source: BarChart.com

Bespoke Investment Group - Think BIG - Key Earnings Reports this Week

Source:   Bespoke Investment Group - Think BIG - Key Earnings Reports this Week

Key Earnings Reports this Week

MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 AT 11:48AM

With earnings season kicking into full gear this week, below is a look at the 50 largest companies set to report through Friday.  For each company, along with its expected report date and time, we include its historical earnings and revenue beat rate using data from our Interactive Earnings Report Database.  We also include each stock's average one-day change in reaction to its historical quarterly earnings reports.  (For companies that report after the close, we look at the next day's change.  For companies that report before the open, we use that day's change.)

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Source: 11 Best IT Certifications For Cutting-Edge Skills

6/17/2014 08:30 AM
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Networking and infrastructure professionals looking to improve their job skills should
consider these groundbreaking training programs.

• Amazon Web Services Solution Architect 
• VMware network virtualization training 
• Certified ScrumMaster 
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Deutsche Bank Reiterates Buy on Vertex Pharmaceuticals Following Press Release | Benzinga

Source:  Deutsche Bank Reiterates Buy on Vertex Pharmaceuticals Following Press Release | Benzinga

Deutsche Bank Reiterates Buy on Vertex Pharmaceuticals Following Press Release

Eric Niederer, Benzinga Staff Writer            June 24, 2014 11:36 AM

Tickers: VRTX

Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/14/06/4656815/deutsche-bank-reiterates-buy-on-vertex-pharmaceuticals-f#ixzz36yeF0MeN

2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)

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Source: 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)

Keep your organization on the winning side of cybercrime by understanding attackers’ methods. View historical data from 10 years of forensic investigations in our reports.

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In the end, we identified nine patterns that together describe 94% of the confirmed data breaches we collected in 2013. Nine out of ten of all breaches can be described by nine basic patterns.

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·         Web Attacks

·         Insider And Privilege Misuse

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·         Crimeware

·         Payment Card Skimmers

·         Denial Of Service

·         Cyber Espionage

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If you want to contribute, please leave a comment at the bottom!

Update  08 May 2014: in addition to many minor updates, we have included a whole new section on the Heatbleed Bug, have completely revamped the section on Encryption to better reflect the ongoing revelations about the NSA’s concerted attempt to subvert all encryption standards (possibly with NIST help), and have noted the results of the first phase of the ongoing audit of TrueCrypt.

Update 17 June 2014: in a move that is as surprising as it is baffling, the devs behind TrueCrypt have pulled the plug on the popular full-disk encryption program. Conspiracy theories abound, and while some developers seek to fork the software, Phase II of the audit goes ahead. For more details on the story seehere and here. Until the audit is complete, we strongly suggest avoiding TrueCrypt, and migrating TrueCrypt containers to other programs, such as toDiskcryptor  for Windows users, or Dm-crypt/LUKS and bwalex/tc-play (a free TrueCrypt Implementation based on dm-crypt) for Linux users.

Index

Introduction

So how secure is encryption?

·         Encryption key leghth

·         Ciphers

·         NIST

·         NSA attacks on key encryption

·         Perfect Forward Secrecy

·         The takeaway – or So is encryption secure?

·         The importance of end-to-end encryption

·         Metadata

The Heartbleed Bug (change all your passowrds now!)

Use Foss Software

Pay for stuff anonymously

·         Bitcoin

·         Other anonymous payment methods

Anonymise your internet use

·         VPN

·         Tor

·         Other ways to stay anonymous online

Secure your browsing

·         Cached DNS entries

·         Flash Cookies

·         Other web tracking technologies

·         Great browser extensions you should use

·         Block reported attack sites and web forgeries in Firefox

·         Mobile browser security

Use a search engine that doesn’t track you

·         Search Engines that don’t track you

·         Clear your Google History

Secure your email

·         Encrypt your emails using GNU Privacy Guard

·         PGP on mobile devices

·         Encrypted Webmail

·         Encrypt your Gmail

·         Other email precautions

Secure your conversations

·         VoIP with end-to-end encryption

·         Secure your text messages, Instant Messaging and Chat

·         Ditch the cell phone!

Secure your Cloud storage

·         Manually encrypt your files before uploading them to the cloud

·         Use an automatically encrypted cloud service

·         Use BitTorrent Sync Cloudless syncing

Encrypt your local files, folders and drive

·         Use TrueCrypt

o    Auditing the code

o    Mobile options

Use antivirus, anti-malware and firewall software

·         Antivirus

o    Free vs. paid-for antivirus software

o    Some good anti-virus software

·         Anti-malware

·         Firewalls

o    Some good firewall programs

Miscellaneous security hints and tips and tricks

·         Use Linux rather than a commercial OS

·         Use a Virtual Machine

·         Give Whonix a try

·         Password protect your BIOS

·         Secure your Flash Player settings

·         Change DNS servers

·         Use secure passwords

o    Low tech solutions

o    High tech solutions

·         Social networking

·         Avoid all US based services

Conclusion

·         Is privacy worth it?

·         Final words