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• Flash-based vulnerability lingers on many websites three years later

  Flash files that are vulnerable to a serious flaw patched by Adobe Systems over three years ago still exist on many websites, exposing users to potential attacks.

• Top enterprise IT companies where people want to work

  Poachable, a Seattle startup that specialises in connecting passive job-seekers with companies looking to hire, says enterprise network and IT companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Cisco are among the most desirable places to work. But largely consumer-focused companies, like Google, Apple and Amazon, are even more attractive.

• How LinkedIn uses data to drive sales

  Sales representatives at LinkedIn are using data from the professional social media website to help customers with hiring and marketing.

• Bad with names? 2 Android apps try to help

  A few years ago, Evernote picked up a small contact-manager app called Hello (which was then retitled Evernote Hello). One of the main ideas behind the app was to help those of us who had trouble remembering names (a category I definitely fall into). It let you take notes about people you met at, say, a conference, and pick up extra information, including photos, from LinkedIn. You could then use the info and/or the photos to jog your memory.

• Attention, rockstar developers: Get a talent agent

  You've heard the timeworn advice: Leverage LinkedIn, post code to GitHub, bone up on the latest buzzy tech. But a little-known career trick is giving some of today's top developers an edge: Hire an agent to find work for you.

• In six months, the White House has replaced its top IT leaders

  Steven Spielberg's biopic, Lincoln, included a famous line President Lincoln may or not have said: "I am the President of the United States, clothed with immense power." That description might apply today to D.J. Patil.

• LinkedIn restricts API usage

  LinkedIn is restricting access to most of its application programming interfaces (APIs) to companies that have struck up partnerships with the social networking company.

• LinkedIn's China bet starts paying off with increase in users

  LinkedIn has doubled its user base in China from 4 million to 8 million in the year since it agreed to comply with the country's rules on censorship.

• Intuit backpedals from TurboTax changes after upgrade uproar

  Intuit backtracked yesterday, not only again apologizing for stiffing TurboTax customers by not telling them of changes in its business model but saying that it would offer partial refunds and free upgrades to its more capable editions.

• Who's calling, please?

  Some security weaknesses can't be found with a scan or a vulnerability assessment of the infrastructure. As a security manager, you have to keep your eyes open for things that aren't as secure as they should be, based on any evidence that comes your way. That happened to me a few weeks ago, in just about the best way possible. We were able to take steps to tighten security in a particular area after an incident that could have been damaging but actually wasn't. I wish all our security lessons could be so benign.

• Ham-fisted phishing attack seeks LinkedIn logins

  Symantec has spotted an uptick in phishing emails over the last week that purport to come from LinkedIn support and attempt to steal users' account credentials.

• Mozilla upgrades Firefox to v.35, streamlines video calling

  Mozilla today released its newest browser, Firefox 35, which features a streamlined version of the plug-in-free Hello video calling service and faster access to an app marketplace that has dreams of becoming the next Chrome Web Store.

• Google tops Glassdoor's best places to work; F5 outranks Facebook, Qualcomm, Apple

  Google is No. 1 among employees, according to Glassdoor's seventh annual Employees' Choice Awards.

• Facebook may be building social network for the enterprise

  Facebook may be expanding from a social website where users share photos of their favorite sandwiches and pets, to a network focused on business users.

• LinkedIn beefs up account security with session management, detailed alerts

  Professional networking site LinkedIn is rolling out new features that allow users to easily manage authenticated sessions across multiple devices and better understand what caused security-related changes on their accounts.