Computerworld Virus & Vulnerability Roundup: January 21, 2010 ===============================================================
Microsoft confirms 17-year-old Windows bug Microsoft warns that a bug in the kernel of a 32-bit windows versions could allow hackers to hijack PCs. The company said the bug is 17-years old. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255831/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/243858/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Microsoft to issue emergency IE patch Thursday http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255832/0/ 2. Microsoft promises emergency IE patch http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255833/0/ 3. Researchers up ante, create exploits for IE7, IE8 http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255834/0/ 4. Google cyberattack probe includes employees http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255835/0/ 5. Attack code used to hack Google now public http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255836/0/ 6. Vendor retracts claim of Adobe flaw's part in Google attack http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255837/0/ 7. Google attack, Haiti earthquake, SAP reversal http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255838/0/ 8. D-Link issues fixes for router vulnerabilities http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255839/0/ OTHER RESOURCES 1. Reduce Backup Costs with Data Deduplication http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/249588/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Handbook WP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Application Delivery over the WAN: Acceleration Alone is not Enough Looking to maximize IT performance by leveraging WAN optimization solutions across your organization? Today, the fact is that acceleration alone is not enough. This Aberdeen Group report examines best practices for managing application performance over the wide area network. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255840/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microsoft to issue emergency IE patch Thursday Microsoft will release its emergency patch for Internet Explorer (IE) on Thursday, the company said, as it also admitted that attacks can be hidden inside rigged Office documents. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255832/0/ Microsoft promises emergency IE patch Microsoft today announced that it will issue an emergency security update for Internet Explorer (IE), but postponed setting a ship date for the fix until Wednesday. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255833/0/ Researchers up ante, create exploits for IE7, IE8 Researchers have created attack code that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in IE7 as well as in the newest IE8 -- even when Microsoft's recommended defensive measure is on. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255834/0/ Google cyberattack probe includes employees Google's investigation of a cyberattack that rocked the company's infrastructure in mid-December includes a probe of its staff in China, a source familiar with the investigation said on Monday. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255835/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Juniper~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Data Center Survival Guide Todays data center has become very complex and hard to manage. This drives up costs, power and cooling requirements and provisioning time. It also makes the entire network inefficient, difficult to scale and vulnerable to security breaches. New technologies and services, such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Oriented Architecture (WOA), Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) will make the situation worse, taking an even bigger bite out of data center performance and bandwidthand presenting new security challenges. The Juniper Data Center Survival Guide shows IT professionals how to survive in this increasingly complicated environment. It explains how to simplify your infrastructure and network management now with Juniper Networks®. It identifies four of the most difficult challenges you face today in your data centerand the simple steps you can take with Juniper Networks to not only survive the onslaught of new applications and services, but enable your data center to thrive. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255841/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attack code used to hack Google now public The dangerous Internet Explorer attack code used in last month's attack on Google's corporate networks is now public. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255836/0/ Vendor retracts claim of Adobe flaw's part in Google attack A vendor that earlier this week claimed that a vulnerability in Adobe Reader appeared to have resulted in the recent attacks against Google and other companies has retracted that claim. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255837/0/ Google attack, Haiti earthquake, SAP reversal The massive cyberattack first noted by Google and apparently carried out on more than 30 major companies' computer networks dominated tech news this week, while the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital and its surroundings dominated world news overall, leading to the largest-ever outpouring of financial donations via mobile text messages and the Internet. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6092353/1691691/255838/0/ D-Link issues fixes for router vulnerabilities Router manufacturer D-Link Corp. today acknowledged that some of its routers have a vulnerability that could allow hackers access to a device's administrative settings. 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