Computerworld Security: February 12, 2010 ===============================================================
Microsoft to crack down on Windows 7 activation cracks Microsoft today said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262869/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: sophos~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Data Security: Covering all of your bases Stay on top of enterprise data security by better understanding the many options available to you. Check out this interactive eGuide, which includes a compilation of security articles from Computerworld and its sister publications. Security events still happen even with the best defenses. Keep those to a minimum. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262870/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=88867f5a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Microsoft stops serving Windows patch blamed for blue screens http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262871/0/ 2. Adobe to rush out another critical Reader patch http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262872/0/ 3. Researchers find huge weakness in European payment cards http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262873/0/ 4. EFF, library groups argue against Autodesk appeal http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262874/0/ 5. AT&T, Verizon, other carriers eyeing federal government cybersecurity deals http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262875/0/ 6. Deadline looms for Mass. data protection law http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262876/0/ 7. How identity governance solves the compliance http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262877/0/ 8. Technologies come and go, but managing networks is still about problem-solving http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262878/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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/6160231/114916/243858/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microsoft stops serving Windows patch blamed for blue screens Microsoft has stopped distributing a Windows patch thought to cause a Blue Screen of Death on XP machines, and said it is investigating the problem. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262871/0/ Adobe to rush out another critical Reader patch Just weeks after patching a critical flaw, Adobe Systems is rushing out another patch for its Reader and Acrobat software. The company also patched a critical issue in Flash Player Thursday. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262872/0/ Researchers find huge weakness in European payment cards Hundreds of millions of payment cards throughout Europe have a flaw that could allow criminals with a stolen card to enter any random PIN to complete a transaction, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262873/0/ EFF, library groups argue against Autodesk appeal The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with several other groups including the American Library Association, urged an appeals court to uphold a ruling in a long-running suit related to secondhand software sales. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262874/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Oracle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lower IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Organizations across the world are using grid computing with Oracle to make the most of their IT resources. And now, Oracle is making grid computing even more accessible. Learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262879/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=3204113d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AT&T, Verizon, other carriers eyeing federal government cybersecurity deals AT&T, Verizon, other carriers eyeing federal government cybersecurity deals http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262875/0/ Deadline looms for Mass. data protection law After more than a year of delay and several changes, a contentious Massachusetts data protection regulation appears set to go into effect March 1. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262876/0/ How identity governance solves the compliance The identity management landscape is changing. The need for stronger auditing controls is giving rise to identity governance tools that are supplanting ID provisioning solutions as the centralized management layer for identity. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262877/0/ Technologies come and go, but managing networks is still about problem-solving Technologies come and go, but managing networks is still about problem-solving in a changing world, as these IT executives can attest. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6160231/114916/262878/0/ =============================================================== COMPUTERWORLD'S OPEN-SOURCE CONFERENCE ___________ Attend the leading open-source gathering of the year; our theme is "Leveraging open source through the enterprise and beyond the firewall." The conference will be held March 17-18, 2010, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. 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