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========================================================= Sponsored by VirtualConnect Outsourcing Eliminates the Email Security Burden See how Mailprotector's managed email security suite stops attacks, vulnerabilities, viruses and spam before they reach your network and saves you money in the process. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114337-1 ========================================================= August 19, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: First SP2 Exploit? 2. Analysis: New MyDoom Piggybacks a Nastier Worm 3. News: Oracle to Patch on Monthly Schedule 4. Opinion: Is Microsoft's Pipeline Officially Unblocked? 5. News: Microsoft Updates 64-Bit Windows XP Preview Editions 6. News: Lindows Backs Out of IPO 7. News: Google's Initial Share Price Set at $85 8. News: MSN Suspends Search Preview, Adds New Hotmail Services For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114340-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: First SP2 Exploit? Microsoft offers a hotfix for loopback bug, while security researchers report a new vulnerability in SP2 that could allow a malicious Web site to deposit an attack program on a user's system. Find out how it works here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114343-1 Securing Windows: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114346-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Analysis: New MyDoom Piggybacks a Nastier Worm MyDoom is back with W32/MyDoom.S-mm. This variation, also known as [EMAIL PROTECTED], Worm_Ratos.A, and I-worm.Win32.Ratos, was discovered on August 15th, and jumped to a medium-level threat very quickly. While MyDoom.S doesn't really do much, it downloads a particularly nasty trojan called Backdoor.Ratos.A. Get the full scoop on this new threat. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114349-1 E-mail Worms 2004: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114352-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Oracle to Patch on Monthly Schedule Oracle has broken the silence surrounding its failure to release patches for multiple security flaws, confirming to eWEEK.com that the release delay is caused by the fact that the company is heading to a monthly patch rollup model, as many had suspected. Find out when you can expect these patches to be released. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114355-1 Database Security: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114358-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: Is Microsoft's Pipeline Officially Unblocked? Windows XP SP2 is out. So, does this mean we can count on ship dates, instead of slip dates, from here on out? No way. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114361-1 XP Evolution: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114364-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Microsoft Updates 64-Bit Windows XP Preview Editions As it makes moves toward a single Windows platform for 64-bit computing, Microsoft on Wednesday offered to customers in its preview program new 64-bit desktop software builds as well as a fresher Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition. Get a peek at these updates. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114367-1 The 64-Bit Desktop: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114370-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Lindows Backs Out of IPO Blaming a "fickle stock market," Lindows has postponed a previously announced IPO. It may precede with its IPO at a later date. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114373-1 The Business of Linux: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114376-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Google's Initial Share Price Set at $85 At $85, shares of Google are lower than the company initially sought but priced at a level that could give investors ample space to bid the stock higher Thursday when trading was expected to begin. Does the low price indicate a lack of enthusiasm? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1004-2-3-308321-114379-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: MSN Suspends Search Preview, Adds New Hotmail Services MSN has withdrawn the alpha version of its MSN Search engine but is offering Hotmail users new "life management features." 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