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Computerworld Security
August 23, 2004
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In this issue:
* Wi-Fi Plays Defense
* Big German Banks Hit By Phishing Attacks
* Security Manager's Journal: Antivirus Service Troubled By TLS
* Sidebar: Security Log
* IT Hurdles Complicate Intelligence Overhaul
* Sidebar: Threats To Watch
* Sidebar: Two Reports Criticize DHS For Lack Of Progress On IT
* HP To Offer Vulnerability Scanning Service As Part Of IT Security Push
* Security Highlights From Around The Web
* New Download.Ject Worm Variant Appears
* Former Microsoft COO: Intelligence Overhaul Means Crushing 'Fiefdoms'
* Oracle Moves To Monthly Patching Schedule
* The Changing Face Of Information Security
* Software Flight Plan
* Possible Security Breach Seen At AOL
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Wi-Fi Plays Defense
Despite the release of the 802.11i standard, WLAN security issues
aren't likely to go away any time soon. Here's why.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95411,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Big German Banks Hit By Phishing Attacks
Two of Germany's biggest banks, Postbank and Deutsche Bank, were the
targets of coordinated phishing attacks last week.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95429,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Antivirus Service Troubled By TLS
Security Manager's Journal: Setting up Transport Layer Security to
encrypt e-mail isn't as easy as it looks. Making it work with an
antivirus service is even worse.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95347,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Sidebar: Security Log
IT news related to this week's Security Manager's Journal.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95339,00.html?nlid=SEC
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IT Hurdles Complicate Intelligence Overhaul
Congressional hearings last week raised more questions than answers
about a proposed overhaul of U.S. intelligence agencies, with some
government officials saying that the organizational changes wouldn't
succeed without IT modifications.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95421,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Sidebar: Threats To Watch
Even the best-laid WLAN security strategies can be vulnerable. Here are
three threats to watch.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95410,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Sidebar: Two Reports Criticize DHS For Lack Of Progress On IT
The Government Accountability Office and the Department of Homeland
Security's inspector general have issued critical reports about IT at
the DHS -- a development that calls into question whether a proposed
consolidation of U.S. intelligence agencies would lead to the same
kinds of problems.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95417,00.html?nlid=SEC
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HP To Offer Vulnerability Scanning Service As Part Of IT Security Push
By year's end, Hewlett-Packard plans to roll out a service designed to
help IT managers proactively detect and fix security flaws that could
be used to infiltrate or launch attacks against their networks.
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Security Highlights From Around The Web
Aiming at the GOP, a disconcerting trend, security at teh Olympic games and more news.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,80400,00.html?nlid=SEC
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New Download.Ject Worm Variant Appears
A new version of the Download.ject worm has begun spreading on the
Internet, according to security firm PivX.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95387,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Former Microsoft COO: Intelligence Overhaul Means Crushing 'Fiefdoms'
Ending turf battles and "fiefdoms" will be as important as IT
investments if the U.S. intelligence community is to be successfully
overhauled, said Bob Herbold, former executive vice president and COO
at Microsoft.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95393,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Oracle Moves To Monthly Patching Schedule
After coming under criticism for sitting on patches for multiple holes
in its database software, Oracle has announced that it will move to a
monthly patch release schedule, though it hasn't said when.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95388,00.html?nlid=SEC
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The Changing Face Of Information Security
Opinion: Security has evolved from a technology issue to a business
objective, says Edward Smith, and business-driven, top-down strategies
get you there far better than the typical ground-up approach of
reacting to threats.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95363,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Software Flight Plan
Gen. Paul D. Nielsen, the newly appointed CEO and director of Carnegie
Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, talks about how his work in
the military can be applied to commercial IT and about his agenda for
the SEI.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95341,00.html?nlid=SEC
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Possible Security Breach Seen At AOL
An AOL user who logged on to check his online financial portfolio was
given access to someone else's data and is calling on AOL to correct
what he sees as a security breach. AOL acknowledged an "issue," but
said corrective action has been taken.
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