ZDNet UK Security Newsletter News, Insight and Comment from ZDNet UK
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Register today: http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/9013/0/ -------------------------------------------------------------- +Features+ How to stop your data leaking Information getting outside your network or your company can be an expensive error - but there are simple ways to close up some of the gaps http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12559/0/ +News+ Symantec under attack from MyDoom Virus writers are targeting Symantec's Web site with a coordinated denial-of-service attack http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12870/0/ Security downtime to triple Survey: Unless IT managers take matters into their own hands, downtime due to security problems will triple by 2008 http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12783/0/ NISSC warns over MIME flaws The UK's equivalent of CERT has issued a public warning over gateway security products that use the MIME protocol http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12874/0/ IT departments being passed the security buck Survey: The responsibility for ensuring the security of business information is often being handed over to IT rather than managed from the top http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12946/0/ Symantec labels anti-censorship software a Trojan Software that allows users in China to access government- blocked Web sites has been labelled as a Trojan by Symantec's local office http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12938/0/ Samba patch fixes DoS flaw The latest version of the open-source software plugs a gap that could have allowed denial of service attacks to disrupt networks http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12863/0/ Sniffing worm snoops network PCs The latest variant of the SDbot worm contain network- sniffing software that enables it to retrieve passwords from other computers connected to the target PC http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12869/0/ Microsoft's email proposal returned to sender An IETF group has decided that Microsoft's insistence on keeping secret part of its Sender ID technology is unacceptable http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12779/0/ Talking worm attacks Windows users A Turkish worm that contains an embedded audio message has been bending the ears of Windows users http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12793/0/ Netilla launches VPN SSL solution for MetaFrame Software firm Netilla has released an application that allows secure access across VPNs within the Citrix MetaFrame architecture http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12794/0/ MyDoom offshoots add anti-removal code The inclusion of anti-removal code in the latest MyDoom offshoots is a sign of worse to come, say experts http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12677/0/ Sasser bounty hangs on conviction, says Microsoft Although Sven Jaschan has been arrested and charged over Sasser, the informant will have to wait for conviction before collecting the bounty http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12680/0/ Longhorn builds in portable protection IDF: Microsoft is to give businesses new tools to prevent data leaving their network by methods such as USB devices or iPods http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12947/0/ Developer considers McAfee suit after 'Trojan' error A software developer whose program was labelled a Trojan by McAfee is considering action agains the antivirus firm http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12949/0/ Microsoft extends SP2 auto-update blocker Companies now have double the time to test the compatibility of their applications with the update to Windows XP http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/33245/1427290/12949/0/ Anti-spam standard catches on - with spammers Sender Policy Framework is supposed to be used to foil spammers who use fake addresses. 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