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------------------------------------------------------------- Crime has been a ripe topic in this week's security news. German firewall firm Securepoint has been receiving loads of publicity for hiring teenage hacker Sven Jaschen, even though the Netsky worm writer still faces criminal charges. For good or ill, it seems to at least has generated loads of PR And did you hear the one about the laptop being stolen at Gartner�s IT Security Summit? It was a pretty common crime, but it just happened to be at one of the biggest security conferences. And the laptop belonged to a security vendor, who sponsored the event. But let�s remember it could happen to anyone. Security at the conference event was pretty casual � the only security check there was a request for a business card on reception. I had none and they still allowed me in. There were no security guards visible either, so what was to stop �the wrong people� getting in? People often think IT security and physical security are different issues. As the victim of this crime discovered, they are emphatically not. The police are currently sifting through CCTV tapes and asking questions around the hotel. It's a painful reminder that security is ultimately up to us all as individuals. - Dan Ilett, ZDNet UK ---------------------ADVERTISEMENT---------------------------- Between January and June 2004 MessageLab's Anti-Spam service scanned a total of 5,006,942,923 emails. Of these 3,181,672,070 were identified as spam, this equates to a percentage of 63.5% Download the latest email intelligence report from MessageLabs for more information on email security http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/12405/0/ -------------------------------------------------------------- +Features+ Staying one step ahead in the anti-spam arms race Q&A Brightmail's Mark Bruno gets ZDNet UK up to speed on the latest dispatch from the global war on spam http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/7717/0/ +News+ Laptop swiped at security show An identity management firm suffered a blow at Gartner's IT Security Summit - a thief stole one of its laptops 3G: Will 3G devices be secure? Govt's lack of laptop security 'alarming' http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13372/0/ SpamAssassin 3.0 adopts Apache licence There's more to the latest version of SpamAssassin than just new features; four months of work went into contacting every contributor for agreement to change the licence http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13358/0/ Windows JPEG exploit goes public The release of a program that demonstrates an exploit for the Windows graphics-handling flaw could herald a new wave of viruses and Trojans http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13359/0/ Most spam generated by botnets, says expert Spam expert Steve Linford says that 70 percent of spam now comes from botnets - networks of zombie PCs captured in previous security attacks http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13366/0/ Security experts give charities a hand The Information Systems Security Association is urging information security professionals to offer their services free of charge to charities, and help is already rushing in http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13367/0/ VeriSign introduces authentication package Tools which allow multiple network-identification techniques can save companies time and money, says VeriSign http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13375/0/ Would you hire a hacker? The news that teenage hacker Sven Jaschen may have got a job at a German security company won mixed reviews at Gartner's IT Security Summit in London http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13304/0/ Adopting biometrics? Then keep your hands dirty Brief: A Gartner analyst at the company's security conference in London today pointed out some of the problems involved with implementing biometrics technology - like clean hands http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13304/0/ Anti-spam firms hit back at Gartner claims Gartner's claim that the level of unsolicited bulk email is falling has been rejected by users and anti-spam companies http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13306/0/ Hackers are after your money, warns Symantec Unpatched and vulnerable systems are open to hackers seeking financial gain, Symantec has warned in its latest report http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13317/0/ Security firm hires teenager accused of writing Sasser virus Sven Jaschan, a German 18-year-old who is thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for creating Sasser, could be about to start work for a security company http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13228/0/ Windows-targeting viruses 'up 400%' Symantec says over 5,000 Windows viruses and worms were seen in the first half of this year - and it expects the number targeting Linux to increase in future http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13231/0/ 'Microsoft will not completely protect you' says Gartner Gartner vice president Victor Wheatman publicly attacked Microsoft's approach to security, saying companies should not expect the software giant to entirely secure their networks http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13386/0/ Microsoft trials licence-checking programme Customers are being asked to go through an optional software-licence check before downloading any Windows updates http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13387/0/ VIA gives away disk-scrubbing software Tru-Delete that overwrites files with random numbers, aided by a feature on VIA's processors http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13093/0/ VMWare locks down Windows Assured Computing Environment will let external PCs run an instance of Windows that can be locked down to prevent unauthorised copying or network access http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.net/t/34130/1427290/13095/0/ ---------------------ADVERTISEMENT---------------------------- Mobile and wireless security risks are everywhere The extension of corporate networks to mobile and wireless devices has created an entirely new class of security problems. 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