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Register today to find out how to protect yourself. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=86028 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's Security News Alert Phish scam targets Red Hat Linux administrators, 10/26/04 Security experts are warning of a phishing scam that targets Red Hat Linux users with a "patch" that is actually a Trojan Horse. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1026redphish.html?nl> Weblog: Dumb phishers targeting even dumber users, 10/26/04 Lord help us when English-speaking phishers start sending out messages. <http://www.nwfusion.com/compendium/2004/006593.html?nl> Outsourcer beware, 10/26/04 India, eager to preserve its outsourcing industry, is scrambling to demonstrate that it takes foreign intellectual property seriously. But just because the country has established intellectual property laws, does not mean that the laws will be enforced. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1026outsobewar.html?nl> Security management products on tap from CA, SenSage, 10/25/04 New versions of enterprise security-information management products from Computer Associates and SenSage look to combine event data and logs from several sources to provide users a bird's-eye view of security. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504ca.html?nl> IBM offers companies monthly security report, 10/25/04 IBM Monday introduced a security service that offers a concise, monthly global-network threat report designed to help organizations assess security needs and vulnerabilities from a business perspective. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1025ibmoffer.html?nl> Check Point bolsters LAN security, 10/25/04 Check Point is upgrading its application-layer security appliance with a management interface that makes it possible for customers to send updates to the machines as a group rather than one at a time. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504checkpoint.html?nl> Security vendors take softer approach, 10/25/04 Worm prevention and Internet monitoring are the primary focus of new security products expected this week from Symantec, Sana Security, Zix and Websense. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504security.html?nl> Test: Early products handle traffic well, but need some polish, 10/25/04 When it comes to speeding up content delivery, Web administrators want it all. Until recently they couldn't get it. <http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/1025rev.html?nl> Opinion: Interestingly disturbing, 10/25/04 I just read an interesting column in The New York Times by David Pogue about Microsoft's patches. I say "interesting" when I might more accurately write "disturbing." <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/102504backspin.html?nl> Weblog: NAC + NAP = ? 10/25/04 Cisco and Microsoft last week made something of a surprise announcement by saying they intend to work together to integrate two separate and emerging technologies for security-policy enforcement for desktop systems. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/security/006572.html?nl> Microsoft revises, AOL accepts anti-spam plan revisions, 10/25/04 After running into opposition to its Sender ID anti-spam plan, Microsoft has revised and resubmitted it to the IETF for consideration, according to a company spokesperson. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1025microrevis.html?nl> Opinion: Security is everyone's business, 10/25/04 The point for all IT managers is clear: Network and security are no longer two distinct categories. <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/102504vasan.html?nl> Enterasys upgrades its security suite, 10/25/04 Enterasys this week is expected to announce an upgrade to its Dragon intrusion-detection-system product that the company says will make it easier for customers to protect their networks. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504enterasys.html?nl> VoIP security a moving target, 10/25/04 Those who want to operate secure VoIP networks must be mindful of myriad threats because the technology is susceptible to vulnerabilities that might be foreign to traditional telecom managers and their staffs. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504von.html?nl> Weblog: Trivializing Bugtraq, 10/25/04 David Piscitello says he is getting more and more annoyed with Bugtraq reports that have absolutely nothing to do with enterprise security - to the point where he's written to some of the bug finders to ask why he should care about the flaw they found. <http://www.nwfusion.com/compendium/2004/006580.html?nl> Dawn of the digital dead, 10/25/04 This Halloween ask yourself what's more frightening, being chased by an undead corpse that wants to eat your brain or having your PC slow to near-dead because it's been turned into an unwitting spam server? <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504widernetzombies.html?nl> A chief who lacks clout, 10/23/04 Steven Cooper, the first CIO of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for the IT assets used by 190,000 federal employees, but he's in a position that doesn't wield a lot of power. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1023achief.html?nl> Weblog: Risk management and you, 10/22/04 Mike Rowehl says a good computer-security professional eventually realizes that security just is not absolute - you have to assume that, sooner or later, the bad guys will get in and so you have to figure out how to manage your risks. <http://www.nwfusion.com/compendium/2004/006561.html> Intel outlines wireless USB security, use, 10/22/04 Intel is backing the 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard protocol for securing wireless USB connections, which it hopes will replace USB cables for connections over very short distances, a company engineer said this week. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1022inteloutli.html?nl> Newsletter: Juniper falls short of goal, 10/21/04 Juniper, one of the top IPSec VPN as well as SSL remote access vendors, hit a small bump financially this quarter. <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/vpn/2004/1018vpn2.html?nl> Google patches one security hole, but another surfaces, 10/21/04 Search engine darling Google has patched a hole in its search engine the could have allowed malicious hackers to modify the content of the Google search results page or silently modify search results, but a new hole may have already appeared. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1021googlpatch.html?nl> Newsletter: Move along now, 10/21/04 The question is, how long should a security team member be assigned to the same beat? <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/2004/1018sec2.html?nl> Cisco buys network security company Perfigo, 10/21/04 Network equipment maker Cisco said it intends to buy Perfigo for $74 million in cash, boosting the company's efforts to secure network "endpoints" and protect them from worms, viruses and hacking. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1021ciscobuys.html?nl> Microsoft scales back Passport ambitions, 10/20/04 Microsoft is recasting ambitions for its .Net Passport identification system, saying the service now will be limited to its own online offerings and those of close partners. Microsoft no longer sees Passport as a single sign-on system for the Web at large, a spokeswoman said. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1020microscale.html?nl> NewsletterS: What's to blame for porous software? 10/20/04 Can Microsoft create an environment where security vulnerabilities do not open up? <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2004/1018nt2.html?nl> California discloses massive ID theft, 10/20/04 The state of California has warned residents that their personal data may have been stolen from computers at the University of California, Berkeley, after a database used by researchers there was compromised by hackers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1020califdisc.html?nl> Weblog: Why is this still happening in the 21st century? 10/19/04 Arrigo notes that Italian police broke up a ring that was getting ready to divert funds from the Italian postal service thanks to user logins and passwords it had sniffed on the service's internal network. <http://www.nwfusion.com/compendium/2004/006539.html?nl> Newsletter: Viral code is not speech, 10/19/04 In previous articles in this series on viruses and law, I've asked whether we should make virus-writing illegal and whether dissemination of fully functional viral code should be forbidden by law. On the latter question, U.S. attorneys have invoked First Amendment rights protecting certain kinds of speech against government interference. <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/2004/1018sec1.html?nl> Newsletter: Array Networks scales down, 10/19/04 Array Networks is coming out with two scaled-down SSL remote access appliances that are designed for businesses. <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/vpn/2004/1018vpn1.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Senior Editor Ellen Messmer covers security for Network World. Contact her at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Aventail Win an Aventail SSL VPN worth $100,000! Aventail has once again advanced the state of SSL VPN technology. See for yourself why so many customers and analysts call Aventail the leading SSL VPN for secure, clientless remote access. 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