TECHWEB TODAY: SECURITY & PRIVACY Wednesday, October 27, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Wednesday Security & Privacy Feature: Privacy, Second Class 2. Security & Privacy News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Ballmer Takes On Linux 4. Novell To Offer SuSE On Dell Servers 5. VMWare Touts New Virtual Server Software Skills 6. RSA Security Unveils DRM Solution For Mobile Devices Other News This Week 7. Pay-As-You-Go Slows 8. E-Voting Companies Reveal Software To Feds 9. Digital Gadgets Pump Up Demand For Hard-Disk Drives 10. Microsoft LCS 2005 Released To Manufacturing ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join Network Computing for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on WiFi Security: What Works, What Doesn�t. Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the various wireless security standards, and receive tips for selecting the right security strategy to meet your business needs and now and in the future. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CaLp0AU ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Security & Privacy go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. WEDNESDAY SECURITY & PRIVACY FEATURE: Privacy, Second Class Whether through ignorance or innocence, computer users are losing their privacy to both companies and crooks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Ctc20AA 2. SECURITY & PRIVACY NEWS OF THE WEEK IBM Unveils Security Intel Service, Notes Big Jump In Attacks IBM has launched a new intelligence service to give enterprises a monthly report showing the big picture of security attacks and other business threats. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Ctc30AB Microsoft, Cisco Partner On Network-Access Security The vendors will collaborate on their approaches to PC quarantines, but Microsoft's Network Access Protection gets delayed by more than a year. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Csna0A6 Linux Users Spoofed By Bogus Security Alert Linux users receive bogus messages directing them to download updates that are in fact, Trojan horses. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CtCn0Ac Intel, IBM, DoCoMo Push Mobile Device Security Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo, Intel and IBM have started promoting a jointly developed specification for increasing the security of mobile commerce applications. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Ctc40AC Microsoft Changes Sender ID, AOL Back On Board Microsoft resurrects its anti-spam Sender ID proposal by making changes to appease some critics, and immediately won over one of its biggest detractors: AOL. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CtMz0Ay HP Beefs Up Security On Pavilion, Presario Lines Hewlett-Packard announced it would add third-party security and anti-virus software to its consumer and small-business Pavilion and Presario platforms. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CsTS0AR Cisco Enhances IP Phone Security The new version of Cisco's IP telephony system provides voice media and signaling encryption for new and currently installed 7940G and 7960G IP telephones. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Ctc50AD Assessing The Security Threat Of Google's Desktop Search There is some confusion about threats posed by the new search tool. Google says common sense is enough of a patch. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CsTT0AS ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join Network Computing for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on WiFi Security: What Works, What Doesn�t. Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the various wireless security standards, and receive tips for selecting the right security strategy to meet your business needs and now and in the future. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CaLp0AU ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Ballmer Takes On Linux Microsoft CEO tells customers that Windows carries lower total costs and is more secure than the open-source operating system. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Ctc60AE 4. Novell To Offer SuSE On Dell Servers Next year, Novell plans to make its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 software available direct from Dell on factory-loaded Dell servers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Ctc70AF 5. VMWare Touts New Virtual Server Software Skills VMWare plans to roll out software that will let one virtual machine use as many as four processors simultaneously to run applications. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0Ctc80AG 6. RSA Security Unveils DRM Solution For Mobile Devices RSA Security announced a standards-based security solution for digital rights management that provides a security infrastructure for both consumer-device makers and service providers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CtdA0AQ OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Pay-As-You-Go Slows Software subscriptions and metered payments might someday be the future, but right now the present remains filled with complexity, inertia, and big upfront licenses. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CtMu0At 8. E-Voting Companies Reveal Software To Standards Body But executives at voting machine companies won't submit proprietary source code, and might not provide the government with copies of software patches, updates and upgrades. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CtdB0AR 9. Digital Gadgets Pump Up Demand For Hard-Disk Drives As hard drives find their way in consumer electronics, the market for the storage hardware is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 67 percent from 2003 to 2008. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekKN0GpvDH0G4W0CtdC0AS 10. 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