Today's News: Security specialists picture bad things from .jpg flaw

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Published by SearchWin2000.com   October 01, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SearchWin2000.com Career Center: Looking for a new job?  Top News of the Week  >>  New licensing step, controversial Meta data SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com Career Center Looking for a new job? Visit the SearchWin2000.com Career Center powered by Dice and find over 37,000 tech positions to choose from. And get the career resources you need to set yourself apart from other job seekers. Find training and certification resources, get help with your resume and more. Visit today! Click here to visit the Career Center today!  Headline  Security specialists picture bad things from .jpg flaw By John Hogan, Senior News Editor At times, the information security industry can sound downright alarmist. In the case of the .jpg vulnerability, that tone may be justified. Administrators have been feverishly working on an extremely complex patch deployment, while virus writers are steadily marching closer to a widespread exploit -- first with a proof-of-concept, then a how-to kit, and most recently with a tryout in porn newsgroups and popular instant messaging applications. Microsoft issued a patch for the flaw on Sept. 14, but because it affects so many Microsoft products -- everything from Windows to Office to FrontPage -- it is giving administrators fits. Click here to read more about the .jpg vulnerability, as well as for a wrap-up of the week's Windows news. More on this topic: >  Microsoft's licensing takes a step in a new direction >  AV products mixed on detecting new malicious .jpg files >  Administrators prove to be spam pragmatists >  Meta Group defends Domino/Exchange TCO report >  Workplace Web use: Give 'em an inch ...  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   The search is on for Products of the Year! The editors of SearchWindows2000.com, SearchExchange.com and SearchWindowsSecurity.com. are conducting the second annual Products of the Year for the Windows marketplace. The deadline for submissions is October 6, so please don't delay and send in your nominees now! For a description of eligibility requirements, criteria and an on-line submission form, click here. We will announce the winners in a special feature on SearchWindows2000.com in January. Featured Topic: Money, money, money! Do you earn as much as your peers? Stop wondering and find out right now. Our latest salary survey collected data from over 700 IT pros working in an enterprise Windows setting. Chapter of the Week: 'Hardening wireless LAN communications' Wireless LANs bring up the classic struggle between security and usability. Too tight security chokes off the potential benefits of the WLAN, but too lax security leaves your sensitive data open to attackers. This chapter from the book "Hardening Network Infrastructure," by Wesley Noonan, explains how to balance the two in a sensible manner. TRUE IT BLOOPERS Oops! True IT Blooper #154: Where there is smoke -- there's a computer We have all heard of being "hot under the collar," but how about "hot under the Cover" -- the computer cover, that is. R.H. tells us about a time when sending a document has never been more hazardous to a person's health.  Vent!  What do you think of Sender ID now that it's been rejected by the open source community and the IETF disbanded its related working group? Take our latest poll and sound off. Member Surveys Enter your e-mail and start receiving Member Surveys. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   SENIOR NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. SITE SALES MANAGER Mike Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter.   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: SearchWin2000 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-118&ad=493398 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.