TECHWEB TODAY: SECURITY & PRIVACY Wednesday, September 1, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Wednesday Security & Privacy Feature: Honestly, It's Policy 2. Security & Privacy News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. New Bagle Falls Flat After Big Spam Seeding 4. Oracle Moves To Monthly With Patches 5. First WLAN Products Receive WPA2 Security Certification 6. Survey: More Hotels Adding Broadband Access Other News This Week 7. Don't Be Late, Integrate! 8. AMD Seeks The Spotlight With Dual-Core Processor Demo 9. A Car That Listens To You 10. MessageLabs Adds Brightmail To Its Anti-Spam Offering ------- Advertisement ------------------- Network Security Courses with Roberta Bragg Learn to bulletproof your network from security experts like Roberta Bragg. TechMentor offers training for managers and administrators on scripting, Exchange, GPOs, Active Directory and more. Register today for TechMentor, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1 in San Jose, CA. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmK0Av -------------------------------------------- 1. WEDNESDAY SECURITY & PRIVACY FEATURE: Honestly, It's Policy These days, a good security policy is more essential than ever; trouble is, it has to cover everything. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0Ckl80Ab 2. SECURITY & PRIVACY NEWS OF THE WEEK Feds Crack Down On Cybercrime A new aggressive stance against illegal file sharing and spam defines the Justice Department's proactive stance against cybercrime. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmA0Al SP2 Said To Cause Problems In 10 Percent of Windows XP PCs Upgrading to Service Pack 2 (SP2) will cause problems in about one out of every 10 PCs running Windows XP, researcher says. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmB0Am Cisco Gear Subject To DoS Attack A vulnerability affects all Cisco products running the vendor's Internetwork Operating System (IOS). http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmC0An DOJ Accuses Six Of Crippling Rivals' Web Sites Authorities detail the nation's first case alleging denial of service attacks against competitors to knock them offline. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmD0Ao Microsoft: Hackers Wouldn't Bother To Spoof SP2's Security Center Microsoft flatly denied reports that one of Windows XP Service Pack 2's most touted features leaves users open to possible attacks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmE0Ap Tests Reveal E-passport Security Flaw The Department of Homeland Security's first tests of electronic-passport interoperability exposed technology flaws, including myopic and dyslexic smart-card readers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkYS0Aj ------- Advertisement ------------------- Network Security Courses with Roberta Bragg Learn to bulletproof your network from security experts like Roberta Bragg. TechMentor offers training for managers and administrators on scripting, Exchange, GPOs, Active Directory and more. Register today for TechMentor, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1 in San Jose, CA. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmK0Av ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. New Bagle Falls Flat After Big Spam Seeding A new variation on the persistent Bagle worm hit mailboxes late Tuesday, but didn't spread beyond the initial spammed outbreak. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmF0Aq 4. Oracle Moves To Monthly With Patches Oracle makes good on its promise to provide its first monthly security update by the end of August. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmG0Ar 5. First WLAN Products Receive WPA2 Security Certification Cisco access points and Intel's newest Centrino technology are among the first to receive WPA2 certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0Ckmg0AP 6. Survey: More Hotels Adding Broadband Access A study by the American Hotel and Lodging Association says half of U.S. hotel rooms now offer broadband Internet access. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmH0As OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Don't Be Late, Integrate! Data-integration projects are all the rage. Here's your cheat sheet on vendors' integration moves. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkYI0AZ 8. AMD Seeks The Spotlight With Dual-Core Processor Demo Advanced Micro Devices demonstrates the equivalent of two microprocessors on a single piece of silicon. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkYO0Af 9. A Car That Listens To You IBM and Honda say they've developed a hands-free, natural-sounding speech-recognition system for advanced navigation in cars. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmI0At 10. MessageLabs Adds Brightmail To Its Anti-Spam Offering Alliance adds new power to anti-spam portfolio, frees technology staff to explore advanced spam problems. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejDk0GpvDH0G4W0CkmJ0Au ----------------------------------------------------- Register Today For TechXNY Join us October 5-7 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York for TechXNY where you'll find the business solutions you need. We'll be covering storage, networking, security, database, Internet, wireless, Linux solutions and more. 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