======================================================================== SECURITY REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Monday, November 1, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * Google plugs hole exposing Gmail mail-boxes * Big picture security * In search of security event standards * Antivirus companies warn of new Bagle variants ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Messaging protection: Eliminating outbound message vulnerabilities for good Are companies concerned about the content of email leaving their organizations? What steps are they taking to eliminate confidential documents from falling into the wrong hands? Learn how message hygiene is helping companies clean house. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD447:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- GOOGLE PLUGS HOLE EXPOSING GMAIL MAIL-BOXES ======================================================================== Posted October 29, 2004 5:12 PM Pacific Time Google Inc. has fixed a security flaw in its Gmail Web-based e-mail service that allowed attackers to hijack users' e-mail accounts. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD444:2B910B2 BIG PICTURE SECURITY ======================================================================== Posted October 29, 2004 3:00 PM Pacific Time There was a time when cutting-edge network security meant a firewall on your perimeter and anti-virus software on the desktop. No longer. With the advent of polymorphic Internet worms, application-layer attacks, Trojan horses, adware, spyware, and wireless hacks, the network security picture is more complicated than ever. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD440:2B910B2 IN SEARCH OF SECURITY EVENT STANDARDS ======================================================================== Posted October 29, 2004 3:00 PM Pacific Time Integrating SEM (security event management) technology with existing security and system management infrastructure can be a hair-raising experience. Security point products such as IDSes, anti-virus gateways, and vulnerability scanners tend to use proprietary formats for reporting, recording network events, and issuing alerts. And the standard formats that do exist -- such as SNMP and syslog files -- are limited in what they can convey. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD43F:2B910B2 ANTIVIRUS COMPANIES WARN OF NEW BAGLE VARIANTS ======================================================================== Posted October 29, 2004 8:39 AM Pacific Time New versions of the Bagle worm rolled onto the Internet Friday, prompting antivirus companies to warn customers about the threat and to push out software updates to spot the new worms. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD484:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Everything CTOs need to be Tech-savvy, business-savvy, culture-savvy - that's the "CTO Connection" newsletter, by InfoWorld CTO Chad Dickerson. If you're a CTO (or you work with one), Chad's weekly take on the IT CTOs manage, the businesses they help build and run, and the economic and global climate those businesses live in will help you do your job, and understand your job, better than ever. Subscribe at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD441:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD442:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD446:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9AD445:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
