TECHWEB TODAY: SECURITY & PRIVACY Wednesday, December 01, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Wednesday Security & Privacy Feature: Bad, Bad Bots 2. Security & Privacy News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Phishing Hurts Web More Than The Wallet 4. Broadband Kentucky Derby: A Race To Connect The State 5. IBM Debuts New Web Services Technology For CICS 6. Microsoft To Patch WINS Bug Other News This Week 7. Linward, March! 8. Corporate Computers Plagued By Spyware 9. Cell Phone TV To Become 'Commonplace,' Research Says 10. IBM Unveils Latest 'On-Demand' Tech Center ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Consolidating IT Sites without Building More Infrastructure. Learn how to successfully complete site consolidation projects, which enable you to move file servers, Exchange servers, NAS and tape auto-loaders from remote offices to datacenters. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0CevX0AV ----------------------------------------- -- 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: Bad, Bad Bots Bold hackers are using their networking smarts to automate attacks and break new ground in cybercrime. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Ql0AM 2. SECURITY & PRIVACY NEWS OF THE WEEK HP Works On Software To Slow Computer Worms Engineers at Hewlett-Packard are working on "virus-throttling" software that they say could slow the spread of Internet-borne viruses and worms. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qm0AN Unprotected PCs Fall To Hacker Bots In Just Four Minutes The lifespan of a poorly protected PC connected to the Internet is a mere four minutes, new research claims. After that, it's owned by a hacker. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0Cz8w0AL Microsoft Cans Windows 2000 SP5 Microsoft has dumped the idea of releasing a fifth service pack for the enterprise-popular Windows 2000, and, instead, plans to produce an 'update rollup' in the middle of next year. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0Cz8u0AJ MCI Debuts Hosted Data Security Service MCI has announced a hosted data protection service designed to help businesses back up and restore critical company information. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qo0AP HP Strikes Alliances To Bolster SMB Security Offerings Hewlett-Packard bolstered its SMB security offerings by striking deals with Symantec and Trend Micro to include free security software on HP PC products. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Q40AQ U.S. Opposes Passport Privacy Protections The Bush administration has blocked encryption measures for new microchip-equipped biometric passports. IT experts and the ACLU believe international standards for electronic passports inadequately protect privacy and security. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qq0AR ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Consolidating IT Sites without Building More Infrastructure. Learn how to successfully complete site consolidation projects, which enable you to move file servers, Exchange servers, NAS and tape auto-loaders from remote offices to datacenters. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0CevX0AV ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Phishing Hurts Web More Than The Wallet The real danger from phishing attacks isn't in the amount of money stolen, said a research firm, but in the fall-out from the constant barrage of bogus e-mails. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qr0AS 4. Broadband Kentucky Derby: A Race To Connect The State Kentucky's effort to bring broadband access to all its citizens by 2007 just got a boost, with the announcement that broadband power line provider Broadband Horizons has joined the state's ConnectKentucky campaign. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qs0AT 5. IBM Debuts New Web Services Technology For CICS New CICS products from IBM will enable customers to more easily integrate business processes and transform their existing applications to those that fit into a service-oriented architecture (SOA). http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qt0AU 6. Microsoft To Patch WINS Bug Microsoft said that it's working on a patch to fix the flaw in the Windows Internet Name Service component found in the NT, 2000, and 2003 editions of its server software. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qu0AV OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Linward, March! Open-source software gains momentum with Intel support for Linux in Asia, sharp growth for the Firefox browser, and Novell's profitable move to Linux. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0Cz8q0AF 8. Corporate Computers Plagued By Spyware Corporate desktops pack almost as much spying software as do consumers' machines, an anti-spyware vendor reported. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0C1Qv0AW 9. Cell Phone TV To Become 'Commonplace,' Research Says Despite initial hesitation by wireless operators, it is inevitable that television will be delivered to cell phones, according to a study by ABI Research. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekwI0GpvDH0G4W0Cz810AB 10. 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