Computerworld Security: June 11, 2010 ===============================================================
Microsoft confirms critical Windows XP bug Microsoft has confirmed that Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 contain an unpatched bug that could be used to infect PCs by duping users into visiting rigged Web sites or opening attack e-mail. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294571/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VIRTUAL EVENT: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hear what the experts have to say about risk management. Hear Dr. George Westerman of MIT's Sloan School of Management and experts from IBM discuss risk discipline, business resiliency and security. Watch the replay of the IBM virtual event, "Simplifying Risk Management: Is Your Company Measuring Up?" http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294572/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Google gives Microsoft 5 days to fix XP zero-day bug http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294573/0/ 2. After attacks, Adobe fixes Flash bug http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294574/0/ 3. Update: FBI probes AT&T's iPad 3G e-mail leaks http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294575/0/ 4. Google seeks consolidation of Wi-Fi snooping cases http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294576/0/ 5. Crafting a social media policy http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294577/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/243858/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google gives Microsoft 5 days to fix XP zero-day bug A Google engineer today published attack code that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP, giving hackers a new way to hijack and infect systems with malware. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294573/0/ After attacks, Adobe fixes Flash bug Less than a week after fielding reports that hackers were targeting a bug in its Flash Player software, Adobe Systems has rushed out a fix for the problem. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294574/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: F5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROI of App Delivery in Virtualized Environments Whether itÂ’s a traditional or virtualized infrastructure, modern offload technologies in application delivery controllers can drastically reduce expenses and provide fast ROI. Examine the numbers and learn how you can maximize your ROI by employing SSL offload, compression offload and TCP optimization. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294578/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=7ffcdb7a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update: FBI probes AT&T's iPad 3G e-mail leaks The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the leak of an estimated 114,000 Apple iPad user e-mail addresses. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294575/0/ Google seeks consolidation of Wi-Fi snooping cases Peppered with lawsuits over its collection of Web traffic data from wireless networks, Google wants all the cases consolidated into one, and for that single case to be heard by a court near its Mountain View, California, headquarters. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6488103/114916/294576/0/ Crafting a social media policy Any company with a computer in the office needs to adopt a social media policy. 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