Security firm details unpatched Oracle flaws

SECURITY NEWS ALERT - Security firm details unpatched Oracle flaws

All the week's news and views about Security, 07/22/05
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Security firm details unpatched Oracle flaws, 07/20/05

A German security firm has published details of six security
vulnerabilities in Oracle's software, three of them high-risk,
that it says were not fixed in an Oracle security update earlier
this month.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3595>

Microsoft to acquire FrontBridge for e-mail security, 07/20/05

Microsoft Wednesday announced its intent to acquire FrontBridge
Technologies, a provider of online service for securing and
archiving e-mail.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3596>

Newsletter: Why your users could be the 'bad guys' affecting
your mobile security?, 07/19/05

Most companies probably don't realize that their corporate data
is threatened more by the actions of the "good guys" - the
employees in the company who are using the devices. An employee
plugging in a USB thumb drive into their laptop has just exposed
a potential vulnerability greater than a cell phone virus that
may or may never get downloaded onto their device.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3597>

Newsletter: Thesis spells out threats to VoIP, 07/19/05

The entire thesis is written in excellent English - imagine
writing your thesis in German! - and well worth reading in its
entirety. However, readers may find the section on threats to
VoIP systems particularly interesting, as I did.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3598>

Trend Micro offers Kelkea-based services, 07/20/05

Trend Micro this week announced an anti-spam offering based on
the reputation services of Kelkea, which it acquired in June.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3599>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Appliances replace DNS, DHCP software
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3483>

2. Offshore use on the rise but savings lag
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3. Future-proof your network
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3482>

4. The ROI of VoIP
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3323>

5. Microsoft to acquire FrontBridge for e-mail security
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal3601>

Today's most forwarded story:

Investors target systems management
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