IE flaw affects Office, Visual Studio users

All the week's news and views about Security, 08/19/05
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IE flaw affects Office, Visual Studio users, 08/18/05

An unpatched bug in a file installed with Microsoft's Office and
Visual Studio software could lead to some serious problems for
Internet Explorer users, security researchers have reported.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081805-ie-flaw.html?nl>

CA: Windows 2000 worms now affecting 250,000, 08/17/05

Malicious software that takes advantage of a recently disclosed
vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system has spread
rapidly and has now infected more than 250,000 systems,
primarily Windows 2000 systems being run in corporate
environments, according to security vendor Computer Associates.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081705-ca-worms.html?nl>

Experts see new variants of Windows 2000 worm, 08/17/05

Security vendors have reported several new variants of the worm
infecting PCs running Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system.
Groups of virus writers are competing to cause the most damage,
according to one security company, although the worm appears
less severe than some first feared.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081705-worms.html?nl>

NIST launches new vulnerability database, 08/17/05

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched
a new vulnerability database to help security professionals
learn about and correct vulnerabilities.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5466>

NASSCOM: No complaints filed yet against data thieves, 08/18/05

Although it has offered to help probe into recent allegations of
data theft , India's National Association of Software and
Service Companies Thursday said that its hands are tied as
complaints have not been filed against anyone alleged to have
been involved in thefts from India's call-center companies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5467>

Secure Computing to acquire CyberGuard, 08/18/05

Secure Computing announced it had reached an agreement to
acquire CyberGuard for approximately $295 million in a cash and
stock transaction, with the merger expected to be completed in
the November timeframe following the regulatory approval
process.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5468>

Finns urge better Wi-Fi security after bank break-in, 08/18/05

Finland called on its citizens to take more care securing their
Wi-Fi networks after it emerged this week that about ?200,000
($245,400) had been stolen from a local bank using an
unprotected home network.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5469>

German government launches national IT security plan, 08/19/05

The German government aims to counter the alarming rise in
computer viruses with a national IT security plan that includes
the establishment of a computer emergency response center.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5470>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Google goes berserk
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5333>

2. Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5332>

3. Windows worm beginning to spread
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5471>

4. IT staff shortage looming
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5335>

5. Test: CipherTrust tops encryption field
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5334>

Today's most-forwarded story:

Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5336>
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