Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats

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Network World's Security News Alert

Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats, 08/02/05

Security research company Internet Security Systems is
continuing its legal fight to suppress information relating to a
security vulnerability in Cisco's routers. On Friday, the
Atlanta research company sent a cease-and-desist letter to
Richard Forno ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4385>

Gartner: Bank card fraud too easy for phishers, 08/02/05

U.S. banks are putting customer convenience ahead of security
and, in the process, making it much easier for online "phishers"
to create counterfeit bank cards, according to a Gartner report
released Tuesday. And with the Internet now a common source ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4386>

Microsoft aims to host regular hacker meetings, 08/02/05

Microsoft is working on plans to make a recent hacker meeting
held on its Redmond, Wash., campus a twice-yearly event,
according to a spokesman for the vendor's security group.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4387>

Rail-thin security, 08/02/05

The U.S. Congress has declared that it's time to focus on
securing the nation's railroads. Exactly how to do that is still
up for debate.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4388>

Google now a hacker's tool, 08/02/05

Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in
danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow
a hacker to use Google's massive database as a resource for
intrusion.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4389>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4390>

2. Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4221>

3. Router flaw sparks battle
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080105-blackhat.html>

4. Google now a hacker's tool
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4391>

5. Michael Lynn and Cisco: Stepping in front of the freight
train
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/080105backspin.html>
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