Mobile Trojan targets PCs too

All the week's news and views about Security, 09/23/05
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Mobile Trojan targets PCs too, 09/22/05

Virus writers have come up with a way to make their malicious
software jump from a mobile phone to the PC. Security
researchers on Thursday reported the first sightings of a new
Trojan program, which masquerades as pirated software for mobile
phones ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7548>

Symantec hooks anti-phishing, behavior-based security firm,
09/22/05

Symantec Thursday announced it has entered into an agreement to
acquire Austin, Texas-based start-up WholeSecurity, maker of
behavior-based security and anti-phishing products. The value of
the deal was not disclosed.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7549>

New Firefox 1.0.7 release fixes critical security bugs, 09/21/05

The Mozilla Foundation has released a new version of its Firefox
browser that contains fixes for two critical security bugs in
the software that were reported over the past week.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7550>

InfoCard not son of Passport, says Microsoft executive, 09/21/05

Hoping to learn from the lessons of its unsuccessful Passport
initiative, Microsoft is taking a more open tack in developing
its new InfoCard identity management platform, a company
executive said Tuesday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7551>

Layer 8:More security woes for Firefox, Linux, 09/21/05

Yesterday we wrote about Symantec's Firefox/Mac slam, in which
the company noted that neither is necessarily more secure than
Microsoft anymore. We noted: "Now, if they somehow worked in
a...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/010009.html?nl>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7052>

2. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal6949>

3. Users discuss big VoIP rollout risks and rewards
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7480>

4. New Firefox 1.0.7 release fixes critical security bugs
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7552>

5. DemoFall preview
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal7298>

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