Exploit circulating for newly patched Oracle bug

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Network World's Security News Alert

Exploit circulating for newly patched Oracle bug, 10/20/05
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9314>
Database administrators now have a little added incentive to
install Oracle's latest security patches, released earlier this
week. Malicious software is now circulating that can crash an
unpatched database server, and one security expert predicted ...

Security software traps PCs infected by viruses, spyware,
10/20/05 <http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9315>
A team of IT staffers at the University of Indianapolis last
week showed off a bundle of open-source tools and scripts it
uses to trap and isolate PCs infected by viruses or spyware.

Ballmer eyes Linux, Google users for growth, 10/19/05
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9316>
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes the company has ironed out
all of the security problems in its forthcoming Windows Vista
operating system so that users can consider adopting it the
first day it is released. For the most part.

Red Hat offers security certification, 10/19/05
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9317>
Red Hat introduced a new security certification recently with a
specialized focus on server and client machine security.

Oracle patches 88 holes in quarterly security update, 10/19/05
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9318>
Oracle released a bundle of critical security patches for its
software on Tuesday, fixing 88 vulnerabilities in products
including its database and application servers and in some
PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications. A work-around exists for
just ...

Newsletter: Still looking for a definition for 'role', 10/19/05
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9319>
A recurring theme in this newsletter is the search for an
ontology of identity management - finding the right vocabulary
so that we can agree on the terms and ...

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9320>
2. Motorola sues Zafirovski over Nortel job
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9321>
3. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9145>
4. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9149>
5. High-tech dorms move to head of the class at colleges
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal9322>

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