Nigerian scammers strike again; Microsoft invites hackers back

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Symantec Security Information Management Solutions: Beyond Threat Management Learn the latest Security Information Management best practices from IT research firm Forrester Research and Symantec. Watch now and also discover how solutions are evolving, as well as how to get more out of SIM - much more than incident response and threat management. Network World's Security News Alert, 05/10/07 Nigerian scammers do a take-off on Three Kings, 05/08/07:  A twist on the classic Nigerian e-mail scam that steals from the plot of the George Clooney movie Three Kings is hitting inboxes, Symantec said Monday. Click here for more. IRS wants data on users from Internet firms, 05/08/07:  The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is sounding an early warning on a proposal in the president's 2008 budget that would require Internet businesses like eBay and Amazon.com to collect personal data on their customers and share it with the Internal Revenue Service. Click here for more. Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat, 05/10/07:  Microsoft is once again inviting members of the hacking community into its Redmond, Wash., campus to show the software giant where it's gone wrong. Click here for more. From servers to storage: Virtualization saves It's touted as one of the fastest and easiest ways to better manage and control your infrastructure. Download this guide today and see how network IT execs are making virtualization pay off in the real world; discover the 8 virtualization gotchas you need to know; and much more. Click here to download. Avinti upgrade targets blended threats, 05/09/07:  Avinti on Wednesday announced a new version of its e-mail security software designed to catch inbound messages with active content and embedded URLs that can expose recipients to Internet threats. Click here for more. Cisco IOS FTP Server open to attacks:  Cisco is warning of several holes in its IOS FTP Server feature that could lead to denial of service attacks, improper vertication of user credentials and the ability to retrieve or write any file from the device filesystem. Click here for more.

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