'Offensive technologies' secure networks; Botnet management app exposed

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by FireEye Perspectives Editorial Webcast: What You Don't Know About Crimeware Can Cost You Cybercrime is on the rise AND getting more nefarious. Script kiddies kept us busy with their pesky hacks, but the name of the game today is profit, meaning attacks are targeted and more dangerous. This webcast looks at how the game is changing and what it means for corporate IT shops. Network World's Security News Alert, 05/15/07 Using 'offensive technologies' to secure networks, 05/14/07:  The First Usenix Workshop on Offensive Technologies is coming to Boston on Aug 6. It’s hard to resist an event called WOOT, even though we weren’t quite sure what it was all about. So we shot an e-mail to Tal Garfinkel, a Ph.D graduate student in Stanford University’s computer science department and one of WOOT’s program chairs, and asked him to explain. Click here for more. HP unveils security-monitoring appliance for SCADA systems:  HP Tuesday plans to unveil a network-monitoring appliance that captures event data generated in systems-control and data-acquisition networks to help energy-sector companies comply with federally required security standards that took effect this year. Click here for more. Video: Giving NAC a whirl, 05/14/07:  Whirlpool's pilot of NAC raises hopes hopes for better security and increased use of Web services. Alex Petrov, global principal network architect at Whirlpool explains who the company tested and what those trials entailed on this edition of Voices from IT Roadmap. Watch now. 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. IBM spells out IT governance and risk strategy, 05/15/07:  IBM today outlined its strategy towards IT governance and risk management, a phrase that security professionals use to describe the management of IT assets and processes, including enforcing security policy and ensuring business continuity. Click here for more. Botnet management app exposed, 05/14/07:  A new and unusually sophisticated application for controlling and monitoring botnet PCs has been discovered by security company Panda Software. Click here for more. Provilla upgrades data-leak prevention offering, 05/14/07:  Start-up Provilla Monday announced a new version of its data-leak protection agent software and appliance designed to make demonstrating compliance with corporate, federal, and industry regulations easier. Click here for more. Apple fixes flaws in open source Darwin server, 05/11/07:  Apple Thursday updated Darwin Streaming Server, an open source version of the company's QuickTime for-pay streaming server software, to patch a pair of critical vulnerabilities. Click here for more. U.S., EU officials hopeful on airline data privacy pact, 05/14/07:  European Commissioner for justice and home affairs Franco Frattini said Monday he is confident the European Union and the U.S. can reach an agreement on how to handle personal information about European citizens flying to America. Click here for more. Seven face felonies for online credit-processing, 05/11/07:  A grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, has charged seven people and four companies with multiple felonies related to processing credit cards for gambling Web sites. Click here for more.

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