Security World: Security Report: Microsoft, TCG get closer on NAC

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Monday, May 21, 2007

* Microsoft, TCG get closer on NAC
* Symantec: Chinese hackers grow in number, skills
* Alcatel-Lucent reports employee data lost or stolen
* Deepwater churns around unencrypted data
* Estonia recovers from massive denial-of-service attack
* Secunia: Firefox users more likely to install patches
* Symantec sues distributors for alleged fake software
* Amazon preps DRM-free music store

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MICROSOFT, TCG GET CLOSER ON NAC

The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is tying its authentication software
standard to Microsoft's proprietary network access protection platform
-- a move that leaders in the network access control (NAC) segment tout
as a major step toward getting products made by different vendors to
work together.

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SYMANTEC: CHINESE HACKERS GROW IN NUMBER, SKILLS

China's hacking scene appears poised for growth, as the number of
Internet users rise with a commensurate interest in criminal hacking and
government spying, according to a new Symantec study.

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ALCATEL-LUCENT REPORTS EMPLOYEE DATA LOST OR STOLEN

A CD containing personal information about thousands of
Alcatel-Lucent employees and their dependants has been lost or
stolen, the company said on Thursday.

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DEEPWATER CHURNS AROUND UNENCRYPTED DATA

The most sensitive and highly classified data communicated over the
nation's internal computer networks remains at risk for exposure,
according to key witnesses in the government's investigation into the
United States Coast Guard's Deepwater procurement program.

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ESTONIA RECOVERS FROM MASSIVE DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK

A spree of denial-of-service (DOS) attacks against Web sites in Estonia
appears to be subsiding, as the government calls for greater response
mechanisms to cyber attacks within the European Union.

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SECUNIA: FIREFOX USERS MORE LIKELY TO INSTALL PATCHES

Firefox users have something new to brag about. Security vendor Secunia
reports that users of the open-source browser are more likely to have
installed the latest security updates than Web surfers running Internet
Explorer or Opera.

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SYMANTEC SUES DISTRIBUTORS FOR ALLEGED FAKE SOFTWARE

Symantec is suing eight businesses for allegedly selling counterfeit
software, the security vendor said Wednesday.

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AMAZON PREPS DRM-FREE MUSIC STORE

Amazon.com will open an online music store whose songs will not carry
copy-protection technology, the Seattle e-tailer announced Wednesday,
confirming a move that had recently been rumored.

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