Security News AlertThis newsletter is sponsored by IBM Internet Security SystemsNetwork World's Security News Alert, 09/28/07Gmail zero-day flaw allows attackers to steal messages, 09/26/07: Accounts on Google's Gmail can be easily hacked, allowing any past -- and future e-mail messages -- to be forwarded to the attacker's own inbox, a vulnerability researcher said Tuesday. Antiphishing feature added to Engate e-mail security, 09/27/07: Engate Technology today announced a version of its antispam software that the company says includes the industry’s first preemptive protection against phishing attacks. EBay: Phishing likely to blame for members' data theft, 09/27/07: EBay's security experts have determined that it's highly likely that whoever posted confidential information about its members in a company discussion forum this week stole the data via an e-mail phishing scam, an eBay spokeswoman said Thursday.
5 things I've learned about privacy, 09/26/07: As founder of the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and business ethics think tank, Dr. Larry Ponemon worries society will give up on privacy ideals as protecting personal data becomes harder. Tapping IT to fight terrorism, deal with hurricanes, 09/26/07: Business intelligence takes on a new meaning when it's used to make sure that mission-critical equipment like night-vision goggles makes it to the right brigade in Iraq at the right time. Code Green downsizes data-protection boxes, 09/26/07: Code Green Networks is coming out with a smaller, lower-cost version of its data-loss-prevention appliances that it hopes will attract small and midsize businesses that cannot afford higher-end data-protection gear. France drags its feet on online security, 09/27/07: With Internet fraud on the rise, French banks and merchants are not putting in place antifraud technology to catch bad online transactions, an official from France's central bank said Thursday. UPEK brings fingerprint security device to Mac, 09/26/07: UPEK has announced that its Eikon Digital Privacy Manager, a "biometric" security device, now works with the Mac. It costs $39.99. Two charged with espionage sought funding in China, 09/27/07: A federal grand jury indicted two men in California of conspiring to steal high tech trade secrets and develop them with venture capital funding they sought to obtain from China. Chat with Amazon.com’s CTO live: If ever there were a man that knew how to eek out capacity and secure a data center, it would be Werner Vogels, vice president & CTO of Amazon.com. Join him for a live chat on Monday Oct. 1 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EDT. No registration is required, but those who RSVP “yes” to community editor Julie Bort in advance will be eligible for a Network World T-shirt. More trouble with Microsoft’s license validation: The Microsoft Office 2007 add-on site refuses to download legitimate add-ins for Office 2007 when a legitimate – but not yet activated – additional Microsoft product is installed on the computer, discovers security expert Tyson Kopczynski. |
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