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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Attack code out for critical Kodak bug in Windows; Fake FTC e-mails contain virus attack

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Security News Alert




Network World's Security News Alert, 10/30/07

Attack code out for critical Kodak bug in Windows, 10/29/07: A hacker has released attack code that could be used to exploit a critical bug in some versions of the Windows operating system.

Fake FTC e-mails contain virus attack, 10/29/07: Scammers are sending out virus-laden e-mails claiming to have information on complaints filed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the FTC warned Monday.

FTC: More spyware-fighting tools needed, 10/29/07: Organizations and law enforcement agencies fighting spyware are making progress, but new tools in an antispyware bill stalled in the U.S. Congress could improve the efforts, a member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.

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Immediate flaw alerts vs. Disclosing with patches, 10/26/07: What's safer, knowing there's a gaping hole that can be exploited in a software product even when there is no patch for it, or being told about the gaping hole once there is a patch?

Is NAC worth it?, 10/29/07: I read a lot of conflicting stories about NAC - some very positive and some dismissive. Is NAC over-hyped, or is there value in it?

Making sense of data loss prevention, 10/29/07: With all the recent news about acquisitions in the DLP space, I'm unsure if now is the time to select a solution or if I should wait. How can I tell the right time to get into DLP?

IDS vs. IPS, 10/26/07: IDS vs. IPS battle now almost a moot point as intrusion-prevention systems now use intrusion-detection techniques.

Perimeter security vs. inside security, 10/26/07: The perimeter firewall has become a fixture, the point of demarcation where specialists lavish attention on complex security rules to define permitted inbound and outbound traffic.

Security experts blast New Jersey AG, 10/26/07: Security experts are saying that a well-intentioned effort by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General to combat phishing may backfire.

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