Detecting and patching mutating worms; IM poses threats

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Akamai Tolly Group: Web Acceleration Testing In this whitepaper learn the results behind Tolly's extensive tests pertaining to improving performance for Web applications. Read it today. Network World's Security News Alert, 10/11/07 Detecting and patching mutating worms: Microsoft researcher and mathematician Jennifer Tour Chayes set her skills on studying the best patch defense against mutating worms. But Jun Li, U of Oregon worm researcher has a better idea … run a SWORD through them. E-mail boosts productivity; IM poses threats: survey says, 10/10/07: When it comes to communicating during the workday, a majority of enterprise users find e-mail and phone calls conducive to productivity, while unified communications technologies such as instant messaging, blogs and softphones distract them from the work at hand and pose a threat to enterprise security. Online authentication, authorization service launched by start-up, 10/09/07: Start-up Bitkoo has launched an online identity management service that provides authentication and authorization capabilities to corporations that want to secure access to their applications without having to build infrastructure. Webcast: Get the latest on NAC Learn the latest on Network Access Control in Network World's Perspectives Editorial Webcast. Discover how IT professionals can leverage this hot security technology in their networks, while also learning about key management areas that have not yet been perfected. To learn more click here. Commerce Bank says hacking damage was limited, 10/10/07: A regional bank in the U.S. said it was able to deflect most of a hacking attempt on its database, but not before some customer information was divulged. 'Flat IP' mobile networks face new security challenges, 10/10/07: Data will flow more freely as mobile communications networks move towards a "flat IP" model, but developers and operators will face new security challenges, according to engineers gathered at the Freescale Technology Forum in Paris. Has Cisco canceled an internal security research group?: Cisco reported to be shutting down a team within its Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group. Cisco IOS line printer flaw: A researcher at Information Risk Management discovered a line printer daemon flaw that could crash Cisco IOS. The Network World IT Buyer's Guides provide comprehensive, detailed information on how to select, test, buy and deploy thousands of network and IT products. The new Network World IT Buyer's Guides offer even more features than before, here's just one that's worth checking out: Unified Threat Management

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