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Monday, October 8, 2007
* The top 10 reasons Web sites get hacked
* Security analysts closer to improved antivirus software test
* Financial institutions spending on security, governance
* Yahoo holds Open Hack Day in India
* France kicks off nationwide spam fight
* Microsoft plays 'Detective' to determine phishing frequency
* Bad things lurking on government sites
* Apple fixes year-old QuickTime flaw
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THE TOP 10 REASONS WEB SITES GET HACKED
Web security is at the top of customers' minds after many well-publicized
personal data breaches, but the people who actually build Web
applications aren't paying much attention to security, experts say.
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SECURITY ANALYSTS CLOSER TO IMPROVED ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE TEST
Antivirus vendors are closer to agreeing on a new way to test their
software after widespread agreement that older antivirus tests can
be misleading.
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SPENDING ON SECURITY, GOVERNANCE
The Deloitte & Touche annual survey of security practices at 169
financial institutions found that 98 percent of them are spending more
on information security this year than last year, and putting a greater
emphasis on IT governance.
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BEST PRACTICES FOR SELECTING A WAN OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION
To ensure productivity and the fruition of mission-critical goals,
businesses have become dependent on the effective delivery of
IT services over the WAN; and technologies that optimize the
performance of applications have become indispensable to
businesses of all sizes. Download this white paper, compliments of
Shunra Software:
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YAHOO HOLDS OPEN HACK DAY IN INDIA
Yahoo Inc. held Open Hack Day October 5 and 6 in Bangalore, India, in a
bid to build an ecosystem of external developers familiar with the
company's technologies.
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FRANCE KICKS OFF NATIONWIDE SPAM FIGHT
France is hoping to shut down spammers more quickly through a system that
makes it easier for users to notify ISPs (Internet service providers)
when unsolicited e-mails are coming from their network.
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MICROSOFT PLAYS 'DETECTIVE' TO DETERMINE PHISHING FREQUENCY
Microsoft's research arm has been quietly collecting data through an
add-on service to its Windows Live Toolbar to determine how often Web
users actually fall prey to phishing attacks.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=19C7932:20920CD98AAF82DDBF49C3D4F3D88AC1EFF29049075316B4
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BEST PRACTICES FOR SELECTING A WAN OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION
To ensure productivity and the fruition of mission-critical goals,
businesses have become dependent on the effective delivery of
IT services over the WAN; and technologies that optimize the
performance of applications have become indispensable to
businesses of all sizes. Download this white paper, compliments of
Shunra Software:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=19C793F:20920CD98AAF82DDBF49C3D4F3D88AC1EFF29049075316B4
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BAD THINGS LURKING ON GOVERNMENT SITES
The U.S. federal government took steps earlier this week to shut down Web
sites in California in order to protect the public from hacked Web
sites, but new incidents show that the problem is not going away any
time soon.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=19C7934:20920CD98AAF82DDBF49C3D4F3D88AC1EFF29049075316B4
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APPLE FIXES YEAR-OLD QUICKTIME FLAW
Apple updated the Windows version of QuickTime today to quash a
13-month-old bug that critics say it overlooked when it patched the
media player in March.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=19C7935:20920CD98AAF82DDBF49C3D4F3D88AC1EFF29049075316B4
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BEST PRACTICES FOR SELECTING A WAN OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION
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businesses have become dependent on the effective delivery of
IT services over the WAN; and technologies that optimize the
performance of applications have become indispensable to
businesses of all sizes. Download this white paper, compliments of
Shunra Software:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=19C793F:20920CD98AAF82DDBF49C3D4F3D88AC1EFF29049075316B4
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