| Podcast: Top 5 Christmas Internet shopping scams With a lot of online holiday shopping going on at work, IT managers and end users are vulnerable to an increase in holiday-related Internet scams, including phishing. Keith Shaw talks with Audri Lanford, co-founder of ScamBusters.org, about the top five Christmas Internet scams for 2007 (10:55). Most unusual data disaster horror stories for 2007, 12/06/07 Ant-infested hard drives and failing parachutes top the list of data disaster horror stories for 2007. ITIL takes on security management role, 12/06/07 Long touted for streamlining processes and reducing operating costs, the ITIL best-practices framework also helps mitigate enterprise risk, say its adopters. Cookie variants can skirt blockers, antispyware tools, 12/06/07 Just because your Web browser is set to block third-party tracking cookies that doesn't mean all of them are being blocked. IBM’s security stance: underrated or overambitious?, 12/06/07 Big Blue is trying to succeed in the less familiar terrain of network and desktop security — and finding that a few high-profile moves aren’t enough to sway some skeptical analysts. Check Point bundles UTM gear with services for midsize businesses, 12/06/2007 Check Point Software is adding e-mail security to its multifunction security platform, and bundling that with update services for software and ... Microsoft Vista's IPv6 raises new security concerns, 12/06/07 Members of the Internet engineering community have raised several new security concerns about Teredo, a mechanism for sending IPv6 traffic over IPv4 networks that comes turned on by default in Microsoft’s Vista software. Big brands slip up in antivirus tests, 12/06/2007 Many big-brand security products fail to spot commonly-circulating malware, testing outfit has Virus Bulletin found in its latest tests. . . A ... PlateSpin launches DR appliance with VMware inside, 12/05/07 PlateSpin, a long-term VMware partner, has announced a physical appliance designed for disaster recovery of both physical and virtual servers. It uses a pre-packaged configuration of VMware's VI3 infrastructure, converting production servers into virtual machines inside the box. Cisco security hole leads to blue screen of death Cisco says security flaw leads to Windows blue screen of death; confirms separate XSS vulnerability. Policy, Policy... Whose got the network access policy? Writes blogger Mitchell Ashley: "Cisco tries again. Unlike the failed Cisco NAC framework, TrustSec has learned some lessons from days gone by of the NAC framework …Overlay Microsoft's desire to manage what applications you can use and Microsoft's similar host-to-host networking intentions and you can see where Cisco and Microsoft clash." Comparing OpsMgr 2007 Security with MOM 2005 Security Author and systems management expert Kerrie Meyler writes: "If you've used MOM 2005, you're in for a big surprise when it comes to security in OpsMgr 2007. Like most things in the more recent release, things have changed completely. 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: PATCH AND VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT | 
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