Thursday, January 17, 2008

Super Patch Week

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SPOTLIGHT STORY
Super Patch Week

Jason Meserve By Jason Meserve
The presidential primary season has "Super Tuesday" when dozens of states hold their elections simultaneously. In the world of security updates, this could be considered "Super Patch Week" with new updates from Cisco, Apple, Oracle, IBM and numerous Linux vendors. Plus, Microsoft is chiming with a warning of a new Excel flaw and the pesky Storm Worm is taking on a Valentine's Day theme. Read full story

Jason Meserve is Network World's Multimedia Editor and writes about streaming media, search engines and IP Multicast. Check out his Multimedia Exchange Weblog.

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My Open Wireless Network
Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that surprises people -- and attracts the most criticism -- is the fact that I run an open wireless network at home. There's no password. There's no encryption. Anyone with wireless capability who can see my network can use it to access the internet. Bruce Schneier's blog, 01/15/08.

Storm botnet gets profiled at Web site
Storm, which has grown into a large remotely controlled botnet since the initial worm appeared a year ago to infect victims' machines, is getting a graphic profile on a Web site set up to track it. Network World, 01/15/08.

Web flaw yields free MacWorld VIP pass
For the second year running, security researcher Kurt Grutzmacher has found a way to get a free "Platinum" pass to the MacWorld Conference & Expo, being held in San Francisco this week. IDG News Service, 01/16/08.

Prize for zero-day Windows flaws set at $20,000
A security research company is offering $20,000 for information on undisclosed security flaws in Microsoft's Windows OS. IDG News Service, 01/16/08.

Two-thirds of Oracle DBAs don't apply security patches
Oracle issues dozens of security patches every quarter, but that doesn't mean database administrators are necessarily implementing them. Computerworld, 01/14/08.

Ikea closes global spam gap
The global furniture giant Ikea has closed a serious security gap that for an unknown period of time gave hackers and phishers a free rein to exploit the company's mail server. Computerworld, 01/15/08.

Crime hubs can be downed by publicity
One of the best ways to fight the criminal malware networks that now populate the Internet might actually be the simplest - publicize their existence. TechWorld, 01/14/08.

Wireless LAN scan finds big security holes in NYC retailers' wireless nets
There's bad news for some retailers at this week's National Retail Federation trade show in New York City, where WLAN security company AirDefense disclosed the findings of its four-day scan of local retailers' wireless nets. NetworkWorld.com, 01/15/08.

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