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Friday, June 05, 2009

New DoS attacks threaten wireless data networks; CIOs: Your networks have already been compromised

Facebook Updates: What Kind Do You Write?; Users now get more bang for broadband buck, says study
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New DoS attacks threaten wireless data networks

Forget spam, viruses, worms, malware and phishing. These threats are apparently old school when compared to a new class of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that threaten wireless data networks. Read full story

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CIOs: Your networks have already been compromised
CIOs should stop focusing on intrusion detection and prevention systems and start dealing with the computers on their networks that have already been compromised by cybercriminals. That's the advice of a computer science professor from New York University, who is pitching a novel approach to ferreting out infected computers on enterprise networks.

Facebook Updates: What Kind Do You Write?
After using Facebook for a while, you notice that people tend to say the same things over and over in their status updates. They are bored at work, they're behind on sleep, they have big news--or they just want to tell you how generally bitchin' life is. We take a look at the 10 most common kinds of Facebook updates.

Users now get more bang for broadband buck, says study
Internet service providers are offering faster DSL connections for the same price in a battle for market share: Per megabit per second, prices are now 37.5 percent lower than last year, according to market research company Point Topic.

AT&T targets SMBs
AT&T announced last week a business "triple play" bundle targeted for small businesses that includes wireless voice, wired voice and high speed Internet services -- starting at less than $100 a month. The "All for Less" bundle doesn't offer any new services, but the low price tag may be very attractive to the small business, especially in tough economic times.

Cisco fortifies SMB lineup
At its Partner Summit this week, Cisco unveiled a bevy of products for the SMB market. They include switches, an IP telephony gateway, an IP video surveillance camera, and a new release of telephony software.

Lawmakers question whether DHS cybersecurity role will be undercut by White House appointment
Just days after President Obama announced his plan to appoint a new White House cybersecurity coordinator, lawmakers are questioning the impact the move might have on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's role in cybersecurity.

Twitter Study Overload: Stop the Madness
Another day, another gripping Twitter study. Harvard Business research data has proven -- without even the faintest glimmer of a doubt, in case you were crushing the guts out of your keyboard in anticipation -- that Twitter is a broadcast medium and not a conversation.

ATM malware spreading around the world
Cash machines around the world are hosting malware that can harvest a person's card details for use in fraud, a situation that could worsen as the malware becomes more sophisticated, according to a security researcher.

Chinese company shows Windows XP phone
A Chinese company showed what it calls the world's first mobile phone to run Windows XP at the Computex exhibition in Taipei on Friday.

Sending the Navy Seals to get me a Palm Pre
Keith and guest co-host Neal Weinberg discuss how they'd stop cybercriminals, the state of college network security, tiny domain names, and how they keep their work stress in check. (40:35)

Brace yourself for 10 updates on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft intends to release ten updates as part of its patch cycle, one of the biggest Patch Tuesdays in months. Six critical updates are planned, two for Windows and one each for IE, Word, Excel and Office. The list will include the first patch for IE 8, too.

June Giveaways

Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30.


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Why SharePoint is a Top 5 IT Initiative
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