Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation

Four tech spats that could be settled over a beer with Obama; Black Hat: Free cloaking software may actually draw attention to traffic it's supposed to protect Security Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Tripwire New Health Care Security Regulations New federal personal health care information security rules have been signed into law. How will they affect and intersect with HIPAA regulations? How could they influence current compliance and your infrastructure? Spotlight Story Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation A talk at Black Hat had to be scaled back because it contained information about Conficker that might tip investigators' hand and send the perpetrators further underground, says F-Secure's chief research officer. Read full story Related News: Four tech spats that could be settled over a beer with Obama If sitting down with the President of the United States and quaffing a few brewskis can really help tamp down controversy over a highly-charged race issue then perhaps the President could pull up a bar stool and settle some far less vital disagreements plaguing the tech industry. Here we go: Black Hat: Free cloaking software may actually draw attention to traffic it's supposed to protect An Internet tool to shield Chinese dissidents from their government seems to do just the opposite and also probes military, financial and academic networks in the U.S., Canada and Taiwan, according to research presented at Black Hat. P2P ban plan for government gets mixed response A proposal to introduce a bill seeking to formally ban the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications on government and contractor networks is evoking a mixed response. Adobe patches 12 Flash bugs, 3 caused by Microsoft Adobe on Thursday patched a dozen vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including three it inherited from faulty Microsoft development code and one that hackers have been exploiting for at least a week. July Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Black Hat's best How well you remember the Black Hat conference's most notorious incidents? Wireless burning questions How much longer are you going to hang onto that Ethernet cable? And other questions. Identity Management: complexity made simple Sun's pragmatic approach to identity management combats complexity with everyday solutions, helping you streamline and simplify the identity infrastructure to reduce costs, tighten security, and mitigate risk. View the Sun Identity Management Solution Center today. Identity Management: complexity made simple   August 03, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES iPhone SMS attack to be unleashed at Black Hat Mystery solved: MS emergency patch precedes Black Hat session Clampi Trojan plunders financials for botnet CERT and ISC warn about BIND9 DNS vulnerability 5 technologies Iran is using to censor the Web Microsoft-Yahoo will change cloud computing Cloud computing confusion reigns in U.S. government Black Hat's most notorious incidents What business is Cisco in today? Cisco fixes critical WLAN flaws Stopping Fraud Before it Impacts your Network Better protect your corporate assets with a solution that integrates with existing security devices and adds comprehensive analysis including: Correlation, anomaly detection and pattern discover. Discover the benefits of using holistic reporting, visual analytics and incident response tools. Stopping Fraud Before it Impacts your Network Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to security.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com