Microsoft yanks patch causing XP PCs to crash

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	Microsoft yanks patch causing XP PCs to crash Hundreds of users posted messages on a Microsoft support forum complaining that Patch Tuesday's updates were crashing their XP computers. Indeed, a couple of readers wrote to Microsoft Subnet about the problem, too. Microsoft responded on Thursday by removing the offending patch from its automatic download for consumers. However it did not remove the patch from its enterprise patch management systems.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks A Practical Guide to Web 2.0 Security This guide to Web 2.0 security is based on analysis of network traffic in over 200 organizations collected over 6 months in 2009. It details how to deploy an effective firewall to handle applications like Skype and Sametime that are capable of transferring files or apps like WebEx that enable desktop sharing. Click here. In this Issue US sharpens intellectual property crime battleaxe Feds Change Cybersecurity Strategy -- Again Microsoft guffaws at the severity of Black Hat Bitlocker/TMP hack Airborne laser weapon blasts rocketing missile Install software updates and security patches without rebooting Government and infrastructure tops hacking league US airborne laser weapon blasts rocketing missile DOJ: No need for warrant for cell location information Virginia firm files encryption lawsuit against tech giants 3 encryption apps keep your data safe WHITE PAPER: Ultrium Cost Effective Data Security with Tape With a growing number of laws and regulations, financial penalties, and public notification costs, a security breach can be costly for corporations. Data managers are called upon to develop effective security for sensitive data and are turning to tape encryption. Read Now US sharpens intellectual property crime battleaxe After years of criticism, the Department of Justice today set up a task force it says will focus exclusively on battling US and international intellectual property crimes.  Read More Feds Change Cybersecurity Strategy -- Again Yesterday the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)announced that it will no longer pursue the Trusted Internet Connect (TIC) initiative first announced in November 2007. TIC was considered one of the cybersecurity efforts making up the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) which was born out of National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 54 and Homeland Security Presidential... Read More Microsoft guffaws at the severity of Black Hat Bitlocker/TMP hack Microsoft on Friday downplayed the risk of using Trusted Platform Module chips after Black Hat researchers demonstrated a hack of them last week. 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A team of MIT engineers has developed technology that allows rebootless updates, and it's now available through a subscription service. Read More Government and infrastructure tops hacking league Cybercriminals are now aggressively targeting government and critical infrastructure companies, a review of malware and attack patterns over the last year has found. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Direct Access and UAG Better Together Direct Access (DA) is a game-changing technology for remote access in your company; removing the need for a VPN all together. Within Microsoft, we've seen great productivity benefits to end users. We surveyed users from our DA pilot and over 87% saw instant productivity gains, overall resulting in net benefit of ~1 hour each day for users. Furthermore, Microsoft operations is saving costs by things such as not having to convert internet connected sites to dedicated lines. For more information on the business value of DA and Microsoft's implementation, watch the Direct Access MSIT video. Learn More Now US airborne laser weapon blasts rocketing missile The Airborne Laser Testbed is a, infrared, megawatt-class, high-energy Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL) installed inside a modified Boeing 747-400F aircraft to detect, track and destroy ballistic missiles. Read More DOJ: No need for warrant for cell location information The U.S. Department of Justice will argue that it does not need to present a judge with probable cause of a crime to obtain mobile-phone tracking information in a hearing scheduled for Friday in Philadelphia. Read More Virginia firm files encryption lawsuit against tech giants TecSec, an encryption vendor based in McLean, Virginia, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against several large tech vendors, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, eBay, Oracle and Adobe Systems. Read More 3 encryption apps keep your data safe Laptop computers have become mobile stores of massive amounts of information. Add to that the proliferation of removable hard drives, and it becomes crystal clear how much sensitive data is on the move in the world, most of it woefully underprotected. Read More
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