Monday, August 22, 2005

Questions surround smartphone security

All the week's news and views about Security, 08/22/05
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Network World's Security News Alert

Questions surround smartphone security, 08/22/05

Wireless vendors are rolling out a new generation of handheld
computers called smartphones for corporate users, but many
network executives say they won't consider them until the means
to manage and secure them are clear.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-smartphone.html>

Zotob fizzles while new worm emerges, 08/22/05

Was it the worm that wasn't or the worm that was? That seemed to
be the big question last week when the Zotob worm appeared just
three days after Microsoft released patch MS05-039 to close a
vulnerability in the plug-and-play feature in various flavors of
the Windows operating system, with Windows 2000 the most
vulnerable.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-zotob.html>

Radio: Windows worms, flaws plague users, 08/22/05

With multiple worms released last week to exploit the recently
patched Windows Plug and Play (PnP) flaw and a new details on an
Internet Explorer vulnerability that's not patched, users and
administrators have a lot on their plates. We're joined by
Johannes Ullrich of the Internet Storm Center and Eric Yoshizuru
of Panda Software to discuss the latest security threats.
<http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0822radio.html>

Net access security plans sow confusion, 08/22/05

The worms that threatened Windows computers last week made clear
once again that vulnerable desktops and laptops pose a serious
threat to network security - but the answer to shoring them up
remains murky.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-symantec.html>

Clear Choice Test: Xirrus XS-3900 offers out-of-this-world Wi-Fi
capacity, 08/22/05

Imagine 1,000 Wi-Fi users in a conference room or airport
connected to a single device and not hearing complaints about
their connection speed. That's the heart of the Xirrus XS-3900,
a wireless switch with 16 discrete access points encased in a
ceiling-mounted housing.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5574>

Juniper upgrades firewall/VPN modules, 08/22/05

Juniper last week beefed up its security offerings with faster
and more-capable hardware modules for its high-end firewall and
VPN platforms.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5575>

Opinion: Open Wi-Fi, a national risk, 08/22/05

We need to look at this issue in the bigger picture of national
security. The bigger picture means that Smith is not guilty of
anything and the owner of the unsecured Wi-Fi connection is
definitely guilty. Guilty of gross negligence and guilty of
undermining the security of our country.
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/082205backspin.html>

Automated management, SIM provide savings for restaurant,
08/22/05

Bill Randall, director of MIS infrastructure at restaurant chain
Red Robin, dishes up the scoop on automated management.
<http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2005/ndc5/082205-sim.html>

Opinion: Online privacy: The fool's gold ring of safety,
08/22/05

The coming national discussion on this will be a hard one
because it will be difficult to watch Congress toss out our
basic freedoms to reach for the fool's gold ring of safety.
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/082205bradner.html>

Infoblox offers net authentication, 08/22/05

Company upgrades appliances with software to lock down network
access.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-infoblox.html>

Eight pass Liberty's SAML interoperability test, 08/22/05

The Liberty Alliance, which is developing models for the sharing
of identities across corporate boundaries, announced last week
that eight vendors have passed its first interoperability test
based on an emerging identity standard.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-saml-liberty.html>

Secure Computing acquires rival CyberGuard for $295m, 08/22/05

Secure Computing last week announced it had reached an agreement
to acquire CyberGuard for approximately $295 million in a cash
and stock transaction.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5576>

Police 'futurists' walk fine line between goals and liberties,
08/22/05

A forward-thinking group of law enforcement elite, academic
types and technology executives called The Society of Police
Futurists International grapple with balancing security and
civil liberties.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205widernet.html>

Opinion: Home net vendors aim to simplify wireless security
installs, 08/22/05

Buffalo, Netgear launch easier install, more secure routers.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5577>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. VoIP security threats: Fact or fiction?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal4059>

2. Google goes berserk
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5333>

3. IBM changes its Linux approach, focusing on customers
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5578>

4. Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5332>

5. Windows worm beginning to spread
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5471>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP security threats: Fact or fiction?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal5579>
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