Report slams FBI network security; Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by FireEye Perspectives Editorial Webcast: What You Don't Know About Crimeware Can Cost You Cybercrime is on the rise AND getting more nefarious. Script kiddies kept us busy with their pesky hacks, but the name of the game today is profit, meaning attacks are targeted and more dangerous. This webcast looks at how the game is changing and what it means for corporate IT shops. Network World's Security News Alert, 05/29/07 Report slams FBI network security, 05/24/07:  The Government Accountability Office, the federal government’s watchdog agency, Thursday released a report critical of the FBI’s internal network, asserting it lacks security controls adequate to thwart an insider attack. Click here for more. Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too, 05/24/07:  A new variant of the Stration worm, which has been plaguing Windows users for the past year, has made the jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN Messenger networks. Click here for more. Payment-card industry names security advisors, 05/24/07:  The payment-card industry’s security standards-setting group, the PCI Security Standards Council, Thursday announced its first board of advisors elected to help steer future card data-protection requirements. Click here for more. From servers to storage: Virtualization saves It's touted as one of the fastest and easiest ways to better manage and control your infrastructure. Download this guide today and see how network IT execs are making virtualization pay off in the real world; discover the 8 virtualization gotchas you need to know; and much more. Click here to download. Are security pros worrying about the right stuff?, 05/28/07:  Worrying almost seems to define the job of the CSO and CISO. The security chief is the corporate standard bearer for risk management in a world fraught with technical and human error, with hackers potentially lurking within and without. Click here for more. Euro data protection chief backs Google despite inquiry, 05/25/07:  Data protection officials from 27 European countries have warned Google it is storing data on people's searches for too long -- but Europe's top privacy guardian, the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx, believes Google's efforts to respect the privacy of European citizens in its Internet search software "is not just window dressing." Click here for more. Patches for Windows Installer and Microsoft Office:  On Tuesday Microsoft issued two security advisories Microsoft Security Advisory (927891) and Microsoft Security Advisory (937696). The first fixes an issue in Windows Installer where systems may freeze when Windows Update or Microsoft Updates scans them. The second offers a new function to protect Microsoft Office customers from malicious code. Click here for more. Germany passes antihacking law, 05/25/07:  Hackers may want to avoid Germany, after the approval of a law that makes their activity a punishable crime. Click here for more. EU, U.S. airline passenger data pact may elude deadline, 05/25/07:  Europe's top privacy guardian, the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx said he expects the U.S. and the European Union to reach an agreement on how to share information about passengers flying across the Atlantic, but not by the July deadline. Click here for more. Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate, 05/25/07:  An antispyware bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed this week earned praise from cybersecurity groups, but faces an uncertain future in the Senate. Click here for more. Microsoft sues alleged stock scammers, 05/25/07:  Hoping to tackle the growing problem of pump-and-dump stock scams Microsoft has quietly filed lawsuits against at least three alleged perpetrators who it says used its MSN Hotmail networks to promote stocks. Click here for more. Malicious software plays on legal fears, 05/25/07:  Hackers are trying to play on business' fear of legal action from customers to trick them into downloading a harmful program distributed through e-mail. Click here for more.

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