Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack; Who's really behind the cyber-war on Estonia?

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Symantec Security Information Management Solutions: Beyond Threat Management Learn the latest Security Information Management best practices from IT research firm Forrester Research and Symantec. Watch now and also discover how solutions are evolving, as well as how to get more out of SIM - much more than incident response and threat management. Network World's Security News Alert, 06/01/07 Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack, 06/01/07:  Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google's Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop. Click here for more. Who's really behind the cyber-war on Estonia?, 05/31/07:  Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer ponders whether Estonia is under attack by the Russian government or Russian hackers - or whether it matters. Click here for more. Security flap: 'Responsible disclosure' debate flares anew, 05/31/07:  When a recent hacking contest won security researcher Dino Dai Zovi a $10,000 award for breaking into a MacBook Pro computer by exploiting a flaw he’d discovered, the contest reignited a long-simmering debate over “responsible disclosure” of vulnerabilities. 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. New Hampshire officials say no to Real ID, 05/30/07:  New Hampshire is poised to become the latest of a handful of states to enact a law to ban implementation of the federal national identification act. Click here for more. Prepare for more mobile security threats now, 05/30/07:  Mobile security threats are a relatively minor annoyance to a handful of users in Europe and Asia. However, conditions are rapidly ripening for these threats to start overwhelming both companies and individual users in North America. Click here for more. How can Brandjacking threaten your company?, 05/31/07:  Bad guys aren't just going after your data and networks, they're going after your company's brand as well. Learn about the latest brandjacking threats from Fred Felman (pictured) of MarkMonitor, which recently released its Brandjacking Index of the latest online threats to brand names. Felman talks with Keith Shaw about cyber-squatting, false association, pay-per-click abuse and domain kiting (23:49). Listen now.

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