Microsoft security group makes 'worst jobs' list; Data breaches start at the gas station

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Nevis Networks 16 Minutes with Editor In Chief John Dix on NAC Get up to speed fast on NAC implementation with this new webcast to learn; which architecture is best for simple deployments, which scenarios will push you to the edge of security technology and what's happening with authentication, end-point security, enforcement and management. Network World's Security News Alert, 06/27/07 Microsoft security group makes 'worst jobs' list, 06/26/07: What do whale-feces researchers, hazmat divers and employees of Microsoft's Security Response Center have in common? They all made Popular Science magazine's 2007 list of the absolute worst jobs in science. Data breaches start at the gas station, analyst says, 06/26/07: Using a credit card at a gas station could pose more of a risk for data theft than shopping online, as point-of-sale terminals have emerged as a weak link in the security chain, according to a Gartner Inc. analyst. Security appliance analyzes network behavior, 06/26/07: NitroSecurity Tuesday released a version of its security appliance that adds a way to do network-behaviorial analysis. The IDC Enterprise Panel: Join IDC's panel of IT influencers and decision-makers. Your contributions will be compiled and distributed to technology and telecommunications vendors all over the world. As a thank you for joining, you will receive select free IDC research, and discounted IDC conference passes. Click here to learn more Web security product aims to foil hackers with continuous authentication, 06/26/07: A new Web application security product prevents hacker attacks with 256-bit secret keys that authenticate and encrypt each data transmission as it happens. Vendors show how to read RFID tags onboard trucks, 06/26/07: The latest wireless security problem for RFID is laid bare in a demonstration where researchers scanned RFID-tagged boxes loaded on a truck. Fourth Amendment applies to cyberspace, for now, 06/26/07: U.S. Appeals Court rules in favor of e-mail privacy and security in Ohio. Security vendors question antivirus tests, 06/26/07: Antivirus software is frequently tested for performance, so picking a top product should be straightforward: Select the number-one vendor whose software kills off all of the evil things circulating on the Internet. You're good to go then, right? Not ... Symantec takes heat over Chinese compensation offer, 06/26/07: Symantec Corp.'s attempt to make amends with Chinese users who saw their computers crippled by its antivirus software is off to a rocky start, with critics saying the company's compensation offer isn't good enough.

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