Stealthy attack serves malicious code only once; Oakley better manages insider threats

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Learn best practices for extending your network architecture Access podcasts, whitepapers and more that offer best practices and principles for extending your architecture across a campus. Learn about the 6 design principles that will transform your campus net and how you can tackle the critical areas of integrated security, unified network services and more. Click here to read now! Network World's Security News Alert, 06/05/07 Stealthy attack serves malicious code only once, 06/04/07:  A new hacking method is causing concern for the lengths it goes to avoid detection by security software and researchers. Click here for more. VeriSign adds managed wireless intrusion-prevention service, 06/04/07:  VeriSign Monday plans to announce the expansion of its managed security services offerings to include support for wireless LAN intrusion prevention. Click here for more. Oakley upgrades offering that manages insider threats, 06/04/07:  Oakley Networks on Monday announced an upgrade to its insider risk management offering that features a unified policy engine for protecting both the network and desktop PCs from data leaks. 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. Ounce Labs updates software risk-analysis tool, 06/04/07:  Ounce Labs on Monday announced a new version of its software risk-analysis tool designed to help enterprises spot potential security weaknesses in applications. Click here for more. Firefox flaws raise Mozilla security doubts, 06/04/07:  The Mozilla Foundation said last week it has patched several serious security flaws in the popular Firefox browser, bugs that also affect the SeaMonkey browser and the Thunderbird e-mail application. Click here for more. Check Point introduces next top security certification, 06/04/07:  In response to what it views as an increasing demand for security in the market, Check Point has introduced its newest top-level certification program for network architects. Click here for more. German government moves steady on security, 06/04/07:  For months, German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has been lobbying intensively for tough security measures to fight terrorism and cybercrime. Now he's putting his words into action. Click here for more. Group rips Microsoft for Net user profiling research, 06/04/07:  Microsoft research on Internet user profiling could lead to tools that help repressive regimes identify anonymous dissidents, the Reporters Without Borders advocacy group warned last Friday. Click here for more. Security software takes on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007:  Desktop systems management vendor, ScriptLogic, is taking on security for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Security Explorer for SharePoint software lets IT administrators manage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as well as Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Nifty as that is, blogger Janus Bove from CMS Watch notes that Microsoft has yet to come out with a roadmap for the product. Click here for more.

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