1.6M records stolen from Monster.com; Skype: Network felled by Windows Update

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Credant Technologies On-demand Webcast: Compliance and External Media USBs, iPods, MP3s: the regulatory compliance implications of PII on unprotected endpoints and how to reduce risk of data leaks. What are current and upcoming regulatory compliance implications of PII stored on unprotected endpoints? What kind of solution helps to reduce risk of noncompliance? Network World's Security News Alert, 08/21/07 Identity attack spreads; 1.6M records stolen from Monster.com, 08/20/07: The 46,000 people reportedly infected by ads on job sites may be only a fraction of the victims of an ambitious, multi-stage attack that's stolen data belonging to several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, a researcher said this weekend. Gunplay blamed for Internet slowdown, 08/21/07: ISPs in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire. Skype: Network felled by Windows Update, 08/20/07: The two-day outage last week of Skype peer-to-peer VoIP services was triggered when users of the software installed Microsoft patches and rebooted their computers, which also serve as nodes in Skype’s network. Network World Security Buyer's Guide Find the right security products for your enterprise - fast. From anti-spam to wireless LAN security, our Buyer's Guides have detailed information on hundreds of products in more than 20 categories. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features to make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Security Buyer's Guide now. Podcast: A trio of technology for disaster recovery: Silver Peak Systems’ Craig Stouffer tells how virtualization, WAN optimization and data deduplication are coming together in next-generation disaster recovery plans. Keeping remote workers safe through NAC, 08/20/07: With many employees accessing corporate data systems from home PCs, Xilink decided to put a NAC implementation in place to ensure that the remote systems were up to the company's secure computing policies.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: 1. 10 virtualization companies to watch 2. Skype outage continues, business users affected 3. The CD turns 25 and I'm getting old 4. 1.6M records stolen from Monster.com 5. Google/Viacom lawsuit takes hilarious turn 6. Aruba puts the squeeze on Cisco 7. Top 10 'networkiest' eBay oddities 8. Could onshoring become the new offshoring? 9. 10 claims that scare security pros 10. Verizon turns another hose on fire flap MOST E-MAILED STORY: VoIP of the people

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