Top 10 reasons Web sites get hacked; The week's 25 most-read stories

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by NetPro Computing Inc. Get more from Active Directory-easily audit changes, and secure and restore objects Learn how to augment and enhance the Active Directory tool with advanced functionality around change audits, compliance reporting, and securing and restoring objects to provide more in-depth information and stronger efficiency Network World Daily News: PM, 10/04/07 BREAKING NEWS TOP 10 REASONS WEB SITES GET HACKED An OWASP report called “The Ten Most Critical Web Application Security Vulnerabilities” was issued this year to raise awareness about the biggest security challenges facing Web developers. Here are the top 10. NEWS PODCAST Straight Talk from Security Experts Leading security experts share their advice, secrets and real-world experiences in Network World's latest Executive Guide, "The Security Treadmill." Learn how to get inside users' heads, fight for a bigger security budget and much more. Click here to download this Executive Guide. NETWORK WORLD 360 WiMAX hype isn't warranted yet, says industry group; SAP is teaming up with IBM and Sun to combine identity management software with tools that ensure proper segregation of duties, a necessary part of regulatory compliance; Google’s acquisition of e-mail security vendor Postini is paying off for Google Apps enterprise users. (6:49) The top 25 most-read STORIES and BLOGS this week 1. Ig Nobel: Honoring weird science at Harvard 2. 13 free tools ease IT management 3. Solar hurricane rips off comet's tail 4. 'Radical rethinking' of Internet routing under way 5. This year's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries 6. Federal 'fix' knocks ca.gov for a loop 7. Verizon FiOS installation sparks... nothing? 8. IT pay falls short 9. Storm: the largest botnet in the world 10. Top 10 networkiest eBay oddities 11. AT&T swears it's not out to silence critics 12. Top 15 USB geek gadgets 13. Meet the other Ciscos 14. The 16 greatest moments in Web history 15. Who will be the next Geek King (or Queen)? 16. Top 14 VoIP vulnerabilities 17. Review: 802.11n gear 18. AT&T clarifies vague service-termination rule 19. FTC zaps spyware scam 20. Quantum cryptography could be slowed by 'dead times' 21. Review: WAN acceleration offers huge payoff 22. Verizon smokes out another family 23. Just how fast is the Internet growing? 24. 7 steps to take now for a better job in '08 25. NAC alternatives hit the mark

MOST-READ REVIEWS FOR THE PAST YEAR: (Registration no longer required!) 1. NAC alternatives hit the mark 2. WAN acceleration offers huge payoff 3. Aruba conquers challenge of Wi-Fi scalability 4. Cisco hits on firewall/VPN, misses on ease of use 5. IP PBXs built on open source show promise 6. Vista security needs admin attention 7. Backup standbys show their strength 8. Is Microsoft OCS your next IP PBX? 9. Open source management tools score big 10. Open source Quagga router acceptable

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