| Microsoft warns of PowerPoint attack found in the wild Microsoft Subnet reports that Microsoft last evening issued Microsoft Security Advisory (969136) which warns of an attack using malicious PowerPoint files that could allow an attacker to remotely execute code. Bill would give Obama power to shut down Internet, networks during cyber attacks Federal legislation introduced in the Senate this week would give President Obama the power to declare a cybersecurity emergency and then shut down both public and private networks including Internet traffic coming to and from compromised systems Conficker Worm: Not Finished Yet April 1 has come and gone, and the Internet has not disintegrated and no major cyber-attacks were reported. But Conficker still remains a threat. Now don't panic, this doesn't mean cyber-Armageddon could strike at any minute, it just means you need to make sure your computer is fully updated if it isn't already. Feel better? Good, then let's take a look at what's going on. IBM sees Conficker hitting 4% of PCs IBM is the second company in two days to suggest that the number of computers infected by the Conficker.C worm may be higher than previously thought. April 2: if every worm could be as mild-mannered Conficker Microsoft Subnet says while the sky did not fall yesterday, the worm's notorious activation day, security researchers remain wary that the Conficker dudes (or dudettes) are now the owners of perhaps the world's largest botnet. Conficker may be more widespread than previously thought The Conficker worm may have infected more machines than previously thought, according to Internet infrastructure provider OpenDNS. Lobbyist urges more gov't coordination of cybersecurity World governments need to do more to fight cyberterrorism and protect the Internet from attacks, because the Web has become so vital to commerce and communications, AT&T Inc.'s top lobbyist told reporters Wednesday. 2008 was not a good year "I told you so" is not exactly the favorite comment for anyone to hear, but unfortunately sometimes it has to be said. ScanSafe starts its 2008 Annual Global Threat Report with some depressing comments. SMEs stick 'heads in sand' over security Smaller and midsized businesses are cutting back on security due to the effects of the recession, even though most SMEs expect security threats to increase. British hacker's supporters rally at U.S. embassy As protesters took to the streets again Thursday during the G20 world leaders summit, the U.S. embassy saw a much smaller rally in support of a British computer hacker. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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