Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Despite pledge, researchers release VBootkit 2.0 code Indian security researchers have released proof-of-concept code that can be used to take over a computer running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, despite earlier promising not to make the code public for fear it could be misused. Virginia Dept. of Health: Prescriptions database breached but not deleted The Virginia agency in charge of an online medical-prescription database acknowledged a potential data breach of it may have occurred by refuted the notion that the entire... Web site offline as police, FBI investigate extortion bid A week after a hacker claimed to have broken into a patient database and encrypted millions of prescription records at a Virginia health agency, its Web site remains offline except for a static Web page offering contact information. Microsoft to patch PowerPoint zero-day bug on Tuesday Microsoft today said it will deliver just one security update next week, a fix for PowerPoint that's probably the patch for a month-old bug that developers admitted they missed during stress testing. Low-rent hacking Cisco Subnet blogger Jimmy Ray Purser shows you how firmware can help you hack on a budget. What does security software have to do with swine flu? Right, absolutely nothing. Yet that lack of any connection did not deter one vendor from sending us a press release with this headline: "Cyber-Ark's security helps keep Swine Flu under control." CCIE R&S changes in store Cisco Subnet blogger Wendell Odom says the company is making changes to the written and lab exams for CCIE R&S -- and he expects the exam will be tougher than the old one by a notch ... or three. Symantec sees slowdown in security sales Citing a slowdown in sales of its security and compliance products and weakness in international currencies, Symantec said Wednesday that it would post a $249 million loss for the quarter ending April 3. Swine Flu: Now That the Hype Is Over, Keep Planning It's always hard telling people they shouldn't panic while also telling them they need to take their disaster preparedness more seriously. It's far too easy to come across as a waffler. Yet here I am, about to suggest something that might appear to contradict what I opined about last week -- see: Swine Flu: To Fear is to Fail. May Giveaways Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet are collectively giving away books on Google Apps Deciphered, the CCNA Security exam, an awesome SQL Server 2005/2008 training video and the grand prize, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500. Deadline for entries May 31. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. |
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