iPhone Security: Worms, Jailbreak Exploit, No Regrets Roundup news about the first worm to wiggle its way into the iPhone and malware aimed at jailbroken iPhones. Google Street View Battle Highlights Privacy Challenge Google is being sued by a Swiss watchdog agency for allegedly failing to take adequate measures to protect privacy. The legal battle in Switzerland is just the latest in a long line of privacy issues with Google and illustrates the challenge of providing as much information as possible without violating privacy concerns. Bebo is work social network for cyberbulling Bebo is the social network where teenagers are most likely to experience cyberbullying, says Beatbulling. Microsoft confirms first Windows 7 zero-day bug Microsoft late on Friday confirmed that an unpatched vulnerability exists in Windows 7, but downplayed the problem, saying most users would be protected from attack by blocking two ports at the firewall. VeriSign bolsters security for .com, .net sites VeriSign says it will support DNS Security Extensions, dubbed DNSSEC, in the .net and .com top-level domains by March 2011. Network-based e-mail Ready for prime time? In the prior newsletter, we raised the question of whether the time is here or past due for moving email from local PCs back to the network. This time we want to continue the discussion by looking at some of the key questions that need to be addressed. Blue Coat unveils secure Web gateway appliances Blue Coat on Monday unveiled new Web gateway security appliances that the company says achieve higher throughput and scalability compared with its earlier products. BlueHippo gets contempt charge from FTC The Federal Trade Commission today asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against BlueHippo for violating a 2008 agreement that required the company to pay $3.5 million for consumer redress and barred the defendants from further deceiving customers. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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