Microsoft fixes critical worm hole in Windows Server

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	Microsoft fixes critical worm hole in Windows Server As part of its monthly Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft issued a critical patch, MS11-035, that fixes a rare hole affecting all versions of Windows Server, even Server Core. The vulnerability is in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS). It could allow remote code execution if a user received an evil WINS replication packet on a system running the WINS service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Manage Complexity, Cost and Compliance To outsource or not to outsource IT security—that is the question for enterprises as they face increasingly complex cyber threats. Managed security services can help organizations alleviate the cost and complexity of proactively securing the IT infrastructure. Read Now. In this Issue The rising use of SSL raises new risks Shakers and movers of yesteryear: Where are they now? 5 innovative tech companies that got it wrong in the end Google, iRobot team to build robot apps Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers Apple, Google lacking wiggle room on location, privacy Patching Windows is a major time sink for IT departments Microsoft leaves Mac Office users in the lurch, says researcher Symantec says Facebook applications leaked information WEBCAST: F5 Networks BIG-IP GTM v10.1 DNSSEC In Five Easy Steps In this Video Webinar, Peter Silva talks with F5's Sr. Field Systems Engineer, Michael Falkenrath about the new BIG-IP GTM v10.1 DNSSEC feature. They take us through the basics of DNSSEC and GTM's ability to sign DNS requests on the fly. Watch how GTM is the industry's first and the only solution to secure your DNS infrastructure. View now! The rising use of SSL raises new risks As more applications employ Secure Sockets Layer encryption, a certain amount of traffic visibility is lost, making it more challenging to vet those bits for viruses, worms, and other malicious payloads. Read More Shakers and movers of yesteryear: Where are they now? Thousands of people have helped shape the networked world in the past 25 years. Here we catch up with a few of them to see what they are up to and how they've changed – or not. Read More 5 innovative tech companies that got it wrong in the end Tech companies are usually divided into two groups: successes and failures. But some that failed in the end created innovative products that pushed the IT industry forward, and in some cases dominated their respective market segments for many years. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Implementing DNSSEC to mitigate financial and brand risks The problems of DNS security have long been known, which is why DNSSEC was developed. However, it is only now that widespread deployment is possible as the internet infrastructure is being readied to accept DNSSEC lookups and tools are available to remove the complexity involved in its deployment. Read now! Google, iRobot team to build robot apps Somewhere the Jetsons Rosie is proud. Google today said it teamed with iRobot to create a family of Android applications for the iRobot Ava mobile robotics platform. According to iRobot, AVA already can use an Apple iPad and now Google Android as its "brain" along with the robots multiple sensors for 3D-location awareness and to build a map of, perhaps, your entire home. Read More Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers The mobile computing technology explosion has brought out seriously organized, international and profit-driven cybercriminals. Read More Apple, Google lacking wiggle room on location, privacy Here's the only thing that's clear the day after a parade of witnesses testified before a United States Senate panel about privacy issues raised by location tracking capabilities in smart phones: Apple and Google haven't left themselves much if any wiggle room. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Patching Windows is a major time sink for IT departments After asking, if IT departments were too slow to patch Windows, we asked our readers to participate in a survey about Windows patching and the results are in! Despite efforts to automate patches, patching Windows computers, both servers and clients, are still an incredible time sink for IT departments. Read More Microsoft leaves Mac Office users in the lurch, says researcher Microsoft is telling Mac Office users it doesn't yet have a fix for a PowerPoint bug that it patched for Windows customers. Read More Symantec says Facebook applications leaked information A programming bug on Facebook's website may have accidentally given advertisers and others access to a treasure trove of personal information, according to security researchers at Symantec. Read More
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