Google raises ante for next Chrome hacking contest to $2M

	Symantec says it has plugged hole in Norton Online Backup | Summer holiday gadgets
	Network World Security				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Google raises ante for next Chrome hacking contest to $2M Google will pay up to $2 million for major vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser at a second Pwnium hacking contest this fall. Read More WEBCAST: VCE/VMware Demystifying Desktop Virtualization Organizations faced with the growing costs and security concerns created by the quantity and diversity of personal computers and devices need a more secure, cost effective, flexible desktop environment. Now organizations can rapidly deploy a more secure, cost effective and flexible desktop environment. View Now In this Issue Symantec says it has plugged hole in Norton Online Backup Summer holiday gadgets U.S. loses fight to keep tight hold on Megaupload evidence Reuters suffers second hack this month Popular Dirt Jumper DDoS toolkit riddled with security flaws, research finds Security Manager's Journal: At budget time, you ask and hope to receive AT&T suffers DNS outage WHITE PAPER: HP Bring Your Own Mobile Devices to School In today's educational environments, more and more students, guests, and faculty are bringing in their own Wi-Fi devices into the school's network. This paper discusses the challenges and solutions IT administrators are facing and how to address the security and management of the multiple devices being introduced into the wireless/wired network. Learn more. Symantec says it has plugged hole in Norton Online Backup Symantec today said it has plugged a hole in its Norton Online Backup service that inadvertently allowed some users to view and access data of other Norton Online backup customers. Read More Summer holiday gadgets Gibbs just got back from his summer holiday and he took a load of gadgets with him ... Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola WiNG 5 Wireless LAN: Delivering Better Quality of Experience Can your wireless network infrastructure handle the growing numbers of mobile devices taking significant bandwidth bites out of your network? The good news is that with smart, cost-effective wireless infrastructure investments, not only can you scale quickly to secure the growing number of devices you serve, but also optimize their performance. Learn More. U.S. loses fight to keep tight hold on Megaupload evidence The U.S. government lost a bid on Thursday to withhold some evidence in advance of the extradition hearing for four Megaupload defendants charged with criminal copyright infringement. Read More Reuters suffers second hack this month Reuters News Service's blogging platform has been hacked, allowing false posts claiming that Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal had died to be published. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Tablets in the Enterprise Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more. Popular Dirt Jumper DDoS toolkit riddled with security flaws, research finds The criminal creators of the hugely popular Dirt Jumper DDoS toolkit appear to have been sloppy with their own security, introducing software vulnerabilities that leave the software's command and control (C&C) servers open to attack, security firm Prolexic has discovered. Read More Security Manager's Journal: At budget time, you ask and hope to receive Our manager has a long wish list going into this year's budget season. Read More AT&T suffers DNS outage Some AT&T customers are being affected by a failure in the carrier's DNS (Domain Name System) servers that began Wednesday morning. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 9 ex-Googlers on the move Former Google employees continue to make their mark on the tech world. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES Verizon offers 2 defenses of indefensible $5 fee On to Windows 9: Here are the early details Cisco answers user questions about upcoming Apple Bonjour Gateway Walmart, Target, others team to offer mobile payments network New NIST encryption guidelines may force fed agencies to replace old websites Unblinking surveillance stare: Army's 7-story flying football field-sized blimp United Airlines 'loses' 10-year-old girl, torments parents Gartner: Cloud computing's most over-hyped terms AT&T hit by DDoS attack, suffers DNS outage 25 essential business apps for Android
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_security_alert as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **