Latest security news.
Greatest hits of viral video, 11/14/07: There’s no formula for creating a video that millions of people will be inspired to watch and tell their friends about, but if there were, it would have to include some portion of humor (often unintentional), embarrassment, obscenity, and plain old goofiness. Since the advent of YouTube in 2005, many viral videos have been made, but few surpass the popularity of these 25, um, classics.
BullsIT Awards lambaste security double-talk, spin, 11/15/07: Here’s a new twist on Top 10 lists: Nick Selby today published his first annual BullsIT Awards to highlight outstanding achievements in double-talk, spin, and bad grammar by IT security vendors and their publicists.
Apple patches 41 bugs in monster day of fixes, 11/14/07: In one of its biggest update days in memory, Apple late Wednesday patched 41 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, rolled out the long-anticipated (and likely last) update for Tiger, quashed 10 bugs in the Windows version of Safari and upgraded a slew of other applications.
LAN switch security: Your deepest fears answered: LAN switch security author addresses readers’ LAN security concerns.
Telcos lack security plans for next-gen networks, says IBM survey, 11/15/07: While a majority of carriers plan on rolling out next-generation network architecture in the next five years, less than half of them say they have strategies in place to protect their NGNs, according to a new IBM survey.
EBay to host ‘Red Team’ security conference, 11/15/07: EBay plans to host its own security conference next February, called “Red Team eBay.”
Expect a rocky road for mobile data security, experts say, 11/15/07: You’re in for a nasty surprise if you think mobile broadband devices will be free of the security problems that long have plagued PCs, said a panel of security experts at this week’s Mobile Internet World conference.
LAN switch security: What the hackers know that you don’t, 11/15/07: Author experts explain how to thwart ARP spoofing, ARP poisoning, P2P traffic, wireless LAN threats and more during a live Network World Chat.
Researchers eye open proxy attacks, 11/15/07: Advertising and click-through fraud is currently topping the list of malicious activity funneled through open proxy servers, followed by junk e-mail, according to a research project deploying fake open proxies to catch crooks.
Apple issues Panther security patch, 11/15/07: Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther users also came in for a software update from Apple last night, in the form of the latest security update for the systems.
U.K. doctors face huge fines for losing laptops, 11/15/07: Doctors and health officials who lose laptops containing patient information could face prosecution under new rules being considered by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
How to ID and fix 10 security threats on virtual servers, 11/14/07: In 2007, the big question about virtualization in data centers was “How much money and time will this save us?” In 2008, the big question will be “How secure are we?”
Future Threats to Virtualization Security: Fact vs. Fiction, 11/14/07: “There hasn’t been a significant security breach in virtualization, not a public one,” says IDC analyst Stephen Elliott. “At some point, you have to figure it’s a matter of time.”
Vista with AIM 6.5 plagues users: Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley discovered a nasty little quirk between AIM 6.5 and Vista – with the result that the Internet and LAN connections are shut down and the firewall turned off.
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