* NetIQ suite tops test of security compliance wares * Microsoft releases fixes for 21 vulnerabilities * Tools emerging to align developers with IT's identity infrastructure efforts * Internet pioneers warn of VoIP wiretapping problems * Microsoft leaves 98 to the hackers * Hypocrisy or monopolies? * Today on Layer 8
NetIQ suite tops test of security compliance wares
This week’s test pits security compliance products against each other. NetIQ beat products from Symantec, Altiris and three others as best all around. Find out why.
Microsoft releases fixes for 21 vulnerabilities
In one of the largest security updates since moving to a monthly patch release cycle, Microsoft Tuesday issued 12 bulletins detailing fixes for 21 separate vulnerabilities in a wide range of products. Click here for more.
Tools emerging to align developers with IT’s identity infrastructure efforts
The tools needed to help ease the task of integrating corporate identity management systems and applications are finally starting to emerge and will represent the next big breakthrough in the technology, according to research firm the Burton Group. Click here for more.
Internet pioneers warn of VoIP wiretapping problems
U.S. government efforts to require most VoIP providers to permit law enforcement agencies to wiretap phone calls could introduce new cybersecurity problems to the Internet, a group of Internet security experts said Tuesday. Click here for more.
Microsoft leaves 98 to the hackers
Microsoft has defended its decision not to patch a critical security flaw in Windows 98. Support for the operating system officially ends next month on July 12. The vulnerability exists in Windows Explorer and the way it handles Component Object Model objects, whereby a malicious Web site could force a connection to a remote server where Explorer could fail, executing arbitrary code and giving the attacker complete control of the operating system. Click here for more.
Hypocrisy or monopolies?
Network neutrality: The beginning of a socialized death of the Internet? Or a way to keep greedy telecom monopolies from taking over the online world? Scott Cleland and David Isenberg clash in this forum. Read it now.
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