Security

Quick wins in identity management

Password/login management, directory consolidation top list

Twitter withstands second DDoS attack in a week

Unclear if latest attack is related to last week's assault that knocked Twitter offline for 2 hours

Microsoft knew of critical Office ActiveX bug in ’07

Flaw that hackers have exploited for weeks reached Microsoft in March 2007

Verizon joins the Cloud Security Alliance

Voting machine hack costs less than $100,000

Researchers use a new return-oriented programming attack to change results

Hiring hackers (part 1)

British government puts a foot in it

Seattle man used Limewire for identity theft

Frederick Wood was sentenced to more than three years in prison

Nokia alliance may spell doom for Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile hasn't done well enough for Microsoft; Office products used to branch out to other devices

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: nine patches fix 19 holes (15 critical)

Windows fixes galore are featured this month but IE doesn't get a one.

State of VoIP/Video Management – Part I

Highlights of best practices research