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Computerworld Virus and Vulnerability Roundup
April 07, 2008
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White Paper - Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security
Outbound email poses a data loss and leakage risk. Mitigating risk is becoming
important and complex with new information privacy and data protection
regulations for internally and externally exchanged information. Regulations
like Personally Identifiable Information Guidelines place additional
constraints on how data is stored, processed, and transmitted. Regulation
compliance involves encrypting confidential corporate and private personal
data.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106854/0/
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In this issue:
* Symantec confirms ActiveX bugs in its own consumer software
* Security Manager's Journal: Confronting the application layer
* Number of viruses to top 1 million by 2009
* Companies struggle as Safari pops up on networks
* Jon Espenschied: Phishing in the backyard
* IT 'Big Brothers' trying to keep internal users under control
* Failure to patch flaw exposes data on 60,000 at Antioch
Computerworld Blogs:
* Mitch Betts: Security not immune from budget cuts
* Shark Tank: Lesson learned - not
* Tech Dispenser: AT&T chief confirms 3G iPhone
* Shark Bait: Time Sheets
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Webcast - Learn The Science of Intrusion Prevention Testing
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White Paper: Ten Tips for Delivering Managed Service to On-Site Systems.
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Computerworld Executive Bulletin: Building a Robust Antivirus Defense
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/103666/0/
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Symantec confirms ActiveX bugs in its own consumer software
Symantec confirmed that Windows versions of its popular consumer security
software come with a flawed technical troubleshooting tool called AutoFix.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106855/2/
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Security Manager's Journal: Confronting the application layer
A security manager can't simply ignore the things she doesn't understand. So
it's time to secure Web-enabled apps.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106856/2/
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Number of viruses to top 1 million by 2009
Viruses are on the increase in part because antivirus writers have had such
success in defending against them, according to security experts.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106857/2/
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White Paper - Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security
Outbound email poses a data loss and leakage risk. Mitigating risk is becoming
important and complex with new information privacy and data protection
regulations for internally and externally exchanged information. Regulations
like Personally Identifiable Information Guidelines place additional
constraints on how data is stored, processed, and transmitted. Regulation
compliance involves encrypting confidential corporate and private personal
data.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106854/0/
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Companies struggle as Safari pops up on networks
Apple's decision to push its Safari browser to incautious PC users as part of a
recent iTunes and QuickTime update has infuriated a number of companies now
struggling to remove the unwanted software.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106858/2/
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Opinion: Phishing in the backyard
A nasty new scam tactic involves gaining access to internal corporate e-mail,
then phishing employees of the company, notes Jon Espenschied. What's to be
done when you can't even trust messages from your co-workers?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106859/2/
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IT 'Big Brothers' trying to keep internal users under control
Tools that monitor end-user activities and flag violations of corporate
policies may be able to help stop rogue insiders from compromising data. But
they aren't being widely adopted yet.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106860/2/
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Failure to patch flaw exposes data on 60,000 at Antioch
Antioch University's failure to patch a Solaris flaw exposed data on more than
60,000 individuals.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106861/2/
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Webcast - Enhancing Business Mobility with Convertible PCs
With the availability of Windows XP Tablet PC edition and Vista, the
flexibility afforded by dual function convertible notebooks and a host of 3rd
party applications, Pen Computing has expanded into areas like healthcare,
insurance, education, retail, and sales force automation. What used to be
strictly vertical has now caught on as a preferred alternative to standard
notebooks. Is now the right time for you to consider pen computing? Tune in to
find out what these amazing mobile devices can do to simplify tasks, expand the
utility of a traditional notebook, and increase the ROI of traditional notebook
computing.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/100042/0/
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COMPUTERWORLD BLOGS
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Security not immune from budget cuts
Mitch Betts: Conventional wisdom is that security spending will be sheltered
from economic volatility. But not according to a Goldman Sachs survey of 50
CSOs...
To view the rest of the post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106862/2/
Shark Tank: Lesson learned - not
Pilot Fish: This Navy pilot fish is stationed on an aircraft carrier, and his
boss is the navigator -- who's forever leaving his account logged in with his
e-mail open when he leaves the bridge...
To view the rest of the post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106863/2/
Tech Dispenser: AT&T chief confirms 3G iPhone
AT&T has confirmed a 3G iPhone will be made available within months. AT&T
Mobility president and CEO Ralph de la Vega let slip the plan in talks this
week at the CTIO Wireless conference ...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106799/2/
Shark Bait: Time Sheets
Pilot Fish: Recently I was charged with creating a Web portal for all the
employees of our company to file their time sheets through. After creation, I
was also given the task of running some tutorial sessions to teach everyone how
to use the new system ...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3085307/1691691/106798/2/
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