Computerworld Security: March 22, 2010 ===============================================================
Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug Mozilla confirmed a critical vulnerability in the newest version of Firefox, and said it would plug the hole by the end of the month. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273107/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/243858/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. As health data goes digital, security risks grow http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273108/0/ 2. Security Manager's Journal: BYOPC won't be a party for security http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273109/0/ 3. Bad BitDefender update clobbers Windows PCs http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273110/0/ 4. Pa. school spy case sparks fight over money http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273111/0/ 5. To fight scammers, Russia cracks down on .ru domain http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273112/0/ 6. A case of mistaken identity involving Snopes.com http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273113/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Become a Security Hero and Win a Prize! View an online demo that shows how you can quickly bullet-proof your internet security with the new iPrism 6.4 web filter, and youll be entered to win one of the hottest music video games. Get the Instruments You Need to Become an IT Security Hero. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273114/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=90463398 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As health data goes digital, security risks grow The amount of online private medical information is expected to grow from terabytes today to petabytes over the next four years, exposing electronic health records to ever more serious data breach threats. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273108/0/ Security Manager's Journal: BYOPC won't be a party for security If all employees start using their own PCs at work, security issues could proliferate. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273109/0/ Bad BitDefender update clobbers Windows PCs Users of the BitDefender antivirus software started flooding the company's support forums Saturday, apparently after a faulty antivirus update caused 64-bit Windows machines to stop working. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273110/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Neustar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reliability of Managed DNS for BuyOnlineNow Reliability of Managed DNS for BuyOnlineNow This case study details the migration of this major online store to the UltraDNS Managed Services. "We havent had a single second of outage time." http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273115/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=ced02f19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pa. school spy case sparks fight over money Parents representing about a quarter of the high school students in the suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on teenagers using their laptops' cameras said they're "outraged" by a lawsuit seeking monetary damages. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273111/0/ To fight scammers, Russia cracks down on .ru domain In a bid to cut down on fraud and inappropriate content, the organization responsible for administering Russia's .ru top-level domain names is tightening its procedures. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6266644/114916/273112/0/ A case of mistaken identity involving Snopes.com People tend to get lost on the Internet and I do not mean lost in thought or mindless drivel, though these things are true, too. 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