Computerworld Security: January 22, 2010
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IE attacks pose small threat to U.S., big risk to China
Security researchers say that the hackers exploiting an Internet Explorer bug
are far more likely to hit Chinese computers users than those in the U.S. The
hackers are believed to be working from China.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256452/0/
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DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access
Gateway with DirectAccess
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Users still make hacking easy with weak passwords
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256453/0/
2. Widespread attacks exploit newly patched IE bug
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256454/0/
3. Storage wrinkle: 4,500 flash drives left at the cleaners
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256455/0/
4. Microsoft patches IE, admits it knew of bug last August
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256456/0/
5. Security Manager's Journal: Sometimes, you just have to do it
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256457/0/
6. 80% of gov't Web sites miss DNS security deadline
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256458/0/
7. Michael Horowitz: Updating Adobe's Shockwave
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256459/0/
OTHER RESOURCES
1. The Commercialization of ITIL: Lessons Learned
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/246213/0/
2. The Business Case for Virtualization
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Data Center Survival Guide
Today's data center has become very complex and hard to manage. This drives up
costs, power and cooling requirements and provisioning time. It also makes the
entire network inefficient, difficult to scale and vulnerable to security
breaches. New technologies and services, such as Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA), Web Oriented Architecture (WOA), Cloud Computing and Software as a
Service (SaaS) will make the situation worse, taking an even bigger bite out of
data center performance and bandwidth—and presenting new security challenges.
The Juniper Data Center Survival Guide shows IT professionals how to survive in
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onslaught of new applications and services, but enable your data center to
thrive.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256460/0/
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Users still make hacking easy with weak passwords
In a report likely to make IT administrators tear out their hair, most users
still rely on easy passwords, some as simple as "123456," to access their
accounts.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256453/0/
Widespread attacks exploit newly patched IE bug
The first widespread attack to leverage a recently patched flaw in Microsoft's
Internet Explorer browser has surfaced.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256454/0/
Storage wrinkle: 4,500 flash drives left at the cleaners
A survey released this week reveals that in the last year, 4,500 memory sticks
were left in pockets of clothes that customers took to their local dry cleaners.
Cabs are also receptacles for tens of thousands of lost and forgotten
electronics.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256455/0/
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Keeping Pace with Storage Growth
Learn how to bring intelligent tiered storage into your environment with a
flexible and efficient platform. Lower costs, create a more
environmentally-friendly data center and optimize your storage environment.
Intelligent tiering is a viable option today.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256461/0/
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Microsoft patches IE, admits it knew of bug last August
As Microsoft patched the Internet Explorer zero-day used to break into Google's
network, it acknowledged that it had known of the bug since August 2009, when an
Israeli security company reported the flaw.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256456/0/
Security Manager's Journal: Sometimes, you just have to do it
Laying the groundwork is important, but don't neglect to get on with the actual
job.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256457/0/
80% of gov't Web sites miss DNS security deadline
Most U.S. federal agencies — including the Department of Homeland Security –
have failed to meet a Dec. 31, 2009, deadline to deploy new authentication
mechanisms on their Web sites that would prevent hackers from hijacking Web
traffic and redirecting it to bogus sites.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256458/0/
Michael Horowitz: Updating Adobe's Shockwave
There is a critical security bug in Adobe's Shockwave software and everyone
using it should upgrade to the latest version. You can test which, if any,
version of Shockwave is installed at an Adobe tester page. But, do you really
need it?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6097291/644394564/256459/0/
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