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Friday, December 19, 2008

2009 security predictions: Deja vu all over again; As phishing evolves, criminals switch to malware

IT operations, security pros at odds over virtualization risks
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2009 security predictions: Deja vu all over again

By Jaikumar Vijayan
The security industry is fueled largely by FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt.) So it's not unusual for most forecasts in the industry to be full of grim prognostications of imminent chaos and calamities. Read full story

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As phishing evolves, criminals switch to malware The scammers began to see serious problems with their phishing scams sometime around April.

IT operations, security pros at odds over virtualization risks Does transitioning to virtualization increase security risks within a company? IT managers appear to be at loggerheads with IT security professionals over that question, even while sharing similar opinions on where ...

Retail standards group to tackle virtualization security in '09 In the coming year, the PCI Security Standards Council will tackle a number of new areas of concern, such as computer virtualization, where it may set security guidelines for use in card processing. Given virtualization's growing popularity, that has a lot of people paying attention.

Symantec unveils Norton Internet Security 4.0 for Mac Symantec Thursday announced Norton Internet Security 4.0 for the Mac, desktop antimalware, firewall, antiphishing and online Web-threat protections for the Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and 10.5 "Leopard" platforms.

Oops! Mozilla forgets Firefox 2 patch, must re-issue update A "clerical error" by Mozilla omitted one of the security patches that was supposed to be included in the Windows version of Tuesday's Firefox 2.0.0.19 release, a company executive said Wednesday.

Hackers exploit IE bug with 'insidious' Word docs Attackers are exploiting the just-patched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) by hiding malicious ActiveX controls in Microsoft Word documents, a security company said Thursday.

Malware hunting One of Gibbs' Windows XP machines is acting up. Again. Looks like he's got a case of malware but it seems to be a little hard to find.

Cisco revs up competition with '09 blade plans, security moves Next year will see Cisco deliver a "Big Bang" in switching, blade servers for the data center, high-definition TelePresence conferencing for the home, and a security plan for virtualized and cloud computing environments...

$8M Cisco SMARTnet Scamster faces 30 years in prison Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese writes: The "perp" in an $8 million Cisco SMARTnet scam, Steven Edward Miller age 38, pled guilty last week before United States District Judge Michael W. Mosman in Portland, Oregon, to one count of money laundering and one count of mail fraud.

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Head over to Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet, where we are giving away free books and free training. Up for grabs is one free training course worth up to $2,995 from Global Knowledge, 15 copies of Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE)(Authorized Self-Study Guide), 3rd Edition and five sets of a five-book Microsoft library that covers WS2008, SharePoint, PowerShell and more. Get all the entry details here.


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12/19/08

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Reproduction of 2,100-year-old calculator deepens mystery
  2. Cisco among three bidders for Nortel's Ethernet biz
  3. Eight ways to expense an iPhone
  4. Firefox issues eight patches for Web browser
  5. Could a management titan topple in 2009?
  6. Microsoft's virtualization myths busted or confirmed
  7. The top 10 Cisco stories of 2008
  8. Five ways to secure your BlackBerry
  9. Juniper maps out 2009 plans
  10. Five ways to stop Social Security number identity theft


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