What Researchers Are Learning About DDoS Tactics; Microsoft confirms 17-year-old Windows bug

What Researchers Are Learning About DDoS Tactics Two IT security specialists -- one with experience in dealing with DDoS attacks against government systems, the other a specialist from the corporate side -- share what they've learned about the targets chosen for DDoS attacks and how to adjust security strategies based on those lessons. (Second in a series) Read More WHITE PAPER: WatchGuard When Pressing the Send Button Results In Compliance Violations Protecting confidential data is serious business. Failure may result in fat fines and even jail time - not to mention damage to your brand. WatchGuard's easy-to-use, all-inclusive email and web secure content and threat prevention appliances offer a complete data protection solution. Click here. In this Issue Microsoft confirms 17-year-old Windows bug Taken to the Cleaners The Great PCI Security Debate of 2010: Transcribed Network World's Products of the Week slideshow Report: ISPs Fear Many More DDoS Attacks in 2010 Mobile router hack reveals user's location Firefox, Opera downloads soar after IE warnings Clinton: US gov't will push harder against Web censorship Identity theft on the rise Google hack malware said to be Chinese in origin Hackers wield newest IE exploit in drive-by attacks Smartphones need smart security practices Conficker worm hasn't gone away, Akamai says WHITE PAPER: Juniper Networks Advancing the Economics of Networking Aging network systems and old habits have dictated how businesses spend their IT budgets. As a result, a large percentage, if not a majority, of IT dollars are being spent to merely "stay in the race" and keep pace with the competition. Juniper Networks® proposes to change this economic model. Find out how Microsoft confirms 17-year-old Windows bug Microsoft warns that a bug in the kernel of a 32-bit windows versions could allow hackers to hijack PCs. The company said the bug is 17-years old. Read More Taken to the Cleaners A study from Credant Technologies finds clothes dropped off at the dry cleaners are often filled with forgotten USB sticks. Read More The Great PCI Security Debate of 2010: Transcribed For those who prefer to read as well as listen, here's a partial transcript of the PCI security debate that appeared on CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner's Security Insights podcast and Martin McKeay's Network Security podcast. Read More Network World's Products of the Week slideshow Our round-up of intriguing new products from F5, Crescendo, Citrix among others. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Inefficiencies Behind Exchange, SQL Server, More Discover four current Microsoft application infrastructure challenges and why recent changes in Microsoft infrastructures create a compelling opportunity to improve underlying storage infrastructures right now. Learn more! Report: ISPs Fear Many More DDoS Attacks in 2010 Internet service providers are worried about increasingly sophisticated attacks on cloud-based services, according to new survey from Arbor Networks. Read More Mobile router hack reveals user's location A user of Novatel Wireless's MiFi 'portable Wi-Fi' hotspot appears to have stumbled on a security flaw that could allow an outsider to work out a user's location without their knowledge. Read More Firefox, Opera downloads soar after IE warnings Mozilla yesterday reported a "huge increase" in downloads of Firefox in Germany after that country's computer security agency urged IE users to dump the browser and run a rival instead. Read More Clinton: US gov't will push harder against Web censorship The U.S. Department of State will launch several new initiatives focused on fighting Internet censorship, including working with businesses and other groups to develop mobile applications that help residents of countries with repressive governments report problems, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers What's the connection between virtualization and acceleration? It's deeper than you might think. See how these two hot technologies complement each other to consolidate servers, enhance DR and simplify the IT infrastructure. Learn more. Identity theft on the rise Identity theft has been a major and growing problem in the United States for several years. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a "nonprofit consumer organization with a two-part mission -- consumer information and consumer advocacy" has an excellent survey page with pointers to years of published studies and point-form summaries of many of their findings. Read More Google hack malware said to be Chinese in origin One researcher examining a sample of the malware used to attack Google and others for espionage purposes says it clearly is Chinese in origin, citing technical attributes of the Trojan's cyclic redundancy check algorithm. Read More Hackers wield newest IE exploit in drive-by attacks A security researcher said hackers are attacking some PC users by using an Internet Explorer exploit allegedly used last month to break into Google's network. Read More Smartphones need smart security practices As vice president of IT at Windsor Foods in Houston, Stephan Henze has to stay one step ahead of the latest IT trends. That's why he's spending a lot of time thinking about securing and deploying smartphones enterprisewide. The company had only a few-dozen smartphones just a short time ago, but IT now manages about 100 of them, and Henze foresees substantial growth in the near future. Read More Conficker worm hasn't gone away, Akamai says Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the Internet, according to Akamai Technologies. Read More