All Risk Management News - July 2006

Symantec says enterprises failing to secure instant messaging

Results of a recent Symantec survey suggest that nearly three out of every five organizations have not secured their instant messaging applications.

Security Bytes: Investigators slam VA over data breach

Meanwhile: Cisco patches a router application flaw, a Washington law firm sues IBM over a server attack; and spammers sucker Web surfers with fake Vladimir Putin death reports.

Trojan targets Microsoft PowerPoint flaw

Update: The exploit might be tied to an older flaw in Excel. Attackers who exploit the serious flaw could launch arbitrary code. Microsoft says it is investigating.

Wireless Security Lunchtime Learning

  • News
  • Date: 13 July 2006
This Wireless Security Lunchtime Learning program allows you to develop an in-depth understanding of the risks and their countermeasures in a format that's convenient for you

Microsoft ends Windows 98 and ME support

Microsoft will no longer offer extended support or issue security updates for Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition operating systems that are still being used by tens of millions of people.

Microsoft fined £200m by European Commission

The European Commission has fined Microsoft 280.5m euros (£200m) for not complying with its 2004 anti-trust judgement.

Secure Computing to acquire CipherTrust

Secure Computing is buying messaging security vendor CipherTrust for nearly $274 million. The move is intended to strengthen Secure Computing's unified threat management program.

Security Bytes: US State Department probes computer break-ins

Meanwhile, Adobe fixes security flaws in Acrobat and Reader while Juniper Networks fixes security flaws in its JUNOS program running on M-series, T-series, and J-Series routers.

Could you detect an application attack?

  • News
  • Date: 11 July 2006
Buffer overflow attacks and how how information security protocols effect application logging

Critical flaws found in Excel, Flash Player

FrSIRT says holes in Microsoft's spreadsheet program and Adobe's media player could allow attackers to take control of affected machines and initiate malicious commands.
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