E-Commerce News: Security: Network Security Roundup for July 31, 2003

Network Security Roundup for July 31, 2003

By Stephanie Losi
E-Commerce Times
07/31/03 8:18 AM PT

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CNN: Experts Anxious Over Possible Net Attack
31-Jul-03 11:02 ET

Story Highlights:
"Experts are advising computer users with renewed urgency to apply a free repairing patch that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has offered on its Web site since July 16, when it acknowledged that the flaw affected nearly all versions of its flagship Windows operating system software."

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IDG.net: Microsoft Fixing Another Faulty Patch
30-Jul-03 19:32 ET

Story Highlights:
"Microsoft acknowledged that a recent security patch is causing problems on machines running the Windows NT 4.0 operating system. The patch, released July 23 and described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-029, causes the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) on NT 4.0 machines to fail."

Full Story on IDG.net

The Register: Panel Probes the Half-Life of Bugs
31-Jul-03 06:07 ET

Story Highlights:
"Software security holes never die -- they fade from the Internet at a rate of 50% every thirty days after a patch is released, according to the results of a study released at the Black Hat Briefings security conference."

Full Story on The Register

The Register: Yaha Usurps Klez
31-Jul-03 06:24 ET

Story Highlights:
"Yaha-E displaced Klez as the most common viral menace on the Internet over the last month, according to Messagelabs. The managed services firm has blocked Yaha-E 367,158 times so far in July, relegating Klez-H (332,343 interceptions) to second place in its monthly viral charts."

Full Story on The Register

InformationWeek: A Tool To Reduce False Security Alerts
30-Jul-03 15:08 ET

Story Highlights:
"False security alarms -- warnings about attacks that actually aren't attacks -- are a burden for security administrators who attempt to use intrusion-detection systems to spot potentially malicious activity against their applications, systems, and networks."

Full Story on InformationWeek

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Microsoft Unveils CRM Upgrade
June 02, 2004

Perhaps the most important new feature of the CRM product is its deep integration with Office 2003. According to Microsoft, users of Office 2003 and Microsoft CRM 1.2 will be able to perform many CRM tasks, such as creating and tracking sensitive letters, escalating cases and looking up customer data, within Office.

Nintendo, Sony Up Portable Gaming Ante
May 12, 2004

The DS is most notable for its dual screens, which allow players to view gaming action from two perspectives at once. It also sports several other features, including touch-screen input, voice recognition, chat software and wireless networking capabilities, with support for both IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) and Nintendo's proprietary mobile protocol.

Intel Unveils Next-Gen Wireless Chips
April 13, 2004

The new PXA27x chips use Intel's SpeedStep technology, which is designed to enable power savings by managing voltage and frequency changes, much like the technology used in the company's notebook processors.

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