E-Commerce News: Security: Network Security Roundup for August 29, 2003

Network Security Roundup for August 29, 2003

By Stephanie Losi
E-Commerce Times
08/29/03 8:31 AM PT

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E-Commerce Times: Fight Against Viruses May Move to Servers
28-Aug-03 19:27 ET

Story Highlights:
"Computer viruses are becoming so aggressive and sophisticated that they may soon be able to elude anti-virus programs installed on individual computers, according to many in the security industry."

Full Story on the E-Commerce Times

CNN: Teen Arrested in Internet 'Blaster' Attack
29-Aug-03 10:50 ET

Story Highlights:
"Cyber investigators on Friday arrested a teenager suspected of authoring a damaging virus-like infection unleashed weeks ago on the Internet, U.S. officials said. The unidentified 18-year-old was expected to appear before a federal magistrate in St. Paul, Minnesota around noon and then be transferred to Seattle to face charges."

Full Story on CNN

CNN: Gates Speaks About Worms
29-Aug-03 10:41 ET

Story Highlights:
"Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, known for helping to make the computer a common tool, said Thursday that new breakthroughs in information technology are on the horizon despite the economic difficulties facing the industry."

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InformationWeek: IBM (NYSE: IBM) Squashes Worms
29-Aug-03 12:12 ET

Story Highlights:
"IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have developed novel worm-squashing software the company says it wants to turn into a product to help guard against computer-network attacks such as those that slowed Internet traffic earlier this month."

Full Story on InformationWeek

Fairfax I.T.: Anti-virus Software 'Causing More Headaches Than Sobig Worm'
01-Aug-03 HH:MM ET

Story Highlights:
"Anti-virus software is causing users more headaches than the Sobig.F worm itself, according to a posting to the Full-disclosure vulnerability mailing list. Fabio Gomes de Souza, a sysadmin in Brazil, said that in its propagation loop, the Sobig worm composed a message, chose two random items in the Address Book, and put the first in the 'From:' and the second in the 'To:' header. Then all virus messages were spoofed."

Full Story on Fairfax I.T.

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Symantec Moves Against Piracy with Product Activation Requirements
August 28, 2003

"The problem for Symantec, and every vendor that does this, is that people will move to the vendor that doesn't require activation unless all vendors do it at once," analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld. "Or users simply won't upgrade, which is what happened to Intuit and Microsoft."

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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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