TECHWORLD SECURITY NEWSLETTER

Tuesday
January 20th, 2004

Security knowledge for the IT professional.............

THE LATEST SECURITY STORIES:

*FEATURE* Slammer: the day a worm turned nasty
With the anniversary of the SQL Slammer worm approaching,
we consider whether the security world crossed a dangerous
frontier on that day.
http://www.techworld.com/features/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayfeature&FeatureID=288

*FEATURE* Sticking up for Intrusion Prevention Systems
Don't believe the knockers. Deep inspection firewalls will
take time to mature, leaving IDS and IPS systems as a
valid security choice.
http://www.techworld.com/features/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayfeature&FeatureID=290

*REVIEW* BlueSocket WG-2100
The BlueSocket WG-2100 appeals because instead of trying
to be a rocket-science gizmo, it covers all the bases and
does them properly.
http://www.techworld.com/reviews/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayreview&productID=107&reviewid=109

Symantec reels from week of mishaps
Security issue and VeriSign *****-up cause headache for
anti-virus company
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=869

Gaping hole found in HP Tru64 UNIX
Embarrassment for company as it embarks on Linux campaign.
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=885

Anti-spam tools not good enough, conference hears
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=892

Beagle e-mail worm spreading worldwide
But it's not from Mars
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=893

Security flaws put VoIP systems at risk
UK National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre
discovers flaws
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=887

Microsoft issues own warning about VoIP
Vulnerability found in Microsoft Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=866

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