Re: << Small Business Server news - week of December 20, 2004>>
From: Frank McCallister SBS MVP (anonymous)
Date: 12/20/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:34:14 -0600
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-- Frank McCallister SBS MVP COMPUMAC "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP] " <sbradcpa@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:eICFd%23m5EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > In case we forget to say to everyone.. Have a very Happy Holidays! > > --------------------- > Kevin's song of the week - a real classis > news://msnews.microsoft.com/ObKoiMe5EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl > ---------------------- > > Okay I'm typing this up on the standalone laptop and Trend just updated > for the second time today so there must be some nasty thing around.... > let's be careful out here > > -------------------- > Blogs of interest this week: > > Microsoft Monitor: Another IE-Only Affair: > http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/005518.html > SMBs in SBSland are already aware of MACs in our space...this is why we > recommend .lan domain names rather than .local these days. > > Small Business Trends: Anti-Trending and Other Trends for 2005: > http://www.smallbusinesses.blogspot.com/2004/12/anti-trending-and-other-trends-for.html > > Blog as a business plan -- > Small Business Trends: PowerBlog Review: BusinessWorks: > http://www.smallbusinesses.blogspot.com/2004/12/powerblog-review-businessworks.html > > He posts, he SharePoints, he Blogs... I think he doesn't sleep!: > http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/12/18/26328.aspx > > Presidents Update: Leadership: > http://thenorwichgroup.blogs.com/fieldnotes/2004/12/leadership.html > > Microsoft Security Bulletins for 12/14/04: > http://msmvps.com/secure/archive/2004/12/14/25278.aspx > > F-Secure's Annual Virus Report for 2004: > http://msmvps.com/harrywaldron/archive/2004/12/18/26230.aspx > > New XP SP2 Firewall Patch in Windows Update: > http://msmvps.com/harrywaldron/archive/2004/12/18/26229.aspx > > Microsoft at Home - AN EXCELLENT SECURITY SITE: > http://msmvps.com/harrywaldron/archive/2004/12/16/26076.aspx > > - - - - - - - - - - > Long prison term for Lowe's wi-fi hacker > A 21-year-old Michigan man was sentenced to nine > years in federal prison Wednesday in federal court > in Charlotte, North Carolina for his role in a > failed scheme to steal credit card numbers from > the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by > taking advantage of an unsecured wi-fi network > at a store in suburban Detroit. > http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10138 > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39181363,00.htm > http://www.crime-research.org/news/16.12.2004/851/ > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/hacking/2004-12-15-lowes-hack_x.htm > - - - - - - - - - - > Zafi worm dominates email systems > The mass-mailing Christmas e-card virus Zafi.d > is clogging huge amounts of bandwidth and now > accounts for one in 15 of all emails, antivirus > companies said on Thursday. > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/networks/0,39020345,39181368,00.htm > http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160109 > > Zafi worm proves a holiday pest > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5494047.html > Christmas card virus 'ataks' > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5493768.html > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39181365,00.htm > - - - - - - - - - - > P2P Battle Reaches FTC > The Federal Trade Commission officially entered > the brawl over peer-to-peer software Wednesday > as it hosted the first day of a two-day P2P > workshop in which both sides accused each > other of trying to deceive government regulators. > Representatives of P2P software companies charged > that content interests have tried to demonize > P2P in an attempt to effectively kill it. > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,66051,00.html > - - - - - - - - - - > Students uncover dozens of Unix software flaws > Students of iconoclastic computer scientist > Daniel Bernstein have found some 44 security > flaws in various Unix applications, according > to a list of advisories posted online. The flaws, > which range from minor slipups in rarely used > applications to more serious vulnerabilities > in software that ships with most versions > of the Linux operating system, were found > as part of Bernstein's graduate-level course > at the University of Illinois at Chicago. > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5492969.html > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/16/unix_flaw_homework/ > - - - - - - - - - - > Microsoft anti-spyware tools will be free -- for now > Microsoft Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer > frustrated users of its Windows software new tools > within 30 days to remove spyware programs secretly > running on computers. But it might cost extra in > coming months. > http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10433671.htm > http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10146 > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5493756.html?tag=default > > Microsoft buys Giant to attack spyware > http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160115 > Microsoft posts critical configuration patch > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5494557.html > - - - - - - - - - - > Report: DHS cyber security lagging > The U.S. Department of Homeland Security > is having some homeland cyber security issues > on its systems providing remote access to > telecommuters, according to a newly-released > report by the DHS Inspector General's office. > http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10148 > - - - - - - - - - - > Feds dread ID deadline > Federal agency officials say they will be hard > pressed to meet deadlines for issuing interoperable > identification cards to comply with Homeland Security > Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12. Speaking today in > Bethesda, Md., at a breakfast meeting sponsored by > AFCEA International, officials at the National > Institute of Standards and Technology said they > face substantial requests for revisions to the > draft standard they issued Nov. 8 as a first > step in complying with the presidential order. > http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1213/web-hspd-12-16-04.asp > - - - - - - - - - - > Re:Viewing 2004: The security industry > Consolidation, outsourcing and the Microsoft > factor... Yesterday we revealed what the year saw > in terms of the changing face of security threats > but the industry itself has undergone more than > a little change, as Will Sturgeon explains. > http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39126605,00.htm > - - - - - - - - - - > A happy - and secure - Christmas > Each week vnunet.com asks a different expert > to give their views on recent virus and security > issues, with advice, warnings and information > on the latest threats. This week Dave Martin, > principal security consultant at LogicaCMG, > highlights the perils of a little too much > Christmas cheer. > http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160105 > > - - - - - - - - - - > Antispam law ruled unconstitutional > A Maryland judge has tossed out a lawsuit against > an alleged spammer, saying a state law restricting > unsolicited e-mail is unconstitutional because > it unfairly restricts interstate commerce. Durke > Thompson, a trial judge in Montgomery County, > ruled that the Maryland law unduly discriminates > against out-of-state commerce, a restriction > that's generally prohibited by the U.S. > Constitution. > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5491683.html > - - - - - - - - - - > Polyglot virus is Xmas party pooper > An email worm which poses as a Christmas > greeting began spreading widely yesterday. > Zafi-D comes as an infectious attachment > to emails written in a variety of different > languages,including English, Spanish, Russian, > Swedish and Hungarian. Anti-virus firms believe > the worm was created in Hungary. > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/15/zafi-d_worm/ > > Merry Virus to You > http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Merry-Virus-to-You&story_id=2014.58546980 > http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/12/15/holiday.worm/index.html > http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39126556,00.htm > - - - - - - - - - - > Net stores get ready for Santa cons > A couple of days before Thanksgiving, mom-and-pop > e-tailer Tina Koenig's phone kept ringing with calls > from people verifying they'd won a laptop. The only > problem: Koenig had no idea what they were talking > about. Cybercriminals had used her online gift store > in a "phishing" scam, which set up a fake version > of the site to try to extract visitors' credit card > information. An e-mail enticed victims to the fake > site by telling them they had a prize. The lure > was a free Hewlett-Packard laptop computer. > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5491389.html > - - - - - - - - - - > 'Phishing' attacks rocket in November > Fraudsters ramped up "phishing" attacks by 29 > percent in November, according to a new report. > The number of phishing sites, or fake Web sites > set up to fool victims into handing over personal > information, reached 1,518 last month, the Anti- > Phishing Working Group said in a report released > on Wednesday. The total was up almost a third > over October and three times the level in > September. > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5491794.html > - - - - - - - - - - > Business PCs riddled with porn > Workplace porn in the UK is rife. More than > 70 per cent of firms have disciplined staff > in the last two years as a result of workers > viewing pornographic images on company PCs, > a survey published this week reveals. > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/15/workplace_smut_survey/ > - - - - - - - - - - > Five important fixes in MS December patch batch > Microsoft's regular monthly patch delivery > slipped into port yesterday carrying five new > patches, each described by Redmond as "important". > First up there's a flaw (MS04-041) in WordPad > that potentially allows malicious code to be > executed. All flavours of Windows (XP, 2000, > 2003 and NT) need patching. > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/15/ms_december_patch_batch/ > - - - - - - - - - - > Home Office calls for cybercrime shakeup > The government has warned that police and law > makers need to step up their efforts to fight > crime on the internet. A Home Office report > called The Future of Netcrime Now, which it > began work on two years ago and published > last week, said that police need to try and > get ahead of the growing problem of cybercrime > if they are to successfully tackle it. > http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39126539,00.htm > http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/internet01.htm > > Police must be trained to fight net crime > http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160092 > Cyber-crime: how to fight back > http://www.crime-research.org/news/15.12.2004/848/ > Businesses failing to recognise cybercrime dangers > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/15/businesses_fail_to_recognise_cybercrime/ > IT industry's 12-point cyber-security plan > http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160087 > - - - - - - - - - - > New agreement will strengthen network security > In an initiative to secure computers and networks > worldwide, Air Force officials entered into an > agreement with Microsoft to purchase software > and support for more than a half-million computers. > Under the agreement, in partnership with Dell > Computer Corp., all existing Air Force software > and support contracts will be combined into one. > The resulting contract will affect about 525,000 > computers, officials said. > http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009418 > - - - - - - - - - - > Cryptography Research wants piracy speed bump on HD DVDs > Analysis Just about a year from today, if not > sooner, if we believe the outpourings of both > the DVD Forum and the Blu-Ray Disc Association, > we will be able to go out to the shops and buy > blue laser, high definition, high density DVDs > in two completely different designs. We will > also be able to buy the players and recorders > by then, as well as studio content from virtually > every major studio in the world, on one or the > other system. > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/15/cryptography_research/ > > - - - - - - - - - - > Wireless worries: Unauthorized hot spots and rogue warriors > Many businesses and educational institutions > have their own wireless networks-- but are often > faced with policing rogue wireless hot spots > brought in by employees or students. The rogue > hot spots can be a security risk and possible > can conflict with their own networks. In this > ZDNet audiocast, we'll look at the issue of > rogue wireless security, what can be done > to detect and block unwanted hot spots, and > address specific wireless security solutions > for protecting wi-fi access points. > http://itpapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=112518&promo=200010 > - - - - - - - - - - > >
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