Top 10 network vulnerabilities inside the network

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• Top 10 network vulnerabilities inside the network
• Boonana Mac Trojan was ‘not Koobface’, says Microsoft
• IT pros, workers show a 'disconnect' over mobile devices and policies
• Royal pain: British Royal Navy Web site hacked
• Zscaler develops free tool to detect Firesheep snooping
• Panda Security Sets up Shop in Silicon Valley
• Election unlikely to slow U.S. cybersecurity efforts
• Danger to IE users climbs as hacker kit adds exploit
• Travel Gear gift ideas [2010 Cool Yule Tools]
• Cisco VP talks of data center strategy
• Cisco bets state-of-the-art data center on UCS
• Can HP change its culture?
• Cisco CleanAir battles Wi-Fi smog

Top 10 network vulnerabilities inside the network Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Today's state-of-the-art network security appliances do a great job of keeping the cyber monsters from invading your business. But what do you do when the monster is actually inside the security perimeter? Unfortunately, all of the crosses, garlic, wooden stakes and silver bullets in the world have little effect on today's most nefarious cyber creatures. Here are the top 10 ways your network can be attacked from inside and what you can do to insure your business never has to perform an exorcism on your servers.

Boonana Mac Trojan was ‘not Koobface’, says Microsoft Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The widely-reported 'Boonana' Trojan was a new piece of malware after all and had nothing directly to do with Koobface, Microsoft and other security companies have reported a week after the event.

IT pros, workers show a 'disconnect' over mobile devices and policies Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Two-thirds of workers in a survey for Cisco said their companies need to improve IT policies; at the same time, 20% of IT professionals said their relationship with employees is "strained and dysfunctional."

Royal pain: British Royal Navy Web site hacked Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The main British Royal Navy Web site has been hacked, and the Navy is now suffering the embarrassment of having to place a notice on its site saying, "Unfortunately, the Royal Navy website is currently undergoing essential maintenance. Please visit again soon."

Zscaler develops free tool to detect Firesheep snooping Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST A security company has developed a free Firefox add-on that warns when someone on the same network is using Firesheep, a tool that has raised alarm over how it simplifies an attack against a long-known weakness in Internet security.

Panda Security Sets up Shop in Silicon Valley Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The Panda brand doesn't have the recognition of a McAfee or Symantec--at least not in the United States--but Panda is looking to change that. Panda Security has been in the computer and network security business for twenty years, and already has a United States presence in Florida, but announced today a new office in Silicon Valley focused on the cloud.

Election unlikely to slow U.S. cybersecurity efforts Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Security experts expect the divided congress to remain mostly bipartisan on efforts to enact cybersecurity and online privacy measures.

Danger to IE users climbs as hacker kit adds exploit Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Microsoft will likely issue an emergency kit to an unpatched IE flaw after it was added to the Eleonore crimeware kit.

Travel Gear gift ideas [2010 Cool Yule Tools] Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST If you're into gadgets, chances are you carry around a lot of them when you travel. The road warrior uses gadgets as tools and weapons (the figurative kind, not literal), so when it comes time for coming up with gift ideas for them, chances are a new gadget beyond the phone or computer will hit the spot. Here's a bunch of our favorite weapons for the road warrior:

Cisco VP talks of data center strategy Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:00 AM PST Cisco Vice President of IT John Manville discusses the company's data center makeover strategy, the migration to the company's own Unified Computing System, the benefits of cloud and the new IT organizational structure with Network World Editor in Chief John Dix.

Cisco bets state-of-the-art data center on UCS Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:00 AM PST Cisco bet big on its UCS products for data centers – and now it's going "all in" with a massive, resilient and green data center built on that integrated blade architecture.

Can HP change its culture? Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST In the last couple of newsletters we looked at how Cisco and Oracle are positioning themselves to be at the center of what they believe to be the integrated approach to how enterprise IT is provided in the future. In this newsletter we will look at HP.

Cisco CleanAir battles Wi-Fi smog Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST There's a long-standing need in wired networks to verify the quality of connectivity of wire, cable, and fiber with appropriate test equipment. But with wireless nets, this requirement extends beyond initial site surveys and occasional troubleshooting.

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