Lawmakers want investigation of supercookies

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• Lawmakers want investigation of supercookies
• Microsoft offers ideas for users to beat the BEAST threat
• Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet
• Civil liberties groups slam EU data retention as unnecessary
• Scammers pretend to be friendly office printers
• Schumer seeks FTC probe of OnStar privacy policy
• Apple updates OS X to block Mac Trojan
• Al-Qaida's Shamukh chat forum under attack, says expert
• Gang of Zeus-driven bank thieves put out of business
• Defense against dark arts: Multidisciplinary security quiz
• Cisco, Microsoft cooperation on virtual switching gives customers new option
• Six factors slowing adoption of converged I/O
• Cisco: Is the Internet as important as food, water, air, shelter? Some think so
• Need switches? Buy now, report says
• Cisco and Microsoft cooperate to bring network-layer management to Hyper-V
• 5 priorities for HP in data center switching
• Cisco unveils dual-role data center
• Juniper follows Cisco with edge upgrade
• Cisco unveils routers, takes swipe at Juniper
• Inside Cisco global security operations

Lawmakers want investigation of supercookies Posted: 27 Sep 2011 07:19 AM PDT Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate the use of so-called supercookies on many websites, with the two suggesting that use of the hard-to-remove tracking tools may be an unfair business practice.

Microsoft offers ideas for users to beat the BEAST threat Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:09 AM PDT Microsoft is urging customers to update vulnerable versions of SSL to a newer one that is not susceptible to a recently published exploit called BEAST, but in the meantime it recommends steps that lessen the risk of being victimized.

Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet Posted: 27 Sep 2011 04:04 AM PDT Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against Internet scammers, using the power of a U.S. court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging botnet and taking offline a provider of free Internet domains.

Civil liberties groups slam EU data retention as unnecessary Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:11 AM PDT A large group of digital rights organizations has demanded proof from the European Commission that the retention of data in the European Union is necessary and proportionate for fighting serious crime.

Scammers pretend to be friendly office printers Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:46 AM PDT Hackers have found a new hook to trick people into opening malicious attachments: send emails that purport to come from office printers, many of which now have the ability to email scanned documents.

Schumer seeks FTC probe of OnStar privacy policy Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:09 PM PDT GM subsidiary OnStar's plan to collect and share GPS tracking and other data from vehicles even after their owners stop subscribing to its service, has prompted an outcry from some lawmakers.

Apple updates OS X to block Mac Trojan Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:47 PM PDT Apple has updated the bare-bones antivirus protection included with Mac OS X to detect a Trojan horse that poses as a PDF document.

Al-Qaida's Shamukh chat forum under attack, says expert Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:57 PM PDT Al-Qaida's top-tier Al-Shamukh chat forum is facing an ongoing electronic attack, that has rendered the forum totally unreachable, according to a terrorism expert.

Gang of Zeus-driven bank thieves put out of business Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:02 AM PDT A mid-level organizer of an international online bank-theft ring that relied on the Zeus Trojan faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 13 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of false IDs.

Defense against dark arts: Multidisciplinary security quiz Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT 1. Barbican

Cisco, Microsoft cooperation on virtual switching gives customers new option Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT Cisco support will make Microsoft's Hyper-V environment more attractive to corporate customers, but it remains to be seen whether that's enough for Hyper-V to give VMware's ESXi a run for its money.

Six factors slowing adoption of converged I/O Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT So if converging the I/O infrastructure in data centers is all the rage, what's taking IT shops so long to do it?

Cisco: Is the Internet as important as food, water, air, shelter? Some think so Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT The Internet is just as important as water, food, air and shelter to a third of people with Internet access, according to an international poll by Cisco.

Need switches? Buy now, report says Posted: 22 Sep 2011 10:54 AM PDT If you're in the market for Ethernet switches, now's the time to buy.

Cisco and Microsoft cooperate to bring network-layer management to Hyper-V Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:35 AM PDT Windows Server 8 looks promising enough that Cisco it is queuing up two new products designed to extend its network controls to Hyper-V virtual environments when Microsoft releases Windows Server 8 sometime next year.

5 priorities for HP in data center switching Posted: 18 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT HP and Cisco are currently embroiled in a war of words, market share and revenue in Ethernet switching overall, but can HP really put up much of a fight in the data center?

Cisco unveils dual-role data center Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:23 AM PDT Cisco this week opened up a new data center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., with a dual role: application development and disaster recovery (DR) for its production data centers in Texas.

Juniper follows Cisco with edge upgrade Posted: 13 Sep 2011 06:15 AM PDT Juniper this week enhanced its service provider edge routers to address growing bandwidth requirements of emerging mobile, cloud computing and enterprise network applications.

Cisco unveils routers, takes swipe at Juniper Posted: 12 Sep 2011 09:57 AM PDT Cisco this week unveiled three service provider edge routers, along with an aggressive marketing campaign against rival Juniper.

Inside Cisco global security operations Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Cisco's Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) provides threat information, vulnerability analysis, and mitigation solutions to enterprise customers. Staff and resources are at work around the world, including at 11 Threat Operations Centers. Network World visited Cisco's TOC in Austin, Texas, for an inside look at how the distributed security teams come together.

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