WSO2 adds data services and security features in Mashup Server 1.5   18 Jul 2008 19:51 GMT
The latest version from the Mountain View, Calif., and Sri Lanka company adds WSO2 Data Services and security features for enterprise-class service composition. Mashup Server 1.5 is built on the WSO2 Web Services Application Server based on Apache/Axis 2. It can be used as an individual service development and deployment...
Source: ZDNet

My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier   18 Jul 2008 17:56 GMT
Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...
Source: ZDNet

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja   18 Jul 2008 15:50 GMT
Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use of disruptive activities, or the threat thereof, against computers and/or networks, with the intention to cause harm or further social, ideological, religious, political or similar objectives. Or to intimidate any person in furtherance...
Source: ZDNet

Customer Satisfaction with Email Archiving Systems   18 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Sunbelt Software) Osterman Research conducted a primary survey asking organizations about a variety of archiving systems. The purpose of this research was simply to understand the level of satisfaction that customers of Sunbelt Exchange Archiver (SEA) and other email archiving offerings report on a variety of metrics related to product and vendor performance. Among the offerings to which the SEA offering are compared in this white paper are Symantec Enterprise Vault, Autonomy ZANTAZ EAS, Barracuda Message Archiver, EMC EmailXtender and a wide variety of other leading - and very capable - email archiving solutions.

The goal of this white paper is to provide a point of comparison between SEA and other offerings in order to help decision makers in their archiving system evaluation process.

Source: Computerworld

RIM fixes critical BlackBerry Enterprise Server bug   18 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
Research In Motion patched a critical bug in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server to stymie hackers trying to break into company networks by tricking users of the smart phone into opening rigged PDFs.

Source: Computerworld

Wormlike malware transcodes MP3s to try to infect PCs   18 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.

Source: Computerworld

Firefox 3.0.1 patches Mac-only bug   18 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
Mozilla Corp. patched three critical vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0 this week, including a Mac-specific bug reported by Apple.

Source: Computerworld

Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects   18 Jul 2008 02:02 GMT
Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...
Source: ZDNet

Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'   17 Jul 2008 14:05 GMT
The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...
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Opinion: Government security guide for VMware ESX helpful but has holes   17 Jul 2008 13:00 GMT
The government's new Security Technical Implementation Guide is the most complete that CIO's reviewer has seen, but it still offers some strange pieces of advice.

Source: Computerworld