Malware threat lists slammed as 'useless'; How to spot - and stop - a spy; MySpace hack

All the week's news and views about Security, 04/17/08 Malware threat lists slammed as 'useless' Security vendor PC Tools has questioned the usefulness of the threat lists used by many security companies to warn of current malware attacks.Read full story This Article sponsored by CoreTrace Corporation BOUNCER by CoreTrace The Next-Generation of Endpoint Security & Control CoreTrace is leading the movement to the next-generation of endpoint security solutions. The company has developed the most tamper-proof, scalable, and stable Application Whitelisting solution, BOUNCER by CoreTrace. BOUNCER by CoreTrace prevents 100% of unauthorized applications from executing and eliminates the need for reactive security patching. As a result, our customer's servers and desktops are completely protected with less effort and less money. Compare Identity Management Products. Get side-by-side product comparisons, buying tips, market trend information, case studies and more with Network World's newly enhanced Identity Management Buyer's Guide. Visit now. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS How to spot - and stop - a spy, 04/17/08 Corporations are woefully unprepared to counter attempts at corporate espionage, say experts who perform vulnerability assessments designed to uncover security weaknesses. U.S. corporations lose as much as $300 billion a year to hacking, cracking, physical security breaches and other criminal activity, according to Ira Winkler, author of Spies Among Us (Wiley, 2005) and president of the Internet Security Advisors Group, which performs espionage simulations and provides other services. MySpace hack reveals profile visitors, 04/17/08 A security problem with MySpace has the potential to botch up law-enforcement efforts to track bad actors on the site. Attackers are thinking outside the box, 04/16/08 In the adversarial environment of information security, new types of attacks emerge constantly. Just recently, a very highly targeted phishing attack against CEOs used the pretext of a federal grand jury subpoena to lure executives to a site hosting malware. Let's face it: Most of the innovation in this industry is on the other side, the "dark" side. We are unfortunately forced to keep reacting to new ingenious attacks every few years. The strange and sneaky story of how Mozilla slammed the door on WISeKey Microsoft Subnet blogger Tyson Kopcynsky recounts the strange tale of how Mozilla squashed a request by WISeKey to get its root certificate authority included in Mozilla's built-in trusted CA list. Microsoft management and security apps won't work with WS2008 A slew of applications in the Systems Center and Forefront families still don't work with WS2008, according to a recent report. Podcast: Better security for your applications Application security is more than erecting a firewall around your corporate applications. Sanjay Mehta, vice president of sales and marketing at Breach Security, talks about how application security is different from your typical hacker (11:24) Hackers open new front in payment card data thefts, 04/17/08 Security managers often describe their efforts to protect corporate data from being compromised as a full-fledged battle of wits against cybercrooks who are continually arming themselves with innovative tools and methods of attack. Security researchers begin on active defenses, 04/16/08 Many people fear them, but most hackers are no more than simple point and click operators (the basic script kiddie) that are incapable of anything but using tools created by others. ISPs meddled with their customers' Web traffic, study finds, 04/16/2008 About one percent of the Web pages being delivered on the Internet are being changed in transit, sometimes in a harmful way, according to researchers at the University of Washington. Kingston shows super secure USB stick, 04/16/08 The evolution of USB sticks from detested security hazard to data respectability has continued with the announcement of a new product certified to stringent U.S. government levels of security. IT swamped by data center energy needs, 04/16/08 Nearly half of IT professionals admit that they had run out of space, power or cooling capacity at their data centers, according to a recent survey. LIVE CHAT: The future of networking careers with Brad Reese Mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 22 from 2 p.m.- 3 p.m. EST. You love his blog on Cisco Subnet, now chat with Brad Reese live. Reese, former U.S. army sergeant with a top secret security clearance is known for his entertaining blog and his no-holds-barred watchdog role of Cisco. Reese will answer your questions about career moves for Cisco professionals, Cisco's best (or worst) strategies, refurbished equipment or anything else you want to talk about. Brad Reese operates , a portal that matches Cisco professionals with jobs and with refurbished equipment. APRIL GIVEAWAYS: Microsoft Subnet is giving away a Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 courtesy of New Horizons; and 15 copies of the book "System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed." Cisco Subnet is giving away a Cisco training course of the winner's choosing, worth up to $3,495, courtesy of Cisco training partner Skyline-ATS. Cisco Subnet also has 15 digital downloads of the Cisco Press book "CCSP SNPA Quick Reference" up for grabs. Gohere for the entry instructions for all the competitions. TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES 1. 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