Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla

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	Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla Microsoft issued a warning today that nine fraudulent digital certificates were issued by root certificate authority Comodo Group. Although the certificates were quickly revoked, their initial release still poses a threat to browser users, including users of Internet Explorer, and Microsoft issued an immediate and urgent patch. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Load Balancers Are Dead! Get Gartner's take on: * Which vendors are leading the ADC market * Key recommendations on what you should do today * How to find a feature-rich ADC View the Gartner report, compliments of F5 Networks! Read now! In this Issue Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications GoDaddy: We're ready to secure .com names with DNSSEC Covert Cameras Designed to Spy on You The RSA Breach: Lessons Learned for Enterprise Organizations Firefox 4 thumps IE9 in first day download contest Microsoft sends traditional cake to Firefox team Open a beer with an iPhone: BeAHeadCase at CTIA 2011 Intel's McAfee unit to acquire Sentrigo The trust issue front and center at RSA Conference RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Drive Collaboration and Business Value with Video This Network World Seminar will bring you peer and expert insights into how and where video fosters true collaboration and brings tangible business results. Click to continue Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications Microsoft virtualizes apps running on Windows Server ahead of rival VMware. Read More GoDaddy: We're ready to secure .com names with DNSSEC With more than 47 million domain names under management, GoDaddy has a huge DNS infrastructure that it has upgraded to support the emerging Internet security standard known as DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions. Read More Covert Cameras Designed to Spy on You Feeling paranoid and wondering if someone is watching you? Cameras that resemble gum packages, shavers, and even handheld vacuums make spying all too easy. Read More WEBCAST: Quest Software Getting Your Network out of Gridlock In the Quest Software on-demand webcast, "Getting Your Network out of Gridlock," learn to monitor your network health so you can maximize performance and minimize gridlock. Learn more. The RSA Breach: Lessons Learned for Enterprise Organizations The folks at RSA called me the other day to discuss what they could about the breach and what they are telling customers. As far as the breach goes, RSA didn't tell me anything new. The breach is being classified as an APT and RSA is working with law enforecement authorities in an ongoing investigation so it is not ready to disclose any details. Read More Firefox 4 thumps IE9 in first day download contest Firefox 4 was downloaded some 7 million times during its opening day, nearly triple the first-day Internet Explorer 9 downloads last week. Read More Microsoft sends traditional cake to Firefox team A Firefox release isn't a Firefox release until the cake arrives. Explains Fred Wenzel, a software engineer at Mozilla, on his blog fredericiana:. "It has been a tradition ever since Firefox 2: Whenever we ship a major Firefox release, the Microsoft Internet Explorer team sends us a congratulatory cake." Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Open a beer with an iPhone: BeAHeadCase at CTIA 2011 The heck with fancy iPhone cases: The BeAHeadCase protects your phone and adds a bottle and can opener. Keith Shaw gets the lowdown (and a beer) at CTIA 2011. Read More Intel's McAfee unit to acquire Sentrigo Intel's McAfee subsidiary on Wednesday said it would acquire Sentrigo, which provides database security and compliance products. Read More The trust issue front and center at RSA Conference Trust was a common theme during the 2011 RSA conference in San Francisco with varied perspectives from presenters and attendees alike. There were discussions of trust in protection, trust in monitoring and response, and trust in forensics. Are we relying a little too heavily on trust? Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5. MOST-READ STORIES U.S. Patent Office finds Google Doodle dandy Linux Torvalds: Android copyright violation claim is "bogus" Google funds tools to expose gov't attempts to shut down 'Net First look at Firefox 4 Firefox 4 performance lags behind Chrome 10 and IE 9 Industry split on data center network standards On the company dime: Rogue game server admins tell all Want to get ahead in IT? Make yourself uncomfortable Does RSA SecurID have a U.S. gov't-authorized back door? Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream,' says free software movement founder
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