A big move by McAfee, on July 31st Reconnex was acquired by McAfee. McAfee is a well known Antivirus Company and Reconnex is a Data loss prevention company. Deal is of $46 million. Reconnex will help to deploy data loss protection system faster. So that better customer will get advantage.

If you are trying to track down why your computer is running so slooowwwly, try using this simple DOS command from Digital Inspiration to uncover a possible problem:

* Type cmd in your Windows Run box.
* Type "netstat -b 5 > activity.txt" and press enter.
* After say 2 minutes, press Ctrl+C.
* Type "activity.txt" on the command line to open the log file in notepad (or your default text editor)

I'm going to tell you about a great servicethat allows you to track the emails sent by you. Its free and it has lots of benefits and advantages.

It is to be found at Mail Tracking and once you sign up for it and start using it you will understand its benefits real well.

If you use it and send me an email (for example) you will get a report back that tells you when I opened your email, how long it took me to read it and if I open it, read it and close it then open it again later it wil also tell you that.

Inching close to year end as we are, security companies are focusing on the year to be, telling us what virus threats we need to watch out for, and what will be the security scenario in the coming year.

Security major, Symantec, has come up with a list of such security trends to look out for in 2008.

First on the list is "election campaigns". With political candidates increasingly turning to the World Wide Web, it is important to understand the associated security risks. Which include things like diversion of online campaign donations, dissemination of misinformation, fraud, phishing, and invasion of privacy.

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The flaw in Windows 2000's random number generator uncovered by Israeli researchers is a vulnerability -- but not a security vulnerability, Microsoft Corp. said late last week, as it left users wondering if newer versions of the operating system shared the same problem.

In a paper published earlier this month, Benny Pinkas of the University of Haifa and two Hebrew University graduate students, Zvi Gutterman and Leo Dorrendorf, described how attackers could exploit a weakness in Windows' pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) to predict encryption keys generated by the operating system and its applications.

Software developers, Analysts, Architects, Project Managers

Adobe Systems Inc, whose software is used by millions of people to read documents sent over the Internet, said on Wednesday some of its programs contain yet-to-be-fixed flaws that make computers vulnerable to attack.

On Oct. 5, Adobe posted a notice on its Web site that said it had unknowingly incorporated vulnerabilities into versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat software that could allow malicious programs to get on to a PC without the user's knowledge.

Such malicious software can take control of a machine and steal confidential data, send out tens of thousands of spam e-mails, or infiltrate government computer systems.

Adobe said it believes the flaws only affect computers running Microsoft Corp's Windows XP operating system and Internet Explorer 7 Web browser. Adobe said it was working to rectify the problem but the fix might not be available until the end of October.

Some security experts say that may not be soon enough to stop hackers determined to get malicious software past firewalls and other security software programs.

"Users should pressure Adobe to release a patch sooner than that," said Gadi Evron, a security expert at Beyond Security. He has organized three closed-door international conferences on efforts by governments and private companies to fight computer attacks.

Malicious software is a common problem. Recent examples have corrupted eBay Inc's Skype Internet telephone service and Time Warner Inc's AOL instant messaging software. Hackers sometimes hide malicious software inside Microsoft Word documents and photo files, hobbling computers when users open them.

Some security experts said that what makes the Adobe case disturbing is that it came to light before the company had a solution to fix the problem, which means hackers have an opportunity to exploit the situation.
The software maker would have preferred to hold off on notifying the public of the flaws in Acrobat and Reader until the updated software was ready, said John Landwehr, Adobe's director of security solutions and strategy.

Earlier on Tuesday, Adobe disclosed "critical problems" in versions of three design programs, GoLive, Illustrator and Pagemaker, and simultaneously released software to repair the problems.

"That is the standard practice," Landwehr told Reuters. "There is a protocol that is fairly well understood."

But, Landwehr said, in the case of Acrobat and Reader, Adobe had to report the problem before the fix because it was reported on Oct. 5 on security Web site www.heise-security.co.uk. Adobe disclosed it later that day on its own Web site.

Adobe has posted instructions on its Web site for working around the problem, www.adobe.com/support/security/. But Landwehr said the instructions are mainly for administrators who run corporate networks, not consumers.

Adobe said PC users who are unable to program that database to fix it may need to wait until the software itself is fixed. The company said it would notify users on its Web site.

Rival browsers Firefox, www.firefox.com, and Opera, www.opera.com, have not reported any similar problems.

The Itanium Solutions Alliance, in collaboration with Red Hat today announced that in the upcoming release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.1 (RHEL), integrated software virtualization will be supported and optimized for Itanium 2-based systems. This release broadens Itanium-based solutions in the marketplace.

The reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) and security features of the Intel Itanium processor allow users to confidently deploy industry-standard software virtualization, enhancing customers' ability to consolidate multiple applications on Itanium-based systems.

"Itanium Solutions Alliance founding sponsors worked with Red Hat to test, validate and optimize this fully integrated virtualization solution. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 provides customers with the maximum choice among enterprise systems when deploying open source applications on Itanium," said Scott Crenshaw, vice president of product marketing at Red Hat.

He added, "Also, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.1 provides additional high availability and storage virtualization technologies, and scales to support any number of processors and guest environments – making it the perfect solution for today's large, high-performance Itanium systems."

"The Itanium Solutions Alliance is pleased to have the opportunity to coordinate efforts with Red Hat to expand software solutions for Itanium-based systems and contribute to the growth of the Independent Software Vendor ecosystem," said Yoichi Murakami, Fujitsu Limited, Chairman of the Itanium Solutions Alliance Enabling Committee.

The collaboration with charter member Red Hat comes as the Itanium Solutions Alliance reaches its two year anniversary. Since its inception in 2005, the Itanium Solutions Alliance has grown in membership to more than 200 companies and application availability for Itanium-based systems has surpassed 12,000.

Alliance membership is open to any enterprise and technical software supplier looking to optimize applications for Itanium-based environments or enterprise and technical computing providers looking to network with other leaders in delivery of leading computing solutions.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.1 for Itanium systems are scheduled for availability in Q4CY07.

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Microsoft come up with one more security war for IT professionals.
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Last time I was in 1000 now aiming towards 100.
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