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Macromedia has fixed a flaw in its Shockwave Player’s ActiveX installer that could allow PC compromise via arbitrary code. Security experts have warned surfers not to fall for a new hoax spreading across the internet, posing as a warning of a non-existent virus. Enterprise database infrastructures, which often contain the crown jewels of an organization, are subject to a wide range of attacks. The most critical of these are listed below, followed by recommendations for mitigating the risk of each. Security firms are warning PC users that one way to avoid early activation of the Kama Sutra Worm is to make sure all clocks are set correctly. Security experts are unsure how widespread the Nyxem.E worm actually is, saying the webcounter associated with the virus may overestimate the number of infected PCs. The fast growing popularity of RSS (really simple syndication) means that the technology will pose increasingly significant problems for IT security professionals this year, new research has warned. The new Sober-Z worm is spreading at such a rate that it now accounts for over 81 percent of all viruses, making it the most widespread computer virus in the world, security experts warned Thursday. Stuart Okin once spent his life arguing that Microsoft was taking security seriously. Now he has to put this into practice. David Quainton reports

Quality-assurance audits are a bit like visits to the dentist; you know you need them, and that they will do you good, but that doesn't make the day itself any more fun. A recent audit I was involved in brought with it the usual flurry of activity to close off outstanding actions and generate the relevant reports.

This product is designed to protect against hacker and network worm attacks, block spyware and adware, thwart so-called zero day attacks via its heuristics technology, and even ban the use of forbidden networking software. In an effort to thwart zero-day attacks, 3Com is launching a program that rewards security researchers for finding vulnerabilities. The U.S. governments first attempted prosecution under Sarbanes-Oxley has ended in failure. The well-publicized cases of information leakage in recent news articles have brought to light the risks of the borderless enterprise. A $25,000 hunt for the first Mac OS X virus has been cancelled, by the company that initiated it. The internet's no longer dominated by script kiddies looking for bragging rights. So said experts at both the recent RSA Conference in California and the Cyber Security Summit in Florida. Today's attackers want money, not an underground following. Stressed? Worried? Can’t sleep at night? Lorne Boden explains his seven golden rules of risk management Virus writers are as active as they ever were, warns Marcia Savage. But villains and spammers now want to use them and their tricks A Frenchman was found guilty in a Paris court yesterday for publishing exploit code of a company's anti-virus product. Creating Information Security Performance Measures: Five Recommendations for CIOs and CISOs