Patch Management
Computerworld, 7/19/04: Microsoft Delays Ship Date of Windows Update Services
Vendor must finish XP Service Pack 2 first
News Story by Carol Sliwa
JULY 19, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - TORONTO -- Users will have to wait even longer for already-delayed updates of security-focused products and services that Microsoft Corp. pledged would be ready by now.
At its Worldwide Partner Conference here, Microsoft officials disclosed that Windows Update Services won't ship until the first half of next year. WUS, which was formerly known as Software Update Services, can be used to automate patch distribution to employees on a scheduled basis.
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Security
Computerworld, 7/19/04: Windows CE virus emerges
The WinCE4.Duts.A virus contains no payload, however
News Story by David Legard
JULY 19, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A virus designed to demonstrate security holes in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE operating system but not to cause damage was identified by security companies over the weekend.
The WinCE4.Duts.A virus (sometimes known as Dust) affects only devices running ARM Ltd. processors and infects Pocket PC PE files in the root directory, according to Bucharest-based Softwin SRL, which first reported the virus on Saturday.
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Mobile
eWeek, 7/19/04: iPass to Let IT Managers Guide Mobile Security
By Carol Ellison
In a move that analysts say is likely to open the door to greater corporate use of public Internet hot spots, iPass Inc. announced Monday that it will enhance its mobile connectivity services to allow corporate IT managers to enforce security policies over all connections, including connections from public wireless hot spots.
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C|net, 7/19/04: Smaller firms pour money into wireless
By Dawn Kawamoto
Small and midsize businesses in the United States are expected to virtually double their spending on wireless services this year, according to a report The Yankee Group released Monday.
The small- and midsize-business market for wireless services is expected to grow 93 percent in 2004, compared with last year. That represents average spending of $356,000 per company for wireless services, according to the report.
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Microsoft
Wired News, 7/20/04: Bracing for the Microsoft Update
SEATTLE -- As a vice president at security software leader Symantec, Matthew Moynahan applauds Microsoft's effort to make its Windows operating system safer from attack. But Moynahan is not so excited about the flood of help-desk calls almost certain to come when Microsoft releases a comprehensive security overhaul of Windows XP next month. His company's Norton antivirus software runs on about 100 million desktop computers.
To make the new Microsoft system work smoothly with Norton, customers will need to download a Norton update. The company is already bracing for the change, working with its customer support staff and making plans to increase phone support.
"We don't want consumers to panic," Moynahan said.
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