All the week's news and views about Security, 03/24/08 Hidden Dangers of Automatic Encryption Every business has data that needs protecting. You don't have to be a MasterCard, with tens of millions of financial records at risk, to worry about data security. Whether it's your customer lists or your corporate credit card accounts, you have some information that shouldn't get into the hands of the bad guys.Read full story This article is sponsored by Packeteer Inc. Optimize your WAN for Peak Efficiency Download this whitepaper, "Delivering High Performance Networked Applications Over the WAN," to learn how to optimize your network to support a growing number of business critical applications. Find out how to establish a long-term, cost-effective methodology to improve and maintain high performing applications in this whitepaper. Learn more today. Read this whitepaper now. 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Microsoft fixes CardSpace validation flaw Microsoft makes available a fix for its Firefox add-on to address a CardSpace certification chain validation issue. The fix for IE has been available since October. State Department workers ignored data access warnings, 03/21/08 The contract workers at the U.S. Department of State who viewed the passport records of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama ignored privacy warnings built into the agency's systems that the information could only be accessed on a "need to know" basis. FBI looks at Chinese role in Darfur site hack, 03/21/08 The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a possible China connection in the hack of a nonprofit group created to draw attention to the ongoing genocide in western Sudan's Darfur region. Open source Asterisk IP PBX needs patches to fix flaws, 03/21/08 Businesses using open-source Asterisk-based IP PBXs should check whether to update the software version they are using in order to rid themselves of vulnerabilities that could compromise the systems. Hannaford breach update: Class action lawsuits filed on behalf of victims, 03/21/08 Class action lawsuits were filed on behalf of 4.2 million Hannaford breach victims. Most switches help in complying with secure management best practices, 03/24/08 In assessing switch management and security, we sought to answer three questions: Did devices follow current best practices by default? Could users configure switches to follow these best practices? And could switches be wiped clean of any sensitive information before being taken out of deployment? Bugs found on Kerberos, 03/20/08 The MIT developers of the Kerberos authentication system have released patches for several serious security holes, which could allow remote attackers to obtain Linksys, Trend Micro pair security software with routers, 03/20/08 Linksys will offer Trend Micro's ProtectLink Gateway to help smaller businesses ward off spam, phishing, and viruses, while allowing control over what sites are visiting, including blocking of known unsafe sites. Security chief quits OLPC amid restructuring, 03/21/08 A drastic internal restructuring underway at the One Laptop Per Child Project has caused a director of security to resign from the nonprofit effort. NEW BLOGS: Security Phreak Former black-hat hacker Noah Schiffman reveals the latest threats to your network - and how you can counter them. Stiennon on Security Richard Stiennon is a security innovator. Check out his daily take on what's happening in the security industry. 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