Citibank Hack Shines Light on PCI Compliance
07/02/08: Just two days after the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council announced the deadline for application security compliance and said it would be issuing guidelines for PIN entry devices, court documents have emerged detailing an elaborate plot to hack Citibank's ATM network architecture. more

Data Breaches Up in First Half of 2008
07/02/08: Reported data breaches increased sharply in the first six months of 2008, jumping 69 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a study by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). more

Microsoft Expands SharePoint Learning Kit, Partners With Houghton
07/02/08: At the NECC 2008 conference in Texas this week, Microsoft unveiled an addition to its SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK), a suite of tools deigned for helping developers build education solutions. more

Most Network Data Sits Untouched
07/02/08: Statistically speaking, most data on enterprise networks rarely gets accessed after it is written to network storage, according to researchers from NetApp Inc. and the University of California (UC). Evidently, we are too busy writing new data to go back over old data. more

IE Is Least-Patched Browser, Report Says
07/01/08: According to a report released on Tuesday, more than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security patches -- and Internet Explorer users are the biggest culprits. more

Microsoft Issues Version 1.0 Protocol Documentation
06/30/08: Microsoft updated documentation on protocols used in some of its core applications today. more

Another Patch-Blocking Problem for Microsoft
06/30/08: One week to the day Microsoft announced it was working on a patch to correct problems concerning System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) -- problems that have rendered some SCCM users unable to deploy June's security patches -- the company on Monday issued another security advisory, this time alerting users about a glitch that prevents security updates from being distributed through specific Windows Server Update programs. more

Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch
06/30/08: Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. more

SharePoint Takes Center Stage at Catalyst Event
06/27/08: The Burton Group put the spotlight on Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2007 product on Thursday at its Catalyst Conference 2008 event. more

Hyper-V Made Available
06/26/08: Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM). more