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An IT manager who logged onto to his former employer’s computer network five months after being fired and opened the e-mail server up to spammers has been sentenced to one year in prison. Read all the article on http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/110408-it-worker-let-spammers-into.html and see how EventManager helps you spot malicious activity on your network in real time: http://www.exaprotect.com/products/eventmanager/

Massive distributed denial-of-service attacks against ISPs and their customers doubled in intensity over the past year, according to a new survey. Distributed DoS attacks are now reaching 42Gbps in sustained intensity, up from 24Gbps last year and just 17Gbps the year prior to that, according to Arbor Networks‘ annual survey of ISPs from North America, Europe and Asia. “This attack size is the largest we’ve ever seen,” says Arbor CTO Rob Malan. All the article http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111108-arbor.html?tc=sec

While Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) security may not be the highest priority for many IT security professionals or network administrators, experts are warning that the threat to VoIP communications is increasing. Read the whole article on http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1338762,00.html