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Phishing Attack Targets One-Time Passwords

Swedish bank Nordea's customers are scammed by phishers targeting the bank's online authentication method.

Distributed Distress

Admin wants to know how to use dynamic e-mail groups based On LDAP queries in Exchange Server 2003

Microsoft Earnings Up 24 Percent

Microsoft on Thursday reported growth in earnings of 24 percent and a revenue increase of 6 percent in its fiscal first quarter on strong demand for PCs.

IT Weekly Roundup, Oct. 28

From the business wires this week: a change auditing solution for Active Directory, an embedded SQL database engine and a simple file sharing program.

Exam Objective Guides for MCTS and MCPD Exams Now Available

MCTS exams 70-431, 70-431 and MCPD exam 70-441 to head to beta in November-December time frame, with live release in 1Q 2006.

SQL Server 2005 RTMs

Clearing the way for the formal Nov. 7 launch, Microsoft on Thursday released to manufacturing SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.

Microsoft To Launch Online Book Library

Microsoft is jumping into the online book search world with a new initiative called MSN Book Search.

The New and Improved Dcdiag

The domain and DC troubleshooting tool gets some cool, new features with Win2003 SP1.

Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager Coming Next Week

Microsoft's will ship the first version of its server-based business scorecarding application on Nov. 1.

Microsoft Gives Storage Server R2 Status Update

Microsoft gave a minor status update to its “universal distributed storage” vision at this week’s Storage Networking World conference in Orlando, Fla.

New Utility Organizes Startup Tasks

German utility developer 1-abc.net is shipping a new tool designed to simplify management of Windows startup folder options for end users.

Updated Security Tool Looks Inside E-mail Attachments

Nemx is shipping version 2.0 of its secure e-mail and content protection product for corporate Exchange environments.

MCP for the New Generation

Microsoft says new-gen program's aim is to simplify the cert process and reduce costs and training time.

Microsoft Unveils New Cert Structure

On Tuesday, Microsoft officially released a detailed roadmap for its Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer Certifications.

State of the System

Administrator wonders what does System Restore does to passwords and the rest of the system state.

FinCEN Hack Shows Importance of Role-Based Security

Hackers go phishing at the U.S. Treasury Department.

VMware Offers Free Player

VMware is beta testing a free “player” that lets users run virtual machines and evaluate software without having to first purchase the company’s full-scale virtualization platform.

Centeris Blends Windows and Linux

A venture capital firm stocked with ex-Microsofties is funding a new Windows/Linux interoperability company.

IT Weekly Roundup, Oct. 21

From the business wires this week: grid computing software, NAC solutions, SATA RAID storage systems and a Windows XP Media Center.

Second Release Candidate Posted for Windows Server 2003 R2

Microsoft this week posted the second release candidate of Windows Server 2003 Release 2 for download.

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