In our next newsletter:

• MyDoom variant slams mailboxes, search engines, David Becker and Michael Kanellos, CNET News, July 26, 2004

• How Do I Know When a Virus Hits My Computer? Scott Spanbauer, PC World, July 26, 2004

July 25, 2004: An Eclectic Mix, Our New Blog

Our New Internet Security News Blog

• Take a look at our new Internet security news blog. If you have newsreader software, you can use  Blogger's atom feed or Feedburner's multiple format feed. We are in the process of moving our archived newsletters to the new blog.

Updates

• SpywareBlaster 3.2 update, Javacool Software, July 7, 2004; prevents the installation of spyware on your computer, free for personal use, donations encouraged; their auto update service is $10 per computer per year.

• MS Patch Day: 7 Alerts; 2 Critical [Microsoft Windows XP], Ryan Naraine, eSecurityPlanet, July 14, 2004

Reviews

• Spy Sweeper 3.0, John Clyman, PC Magazine, July 23, 2004

• Panda Platinum Internet Security Suite 8.0, Jay Munro, PC Magazine, July 21, 2004

• Antispam Tools: Can They Keep Up? Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, July 9, 2004 -- MailFrontier, ChoiceMail One, iHateSpam, Spam Shredder & SpamBully.

Great Satire

• Cartoon lampoon: Bipartisan jab is Internet sensation, J. Patrick Coolican, Seattle Times, July 19, 2004; see cartoon and hear song.

• Foot-And-Mouth Believed to be First Virus UNABLE to Spread through Microsoft Outlook, Satire Wire, 2001 [some things just don't go out of date]

Internet Explorer

• Security Holes Sinking IE, Dennis Fisher, eWeek, July 19, 2004

• Time to dump Internet Explorer, Paul Andrews, Seattle Times, July 19, 2004

• Internet Explorer besieged by hackers and critics, Kim Peterson, Seattle Times, July 19, 2004

• Time to Find an IE Alternative? Matthew Sarrel, PC Magazine, July 9, 2004

Windows XP SP2

• Boo Hoo Hoo for Victims of XP SP2, Larry Seltzer, eWeek, July 19, 2004

• Companies brace for Windows upgrade, Allison Linn, AP, MSNBC, July 18, 2004

• Service Pack 2: Patching the unpatchable, Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK, July 14, 2004

Phishing

• New Phishing Technique Works on Multiple Browsers, Larry Seltzer, eWeek, July 19, 2004

• Script Injection Makes Phishing Harder to Catch, Matthew Broersma, eWeek, July 19, 2004

Spam

• How spammers bypass e-mail security, Bill Thorson, EETimes, July 19, 2004

• Too Many Lost Emails Leave us Unconnected, Ray Everett-Church, eSecurityPlanet, July 19, 2004

• Spam reveals its darker side, BBC News, July 14, 2004

• Global Net regulators aim to turn the tide on spam, John Blau, IDG News Service, InfoWorld, July 12, 2004

More Security Articles

• Report faults cyber-security, Jonathan Krim, MSNBC, July 23, 2004

• Don't forget the dial-up users, Guy Kewney, vnunet, July 22, 2004

• The weakest security link? It's you, Dawn Kawamoto, CNet News, July 22, 2004

• Parents 'under-estimate' net risks, BBC News, July 20, 2004

• The new face of cybercrime, Phillip Hallam-Baker, CNet News, July 20, 2004

• Deconstructing the spyware face-off, Declan McCullagh, CNet News, July 19, 2004

• Is another MSBlast attack on its way? Robert Vamosi, ZDNet, July 19, 2004

• Annoyances of the Computer World Article, Bryan McDaniel, OverclockersClub, July 13, 2004

• Unplugged and unprotected, Roger Hughlett, BizJournals, July 9, 2004

• Interact: Top 10 Mistakes in the Connected Home, Paul Thurrott, Connected Home Magazine, July 6, 2004

Security Newsletters That We Like

• Crypto-Gram Newsletter
• SANS NewsBites
• Scot's Newsletter