Morgan Stanley $1.45B Judgment Points to E-Mail Peril, eWeek.com, 20 May 2005

“Banks and broker-dealers are obliged to retain e-mail and instant messaging documents for three years under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. But similar requirements will apply to all public companies from July 2006 under the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform measures.�

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1818601,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

Yahoo! chat bug gives scope for mischief, Register, 20 May 2005

“Security researchers have discovered a denial of service vulnerability involving Yahoo!'s popular instant messaging client. Hackers can potentially disconnect users from chat sessions by sending malformed packets to Yahoo! Messenger servers.�

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/yahoo_im_bug/

Can Microsoft Reshape the Anti-Virus Market?, eWeek.com, 20 May 2005

“Microsoft's massive presence in the anti-virus space may be bad news for vendors leading the market… Even without Microsoft, Crutchfield said the market today is very competitive and noted that current pricing levels have remained steady… Microsoft forcing competitors to offer spyware protection without charging extra, the additional investment that goes into spyware detection means that businesses must pay extra.�

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1818583,00.asp

Underground showdown: defacers take on phishers, Register, 22 May 2005

“Groups fighting against online criminals intent on phishing have gained allies from another species of underground miscreant: website defacers. The do-good defacements are still rare incidents, but could gain steam as phishing fraud continues to rise and the online scam artists become more organized and professional.�

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/22/defacers_take_on_phishers_in_underground_showdown/

Pingtel open source VoIP attacks Europe, Register, 22 May 2005

“Open source VoIP has been touted as bigger than Linux, and the competition is hotting up in Europe as one of the US pioneers crosses the Atlantic. Pingtel, sponsor of another major open source VoIP initiative, SIPfoundry, is making its debut in Europe. Pingtel is a commercial company which packages and sells products based on code from the SIPfoundry open source community.�

Full story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/22/pingtel_voip/