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TOP STORIES - February 3, 2009 • Larry Seltzer: How Do They Make All That Malware? • IBM: Security Industry Should Rethink Threat Rankings • Multiple Serious Vulnerabilities in OpenX Ad Server • Living in Fear of Your Legacy Platforms • Malware Makes Social Networks Less Sociable SPOTLIGHT eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: IE 8 RC 1 While IE 8 has some unique new features, most of the browser's features already are available in competing browsers. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Keep Your Network Conficker-Free • Microsoft Asks: Is SOA Myth or Money? • Walk-Through: Sun Microsystems JavaFX • 25 Years of Apple Macintosh FEATURED VIDEO eWEEK NewsBreak Google finally enables offline Gmail access; IT industry joins energy efficient push. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Images: Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac • Beware of Clickjacking • 'Super' Tech Ads • Sources: Layoffs to Continue at IBM IN THIS ISSUE Larry Seltzer: How Do They Make All That Malware? AV vendors are getting over 50,000 submissions of new malware per day now. How can the malware business be so productive? It turns out the numbers aren't really as big as all that. READ MORE >> IBM: Security Industry Should Rethink Threat Rankings With the number of Web-based threats and vulnerabilities growing, IBM X-Force is recommending that the security industry rethink how it ranks vulnerability threats--how easily an attack can be monetized and to what degree should be components of vulnerability scoring. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Citrix Deliver Your Windows Apps as an On-demand Service with Citrix XenApp With Citrix XenApp(TM), you can deliver 100 percent of your Windows(R)--based applications without even leaving the datacenter. Eliminate the need to install or manage applications on individual user devices, making application testing, management and support easier and far less expensive. Learn more now! ADVERTISEMENT Multiple Serious Vulnerabilities in OpenX Ad Server Fixes have been released by OpenX, but it's hard to see how so many problems could be fixed so quickly. READ MORE >> Living in Fear of Your Legacy Platforms Don't fall for the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" trap. It will break, sooner or later, and then where will you be? READ MORE >> Malware Makes Social Networks Less Sociable eWEEK takes a look at some of the latest security issues and high-profile attacks when it comes to Facebook and other social networking sites, as well as things to look for when you're cruising the Web. READ MORE >> 4 Steps to a Successful Windows Vista Migration Many organizations are contemplating or have started a Windows Vista migration. From the increased security to new features that enable employee productivity, there are a number of reasons for this adoption rate. But how do you start? DOWNLOAD NOW >> Virtualized Apps: The End of Application Deployments? Fast emerging as a solution of choice is a virtualized application delivery model, which delivers only an application's "interactive" components to the end user while the application itself, whether Windows-, Web- or UNIX-based, remains in the data center. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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