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US web filtering company, 8e6 Technologies, has opened up for business in the UK, with its sights set on disaffected customers and resellers of SurfControl.
Cheshire-based SurfControl was acquired last October by its rival Websense, which pledged to... More... Feb 1, 2008
More than a dozen professional bodies have come together to raise security awareness among business, consumers and Government. They say it will provide a coordinated programme to tackle a problem that underlies some of the most serious recent... More... Feb 12, 2008
The voicemail was from someone at my bank asking me to call to discuss a "problem with one of your accounts." My mind raced. Had I gone into the red with am extravagant purchase? Had I exceeded my credit limit?
Or was the call really from my bank? Was it a scammer... More... May 19, 2008
Secure Computing Corp. announced Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire messaging security firm CipherTrust Inc. for a total price tag of $273.6 million. John McNulty, chairman, president and CEO of Secure Computing, a San Jose-Calif... More... Jul 12, 2006
Mozilla promises big security strides in the upcoming release of Firefox 3, including access to a Google's database of malware-laced Web sites and a warning system that will alert users who are about to visit them. IT security professionals who have... More... Dec 11, 2007
An input validation error in Mozilla Firefox can be exploited on Microsoft Windows computers that contain the latest version of Internet Explorer. Once successfully exploited an attacker can gain access to the machine. The flaw was discovered by... More... Jul 26, 2007
The Mozilla Foundation addressed several critical security flaws Wednesday with the release of new versions of its Firefox Web browser, Thunderbird email client and SeaMonkey all-in-one Internet application suite.
Of the 13 flaws addressed, eight... More... Jul 27, 2006
Adobe Systems Inc. has released an update that fixes critical flaws in its popular .pdf viewer that came to light last week, as well as additional flaws reported in recent days.
The update fixes a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in versions 7.0.8 and earlier of... More... Jan 11, 2007
Just days after releasing its monthly patch update, Microsoft warned Thursday of a new Internet Explorer flaw attackers could exploit to crash machines or take them over. "Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability [that] may... More... Sep 15, 2006
How sure are you that your staff is not visiting infected websites, and that your current defences are keeping out all malware?
Security company Finjan Inc. says your defences are probably not up to scratch and is prepared to prove it -- for free. Any company... More... Nov 14, 2008
A new certification programme launched by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium ((ISC)2) this week aims to make security a higher priority among software developers, and to ensure that security is incorporated...
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Sep 24, 2008
Jay White had no trouble understanding everything that would be required under the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). As global information protection architect for Chevron, he has long dealt with the demands of regulatory... More... Oct 3, 2007
DDOS attacks and other network threats, such as rapid propagation worms, pose a constant threat to any organisation trying to use the Internet. The rise of huge botnets has only increased the dangers and made it harder to defend against the attacks that...
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Apr 17, 2008
A government-funded body has laid out a battle plan to try to force an improvement in the way software is written, and recommends the formation of a new entity to raise security awareness among developers.
The Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network... More... Jun 24, 2008
A Windows expert warned Thursday that the repair feature in Windows XP was knocked out of alignment when Microsoft silently deployed a batch of new support files for Windows Update (WU) in July and August. As a result, those who rely on XP's repair function... More... Sep 27, 2007
With all the different distributions of Linux available -- many for free -- what distinguishes one over another? Most have the same set of standard bells and whistles. A few have support options that might be appealing for enterprise-level deployments.
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Though mobile malware has been circulating for more than three years, Mikko Hypponen has seen no evidence of phones being targeted for the type of profit-motivated attacks PC users have suffered at the hands of botnets, rootkits and self-spreading... More... Aug 10, 2007
It wouldn't do justice to say that the IT staff at West Edmonton Mall have their hands full. The mall, all 5 million square feet of it, is a mix of public and corporate networks converging over the same infrastructure. Throw wireless into the mix, and things can... More... May 15, 2006
EMC Corp. said Monday it has acquired Verid Inc., a Sunrise, Fla.-based security vendor specializing in identity management and authentication technology. Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC said Verid has clients that include large financial institutions... More... Jun 4, 2007
Start up security vendor, Mu Security, is dead set on stopping network attacks before they have a chance to get started. The company announced the Mu-4000 Security Analyzer, an appliance that uses a systematic and repeatable process to identify unknown... More... Apr 6, 2006
Intel Corp. has disclosed three security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows drivers and applications for its Centrino-based Intel PRO/Wireless Network Connection hardware. Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary...
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Aug 2, 2006
ARLINGTON, Va. -- According to a network access control expert, NAC implementations are often more difficult than they need to be because companies don't have a good understanding of their networks, in turn opening the door for opportunistic attackers.
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Roughly $19 billion was spent on routers and switches last year as companies continued to upgrade their infrastructures. And the market for routers and switches is positioned to reach nearly $25 billion by 2009, according to a pair of recent studies by... More... Feb 23, 2006
Attackers could exploit flaws in a variety of F-Secure Corp. products to escape detection, cause a denial of service or launch malicious code, the Finnish AV vendor said in an advisory Thursday. But fixes are available. "Specially crafted .zip archives may... More... Jan 19, 2006
A correction was made to this story. See below for details. Despite investing in a variety of security technologies, enterprises continue to suffer network attacks at the hands of malware writers and inside operatives, according to an FBI report... More... Jan 11, 2006
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