IBM's ISS blasts security rival Trend Micro over bugs

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November 12, 2008, 04:08 PM —  Computerworld — 

In an unusual move, a security company owned by IBM has publicly blasted a rival for not patching reported bugs in its enterprise-grade, server-side antivirus software.

On Monday, David Dewey, a researcher with IBM Corp.'s Internet Security Systems, explained why his company had released several advisories that covered multiple vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Inc.'s ServerProtect software, even though according to IBM, Trend has not fixed the flaws.

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ServerProtect "vulnerabilities"

Trend has been telling their customers for at least two years to ditch the ServerProtect product and install OfficeScan on servers. Any administrator still using ServerProtect should have their head examined. Does Trend even still support ServerProtect?
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann

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