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    A matter of trust

    Posted April 4, 2005 - 9:36 am

    With rampant viruses, spyware and worms on the loose, customers must truly trust a technology vendor before downloading its software to their PCs. To strengthen that confidence and improve customer interactions at one of its websites, Intel teamed up with the MIT Sloan Center for eBusiness and Sloan School of Management professor Glen L. Urban, who specializes in trust-based marketing on the Internet.

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    New bugs found in Outlook, Internet Explorer

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 4:22 pm

    Microsoft Corp. is investigating a new set of potentially serious security flaws in Internet Explorer and Outlook reported by security company eEye Digital Security Inc., the software maker said Friday.

  • March's bug story: Old worms maintain grip, work phishing up

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 12:37 pm

    The Zafi.d worm took top honors on the March list of Top 10 worms and viruses released by security vendor Sophos, which said older worms continue to dominate the list because users fail to update their anti-virus software and newer worms just aren't as fierce as the old guard.

  • Bug hunter gets bounty from Mozilla

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 12:36 pm

    A security researcher garnered $2,500 from The Mozilla Organization for his due diligence in uncovering bugs in the group's Firefox open-source browser. The payment was part of Mozilla's ongoing "bug bounty program," which pays $500 per unknown flaw discovered.

  • DNS poisoning dangers continue

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 11:52 am

    DNS poisoning attacks are not new. They have been around for quite some time now. In the last few months, though, attackers have been combining DNS poison attempts with phishing and stolen web identities as leverage. This additional weapon in the scam artist's arsenal has proven to be effective and dangerous to the consumer. Using such tools for identity theft schemes and other rip offs is becoming more likely with each passing day.

  • Phishing, e-mail security top IT concerns

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 11:51 am

    While over half the respondents to a survey on email security say they view phishing as a security concern, only four percent consider it the most dangerous threat. But at least one CIO says companies underestimate the risks associated with phishing, viewing it more as an individual user issue rather than a corporate issue.

  • MailFrontier survey finds enterprise phishing soaring at disturbing rates...

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 11:50 am

    The complexity of managing email security is driving many companies to consolidate their email security efforts, according to the results of a study by a MailFrontier Inc., an email hygeine products vendor.

  • CoolWebSearch, dubbed adware's 'Ebola,' tops spyware threat list

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 11:50 am

    CoolWebSearch, Gator/GAIN and 180search Assistant rank as the top three adware/spyware threats, according to a Top 10 list released by antispyware software firm Webroot,

  • Microsoft releases major Windows Server 2003 update

    Posted April 1, 2005 - 11:48 am

    Microsoft has released the first service pack for Windows Server 2003. The software update features security fixes and enhancements in overall performance and reliability, the company said.

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    Ensuring the security of stored data

    Posted March 31, 2005 - 12:50 pm

    A good security strategy not only protects against attacks, but also safeguards corporate data residing behind firewalls -- on network servers, desktops, even laptops. While CIOs put stringent strategies in place to patch operating systems and secure the perimeters of the network, many often unknowingly leave the data inside vulnerable.

  • One company's fight against spyware

    Posted March 30, 2005 - 1:37 pm

    The IS manager at Groople Inc., a group travel company, explains in this Q&A how he and his staff are grappling with spyware.

  • PC Tools upgrades anti-spyware with improved keylogger protection

    Posted March 30, 2005 - 1:36 pm

    Software maker PC Tools is updating its Spyware Doctor anti-spyware package with stronger protection against keyloggers, real-time spyware blocking capabilities and other new features.

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    MessageLabs launches encryption service

    Posted March 30, 2005 - 12:40 pm

    A new service from e-mail security vendor MessageLabs Inc. uses encryption to protect e-mail sent between business partners over the Internet, the company announced Wednesday.

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    Europeans worry about online banking security

    Posted March 30, 2005 - 11:05 am

    Phishing, keystroke logging and other types of scams are increasingly worrying users of online banking services in Europe while scaring others away, according to a report issued Tuesday from Forrester Research Inc.

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    Phishing attacks rose slightly in February, says group

    Posted March 29, 2005 - 10:01 am

    The number of phishing attacks grew slightly during February, and there was also increased malicious software use, a group that monitors attempts at online identity theft said on Tuesday.

  • All the rage: Security spending not a solution to problems

    Posted March 29, 2005 - 2:53 am

    While overall IT budgets will increase by an average of only 2.5 percent in 2005, spending on IT security will swell by an average of 15 percent, according to 1,300 CIOs polled by IT market research firm Gartner.

  • Thief swipes more than a laptop

    Posted March 29, 2005 - 2:52 am

    A laptop computer containing the names and Social Security numbers of nearly 100,000 alumni, grad students and others at the University of California at Berkeley was stolen from a restricted area on campus on March 11, university officials have announced. The birth dates and addresses of about one-third of the people listed, which also included past applicants to the school, were also stored on the computer.

  • Microsoft said to have new security plans

    Posted March 29, 2005 - 2:51 am

    Microsoft officials have outlined plans to incorporate a personal data repository into Longhorn that would make use of encrypted "Info-cards" that users can set up with their names, credit card numbers and other information to enhance security when completing online transactions.

  • Oracle adds security firm to shopping basket

    Posted March 29, 2005 - 2:50 am

    Oracle Corp. continued its acquisition spree this week with the purchase of identity management software developer Oblix.

  • 802.11i secures wireless LANs

    Posted March 29, 2005 - 2:50 am

    The new 802.11i standard for wireless LAN security, finalized by the IEEE late last year, promises to ensure WiFi data privacy by using new encryption algorithms. This article explains the technical nitty-gritty behind it.

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    Company backs off bounty for Mac OS X virus

    Posted March 28, 2005 - 2:45 pm

    A company that offered $25,000 for the first virus that automatically spreads among Apple Computer Inc. computers running the OS X operating system cancelled the virus writing contest and retracted the offer of cash, citing concerns about legal liability.

  • Phishers target Yahoo Messenger

    Posted March 28, 2005 - 1:46 pm

    Yahoo Messenger users are being targeted by a phishing attack that lures them into giving up their Yahoo log-in information, thus giving the perpetrators access to the information stored in their Yahoo accounts, security firms Akonix and IMlogic announced.

  • CA prepares total protection for SMBs

    Posted March 28, 2005 - 1:45 pm

    Computer Associates plans this summer to release an integrated suite of security, storage and IT management products, dubbed the Total Protection Suite, aimed at the SMB customer.

  • ID management not fulfilling security promise

    Posted March 28, 2005 - 1:30 pm

    Companies that have adopted identity management solutions as part of their overall security strategy will need to be patient about the return on investment (ROI), according to a recent survey, which found that 56 percent of security solution providers believe it takes more than six months to see a measurable ROI.

  • Legal threat stops flaw info release

    Posted March 28, 2005 - 1:29 pm

    In a move that has drawn sharp criticism from the security community, Sybase Inc. has threatened to sue a U.K. security researcher that found eight vulnerabilities in the vendor's database software if the researcher discloses details about the flaws, a customary practice.

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