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Microsoft is downplaying reports of malware exploiting the critical security hole it patched last week. On Oct. 23, the company released an emergency out-of-band patch for a vulnerability affecting the Server service. According to Microsoft, if the service receives a specially crafted RPC (remote procedure call) request, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability to run […]

IBM and Effigent are teaming to bring Tivoli data protection technology to Macs. Under an OEM agreement, Effigent has embedded IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files software in its new product, CDP4Mac. According to IBM, the deal is part of the company’s strategy to find new markets and sales channels for IBM software products […]

About a month after Ambuj Goyal stepped into the role of general manager of IBM Information Management in 2005, he articulated a vision of the company’s plans at an analyst forum in Boston. That vision is called Information On Demand, IBM’s answer to helping businesses better derive value out of their data. A marriage of […]

Sometimes it’s better to do things the old-fashioned way-at least partly. Perhaps that’s the lesson to be learned from a report released by Princeton University that outlines security concerns surrounding an electronic voting machine used in New Jersey. With the U.S. presidential election looming, the report states it is possible to hack the Sequoia AVC […]

IBM is continuing its push its effort to help businesses leverage their information with the release of several new products and services. The offerings are being unveiled in conjunction with the IBM Information On Demand conference held Oct. 26 to 31 in Las Vegas. The company has a number of announcements relating to its software […]

EMC’s RSA security division has some news about wireless security-and it’s not all that bad. Far from it as it turns out. In a snapshot of wireless networks in New York, Paris and London, RSA found that the vast majority of corporate access points in those cities are employing encryption. According to the findings, 97 […]

Click fraud may have dipped slightly of late, but botnets continue to be a driving force behind the activity. According to Click Forensics, traffic from botnets accounted for 27.6 percent of all click fraud traffic in the third quarter of 2008. The company found that the amount of click fraud traffic tied to botnets has […]

At a time of economic struggle, it is always good to find a silver lining. For IT administrators, that silver lining could very well be open-source databases. Business decision makers will be tasked to do more for less money, which may make open-source databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL an attractive option. However, it is […]

McAfee is taking another shot at network access control with a new module for its Network Security Platform and plans for a new appliance. The announcement, made at the company’s Focus security conference in Las Vegas, held Oct. 20 to 23, significantly broadens McAfee’s network security portfolio. The McAfee NAC Module for Network Security Platform […]

McAfee and Bit9 products tied the technological knot recently, providing another example of anti-malware vendors embracing whitelisting. Now certified by McAfee, Bit9’s whitelisting technology can be managed by McAfee ePO (ePolicy Orchestrator). Bit9 Parity for McAfee ePO allows McAfee customers to use application whitelisting to control unauthorized software and devices that run on their laptops, […]

With hackers at the door, Microsoft released a critical security fix for a remote code execution flaw in the Server service. The vulnerability is caused by the Server service failing to properly handle specifically crafted RPC (remote procedure call) requests. The Server service provides RPC support, file and print support, and named pipe sharing over […]

McAfee has announced a strategic alliance with HP ProCurve, Intel and VMware focusing on network, hardware and virtualization security. The partnerships were announced at McAfee’s Focus 2008 Security Conference in Las Vegas and cover a large swath of security issues. According to McAfee, the company will work with HP ProCurve to develop network security products. […]