Dennis Fisher

SEATTLE—The dominance of Windows in the marketplace continues to represent a threat to the safety and security of the Internet and is a problem that must be addressed at the highest levels of government, a noted security researcher said in his keynote speech at the Black Hat Windows conference here Thursday. Dan Geer, one of […]

While the outbreak last week of the Bagle.A virus was one of the least troublesome in recent memory, security experts worry that the virus—following in the infamous footsteps of 2003s SoBig worms—is a harbinger of more-sophisticated attacks to come. Many in the security community say the SoBig family—and possibly Bagle.A—are the work of an organized […]

NetForensics Inc. is putting the finishing touches on a new security strategy and product that company executives said will help clear up some of the confusion about security information management. NetForensics was a pioneer of the SIM industry and was among the first vendors to articulate the idea of pulling together data from devices across […]

A fast-moving Windows worm known as MyDoom on Monday began spreading at a furious rate on the Internet. MyDoom arrives via e-mail and has a randomized senders address and subject line. The body of the message varies, but purports to be an error message, such as: “The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII and […]

Internet Security Systems Inc. has decided to dissolve its relationship with Nokia Corp., one of the companys oldest and most important partners. The partnership officially will end Feb. 1, although both companies already have informed their sales and marketing teams of the decision. Since 2000, ISS and Nokias Internet Communications division have sold and marketed […]

VeriSign Inc. last week took the first step toward establishing itself as a major player in the RFID world when it won the contract to operate the RFID equivalent of the Internets root-name servers. This is a familiar position for VeriSign, which runs several of the root DNS (Domain Name System) servers that house the […]

While most security vendors continue to develop products that harden the network perimeter, two companies are introducing solutions designed to protect the vulnerabilities inside enterprise networks. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and Ingrian Networks Inc. are each taking steps to solve the problem of internal threats—data misuse and abuse from employees, partners, customers and other […]

Network Associates Inc. has laid off an undisclosed number of people from its Sniffer business unit and has outsourced a number of those jobs to India, a company spokesperson confirmed Friday. The layoffs, which happened within the last two weeks, come at a time when the company is in the middle of an effort to […]

Internet Security Systems Inc. on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Cobion AG, a German content-security vendor whose technology ISS plans to build into its Proventia line of appliances. The acquisition is meant to round out ISS lineup of security products, which until now has consisted of vulnerability assessment and intrusion detection solutions for the most […]

The recent flurry of acquisitions may be just the opening rumbles of a major shake-up that could change the face of the security industry this year. The market has been growing at a steady rate for several years, during which time there also has been a tremendous amount of innovation in products and services. But […]

As the Department of Homeland Security works to iron out wrinkles in its new biometrics-based, border-entry program, experts familiar with the technology and the governments efforts are raising questions about the projects viability. The program, known as United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US VISIT) and announced last week, is designed to give […]

A new Trojan horse program appeared on the Internet Friday, and security experts are worried that its disguise will help it infect a large number of computers rather quickly. Known variously as Xombe and Downloader, the program is attached to an e-mail that purports to come from Microsoft Corp. and supposedly delivers security updates to […]