Dennis Fisher

With the posting Wednesday of proof-of-concept exploit code for one of the newly discovered vulnerabilities in Windows, the familiar chain of events that often leads to the release of a worm has begun. The cycle began Tuesday when Microsoft Corp. released its monthly passel of patches, including one for a flaw in the Workstation service […]

A group of top security officers from some of the industrys largest companies announced Wednesday that they are banding together to form a new global security think tank. The Global CSO Council includes Howard Schmidt, chief information security officer at eBay Inc. and the former top cybersecurity adviser to the president; Mary Ann Davidson, CSO […]

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday issued patches for several severe security flaws in Windows, Internet Explorer, FrontPage Server Extensions and some Office applications, many of which allow for remote code execution. Hardest hit in this months batch of patches is IE, which contains five newly discovered vulnerabilities. Three of the flaws are related to the cross-domain […]

In the wake of Microsoft Corp.s establishment last week of a multimillion-dollar fund to help track down virus writers, many enterprise security managers and experts are saying the move is a red herring for the companys software. Microsoft announced it has set aside $5 million for a fund that seeks information leading to the arrest […]

3Com Corp. is the latest vendor to join the security appliance fray, announcing an OEM relationship with Crossbeam Systems Inc. The agreement enables 3Com to sell two of Crossbeams appliances—the C30 and the X45—under the 3Com name. In addition, the companies plan to jointly develop an appliance aimed at the lower end of the market. […]

Enterprises looking for a way to prevent security breaches from inside the network and to stop unauthorized use of company machines will have a new alternative soon when InfoExpress Inc. releases its CyberGatekeeper LAN software. The system is based on the premise that any action not expressly permitted under a companys security policy is malicious. […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced the creation of a $5 million fund to be used to reward people who turn over information leading to the conviction of virus writers. To kick off the program, Microsoft offered rewards of $250,000 each for information that leads to the arrest of the authors of two recent viruses, Blaster […]

As part of the further expansion of its nascent Security Business Unit, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday will announce the availability of Windows Rights Management Services, an add-on for Windows Server 2003 that is meant to help enterprises control the ways in which documents, e-mails and other information is used. RMS is related to technology that has […]

3Com Corp. this week became the latest vendor to join the security appliance fray, announcing an OEM relationship with Crossbeam Systems Inc. The agreement enables 3Com to sell two of Crossbeams appliances—the C30 and the X45—under the 3Com name. Also, the two companies plan to jointly develop a new appliance aimed at the lower end […]

Instead of developing technologies for buttressing the shaky security in some of the most widely used applications, a small but growing group of companies is turning to a new type of VPN for added security. Companies such as Neoteris Inc., Permeo Technologies Inc., Symantec Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are eschewing the use of traditional […]