Dennis Fisher

Passlogix Inc. Is rolling out the newest version of its v-GO Single Sign-On offering, which now has a much smaller memory footprint and is designed to work in any environment regardless of the mix of platforms and applications. The v-GO SSO 4.0 solution supports single sign-on across Windows, Web, Unix, custom and hosted applications. The […]

So youve started to resent all of the long hours youre putting into writing code, locking down servers and desktops, tuning that cranky intrusion detection system, and scrambling to find the user whose machine is infected with the latest virus. Well, dont worry, there are still people working harder than you: the crackers. Writing viruses […]

The enterprise anti-virus market is on the verge of a major shake-up, as Symantec Corp. and Computer Associates International Inc., two of the industrys largest players, are set to introduce significant new products and perhaps permanently shift the balance of power in the anti-virus industry. The result: a bigger variety of more robust anti-virus options […]

Trend Micro Inc. on Monday announced a new gateway anti-virus product designed specifically to stop viruses coming in through Web traffic. InterScan Web Security Suite inspects HTTP and FTP traffic and is meant for the high-end enterprise market, where speed and performance are major considerations. The new offering from Trend Micro is aimed at eliminating […]

Like Ben and J. Lo, the SoBig.F virus long ago overstayed its welcome and seems to be intent on hanging around to annoy as many people as possible. But, unlike Bennifer, the virus mercifully is set to expire on Wednesday, providing worm-weary administrators and users with a bit of relief. The original SoBig virus appeared […]

Anti-virus experts are watching a new Windows virus that popped up in a few mailboxes Thursday and tries to entice gullible users with references to the upcoming anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Known alternately as Neroma or the 911 virus, the new piece of malware is considered a low risk as it doesnt […]

Microsoft Corp., RSA Security Inc., eBay Inc. and several other technology companies and groups have joined together to form a new organization to fight online identity theft. Known as the Coalition on Online Identity Theft, the nascent group plans to use a four-part strategy to help consumers and businesses counter the growing problem of online […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday issued a patch for a critical vulnerability in its Visual Basic for Applications SDK, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable server. The weakness exists in the way that VBA looks at the properties of documents passed to it when the document is opened by a […]

Passlogix Inc. this week plans to announce the newest version of its v-GO single sign-on offering, which now has a much smaller memory footprint and is designed to work in any environment, regardless of what mix of platforms and applications are in place. The v-GO SSO 4.0 solution now supports single sign-on across Windows, Web, […]

Symantec Corp. last week announced that the next version of Norton AntiVirus will include technology to protect against rogue applications such as keystroke loggers and spyware. Even as viruses such as SoBig and others rampage across the Internet and infect machines almost at will, emerging threats, including spyware, Trojans and others, are becoming more prevalent […]

Cryptographic hardware provider nCipher plc. is developing an application that promises to remove a major stumbling block for organizations looking to implement a PKI by automating the onerous process of moving encryption keys among devices. One drawback of public-key infrastructure cryptosystems, such as those used in e-commerce applications and other online transactions, has been that […]

In battling worms such as Bagle and MyDoom, users are growing frustrated a lack of tools and help from software vendors, leading some administrators to take innovative steps to keep their networks from being crippled on a weekly basis. MyDoom.O hit earlier this week and quickly began clogging corporate networks with millions of infected e-mail […]