Dennis Fisher

Administrators and security specialists hoping for a breather now that Blaster has faded and SoBig.F has expired may be in for a long weekend. The nature of the new vulnerabilities revealed yesterday in the RPC DCOM implementation in Windows is so similar to the one that Blaster exploits that security experts believe its only a […]

Nearly a month to the day after the Blaster worm began tearing through the Internet looking for machines vulnerable to the RPC DCOM exploit, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said that there are three newly identified flaws in the RPC protocol in Windows, two of which are quite similar to the one that Blaster attacks. The […]

A group of high-powered security experts and industry executives will be in Washington Wednesday, testifying before a Congressional committee looking into ways to bolster the nations defenses against threats such as worms and viruses. The hearing is focused on finding feasible solutions to the ever-worsening problem of e-mail viruses and self-propagating programs such as Blaster […]

Microsoft Corp., RSA Security Inc., eBay Inc., and several other technology companies and groups last week formed an 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 identity theft. 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]