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Readers Respond: 97 Percent Solution Fills the Bill

In response to Jim Rapozas Feb. 20 column, "97 Percent Solution Fills the Bill for SAAS" (Tech Directions), I often wonder if the squealing...

eEye Flags More iTunes, QuickTime Flaws

Security flaws in Apples popular digital media products are beginning to add up. Researchers at eEye Digital Security have pinpointed two high-risk vulnerabilities in iTunes...

CME Malware Naming System Never Had a Chance

Do you remember the Common Malware Enumeration Initiative? I wrote about it skeptically several months ago and was recently reminded of it by an...

CeBIT Sees a Product Evolution

Despite a few potentially dramatic moments—the missed surprise regarding Microsofts Origami project in which the suspense was broken by Intel comes to mind—this years...

VM Rootkits: The Next Big Threat?

Lab rats at Microsoft Research and the University of Michigan have teamed up to create prototypes for virtual machine-based rootkits that significantly push the...

Critical Microsoft Office Patch on Tap

Microsoft plans to ship two security bulletins on March 14 with patches for potentially serious vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Office and Windows product lines.As...

McAfee Rebuilds with New Security Team

Less than two months after the losing its president, Gene Hodges, to rival Websense, security vendor McAfee is reshaping its management team with the...

Debit Card Fraud Tied to OfficeMax Breach

Debit card fraud that has affected customers at a number of credit unions in central Massachusetts is linked to transactions at office supply retailer...

Debit Card Compromise Spreads to Massachusetts

Credit unions in central Massachusetts reported a rash of fraudulent debit card transactions March 8 in what appears to be a widening scandal involving...

Symantec Pulls Plug on L0phtCrack

Symantec has quietly pulled the plug on sales of L0phtCrack, the venerable password auditing and recovery application. The decision to discontinue support for L0phtCrack, also...