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Symantec Service Rates Threats for Consumers

Symantec unveiled on Feb. 28 a free service to warn home computer users about risks spreading over e-mail, the Web, file sharing and instant...

Stop Security Leaks Before They Start

Microsoft would like to sell you a total security platform including the access control, tokens and scanning software intended to make your system hacker-...

Open-Source Higgins Project Takes on Microsofts InfoCard

IBM, Harvard Law Schools Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Novell and Parity Communications on Feb. 27 announced that they are contributing code to...

Insecurity Marks Security Forum

There was a palpable sense of anxiety among attendees and exhibitors at the RSA Conference earlier this month, and not just because the show...

IBMs Tivoli Simplifies Systems Management for SMBs

IBMs Tivoli unit late the week of Feb. 20 added four new management products to IBMs Express line of offerings for SMBs. The four products,...

Trend Micro Pursues Expansion

Trend Micro is gearing up for a major product expansion this year that will introduce hardware, software and services that will move the company...

Adobe Fixes Shockwave Code Execution Flaw

A security flaw in Adobe Systems Macromedia Shockwave Installer could put millions of PC users at risk of code execution attacks, the company warned...

Encryption: How to Save Privacy, Businesses and Borders

There are a lot of people the U.S. government doesnt want to let into the country.The problem is, how does the government compare notes...

Can Vista Save Enterprises from Themselves?

During the announcement of the enterprise Community Technology Preview of Windows Vista Feb. 22, I was struck when the Microsoft rep said that, according...

Experts Say Its Time to Write Secure Code

The term "software security" usually conjures images of aftermarket measures like intrusion detection, anti-virus and firewalls. Gary McGraw is on a mission to change that. What...