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StealthText, Should You Choose to Accept It

A UK company has brought to life the self-destructing messages of Mission Impossible. Staellium UK Ltd. has introduced StealthText, a service available via SMS (Short...

New Software Protects Wi-Fi Hardware

While Wi-Fi hardware makers now consider security features par for the course in their products, third-party wireless security companies are still coming up with...

Drug Wars Lesson to Cyber-Crime Fighters

Its perhaps an overhyped claim that cyber-crime is more lucrative than illicit drugs, as supposedly became the case last year according to an adviser...

Vulnerability Assessment Tool Filters False Positives

All vulnerability assessment tools initially create large numbers of false positives. Making the situation worse, its nearly impossible to correctly detect patch levels and...

StillSecure Vulnerability Tool Offers In-Depth Reports

Latis Networks Inc. has added vastly improved reporting capabilities to its StillSecure VAM 5.3, beefing up an already-capable network-based vulnerability assessment and management tool.Click...

Sony DRM Woes Continue

While I have had my fill of Sony DRM and all the screaming that has gone on around it (though it still gives me...

Intel Researchers Sneak Up on Rootkits

Intel Corp.s researchers are working to outwit cyber attackers, including those employing stealthy rootkits. The chip makers Communications Technology Lab, in a project called System...

Readers Respond: System Lockdown Hits Nerve

eWEEK Labs recent feature on the benefits (and complexities) of locking down Windows systems elicited many reader responses ("Lock out Problems," Nov. 28). Most...

Collaboration Requires Foundation

The decoding of the Sober worm, as I noted last week on the Inside eWEEK Labs blog, is all the demonstration anyone should need...

SANS Will Start College for IT Security

The SANS Institute has been granted approval by the State of Maryland to create a college and plans to begin accepting candidates for Masters...