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AIM Worm Mimics Talking IM Bots

A new malicious worm squirming through America Online Inc.s AIM network has the ability to carry on an instant messaging conversation with potential victims. Researchers...

e-Security, Cisco Partner on Application Security

e-Security Inc. plans to announce a deal Thursday that will join its security information management technology with application security hardware from Cisco Systems Inc. The...

Microsoft: Stealth Rootkits Are Bombarding XP SP2 Boxes

More than 20 percent of all malware removed from Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) systems are stealth rootkits, according to senior official in...

Phishers Slip Through Web Loopholes

Despite the continued efforts of researchers, security providers and online businesses to discourage phishing schemes and shut down related Web sites, some criminals are...

MCI Launches Network Security Service

MCI Inc. Monday launched the NetSec Security Risk Management Service, a repackaging and automation of a number of security offerings the company has delivered...

Google Desktop Tweaked to Avoid IE Flaw

Google Inc. has made an "adjustment" to its Google Desktop application to protect users from an unpatched design flaw in Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer...

Quantums New Security Framework Protects Tape

Shifting storage network defenses toward an access control model capable of securing stand-alone tape drives, tape cartridges, tape automation and disk-based backup systems, Quantum...

Is a New Vulnerability the Tip of the Perl Iceberg?

Last week a serious vulnerability was revealed to relatively little attention from the press, or even from security circles. I think its a real...

eEye Has Its Eye on the Enterprise

eEye digital security is hoping that a new version of its REM Security Management Console and increasing demand for network access control and risk...

Juniper, Symantec to Take on Malware

Networking gear maker Juniper Networks Inc. and Symantec Corp. are teaming up to put malicious-code detection software on Secure Sockets Layer VPN appliances. Juniper plans...