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Companies Partner for Wireless Filtering

Nortel Networks Inc. and Internet security specialist Websense Inc. are partnering to develop a new technology aimed at protecting mobile handset users from emerging...

Skype Patches High-Risk Security Holes

Multiple security flaws in the popular Skype voice chat application could put millions of users at risk of computer takeover attacks, the company acknowledged...

Decru Launches Fibre Channel and SCSI Security Appliances

With new storage security appliances aimed at Fibre Channel and SCSI backup, Decru is making headway in its effort to create an enterprise-wide security...

Getting Started as a Big-Time Security Whiz

Since my e-mail address gets put at the end of many of the things that I write, I (understandably) receive e-mails from people. Some...

Windows OneCare Refresh Adds MSN Messenger Scanning

Microsoft Corp. plans to roll out a minor refresh of its Windows OneCare PC security bundle to add new features for file scanning and...

DNS Survey Finds Widespread Vulnerability

In a security survey of some 1.3 million DNS servers, an Internet measurement firm found that as many as 84 percent of those servers...

Feds Look to Tighten Online Banking Rules

The usual suspects were at work last week in the security arena: Microsoft issued massive patches; Snort has a problem that can be triggered...

No Mercy To Sploggers

"Splogging" hit the front pages recently due to a complete breakdown in control at Googles BlogSpot service. Always looking for a new way to...

Symantecs Growth Calls for Unity, Simplicity

There is no doubt that Symantec Corp.s top goal is merging its security products with the storage management products it recently acquired due to...

Symantec Secures Its Future

Symantec Corp.s recent acquisitions of WholeSecurity Inc. and Sygate Inc. were seen as nice, complementary purchases for the security giant, but Symantec has ambitious...