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Hackers Step Up Attacks on IM Networks

Instead of the usual Internet browser or e-mail targets, hackers may be taking aim first at instant messaging networks. One security research outfit on...

Building Trust From the User On Up

The Trusted Computing Group announced its plans on Tuesday to "enable trust and security in mobile phones and their applications."The organization has created a...

Report: Air Traffic Systems Wide Open to Hacker Attacks

The nations air traffic control system is wide open to malicious hacker attacks because of "significant weaknesses" in the Federal Aviation Administrations network security...

Industry Lobbies Against Cyber-Security Mandates

As the Department of Homeland Security prepares to announce its first assistant secretary of cyber-security, lawmakers are growing increasingly vocal about the safety of...

Cisco Bolsters Network Defenses

Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced a host of new products and services that extend the companys Self-Defending Network security program and protect against...

Symantec Revamps Consumer Security Package

Security software maker Symantec released the latest versions of its consumer-oriented Norton applications set on Tuesday. As part of the launch of its 2006 products,...

Anti-Spyware Suits: New Era for Security Industry?

The legal battle against adware and spyware programs has taken a new turn with a pair of putative class action complaints against Direct Revenue...

Direct Revenue to Dump Affiliate Networks

Advertising software company Direct Revenue is severing its relationship with third party Web sites known as "affiliates," according to a company statement. Direct Revenue LLC...

SSH Claims for New Secure Shell Draw Open-Source Ire

SSH Communications Security Corp., a provider of enterprise security solutions and end-to-end communications security and the original developer of the Secure Shell protocol, announced...

MS Investigates New IE Security Hole

Users of Microsofts flagship Internet Explorer browser are sitting ducks for security bypass attacks, according to a warning from a private researcher. A spokesperson for...