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IBM, Red Hat, TCS Team to Deliver Secure Linux

Security vendor Trusted Computer Solutions, Red Hat and IBM announced Tuesday that the trio of companies would be trying to get the next version...

Zero-Day Exploit Exposes RealPlayer Users to Attack

An independent security researcher on Tuesday posted an advisory—with zero-day exploit code—for a potentially dangerous security hole in media players marketed by RealNetworks Inc. The...

Agencies Under Fire for Disaster Recovery Plans

Comparing the potential effect of a cyber-disaster to the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, lawmakers have called on the Department of Homeland Security and commercial...

Firewalls Prove Too Friendly

Check Point Software makes firewalls. But their new "SecurePlatform NGX R60 Build 244" seems to have a problem. (The company says that it also...

Class Action Suits Arent the Best Way to Challenge Spyware

Its America, so it was inevitable. Adware and spyware vendors have ended up in court, and the plaintiffs are seeking class certification.It started several...

Readers Respond: What Is Reverse Engineering?

In regard to Jim Rapozas Sept. 5 Tech Directions column on reverse engineering ("What Is Reverse Engineering?"), its almost impossible to have your cake...

Supply Chain Security Poses Opportunities, Obstacles

With hurricanes and transit bombings top-of-mind, vendors at this weeks Maritime Security Conference talked up supply chain security technologies, while customers pointed to implementation...

Symantecs ISTR Makes Some Good Points

Even though Symantec has a vested interest in painting as bleak a security picture as possible, its latest Internet Security Threat Report does a...

CyberSource to Take Over CardSystems

In what might signal the closing chapter in the CardSystem credit-card security breach saga, CyberSource Friday announced its intent to acquire all of CardSystems...

Apple Swats Mac OS X Security Bugs

Apple Computer Inc. on Friday posted a security update to correct 10 security flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, warning that the...