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Microsoft Cancels Patch Release for September

There wont be a Patch Day this month after all. Microsoft has cancelled plans to roll out a solitary bulletin with patches for a...

ClickToSecure Tightens IRIS App

Document management company IRIS Group—concerned about growing risks from online attacks and the negative impact an intrusion into its products could have on clients...

Symantecs Schwarz Discusses Move to Business Objects

Symantec Corp. president John Schwarzs decision last week to jump ship and become CEO of Business Objects S.A. marked the end of a long,...

Typosquatters Target Anti-Virus Vendors

Internet typosquatters are registering misspelled domains of anti-virus vendors and making money by redirecting surfers with Googles AdSense pay-per-click program. The startling discovery was made...

Analysts: Microsofts Latest Move into Identity Management Could Signal Smart-Card Renaissance

Analysts said Microsoft Corp.s Monday acquisition of a public-key identity management developer may herald an upsurge in the use of smart cards by enterprises...

Startups Rush to Fill Network Access Control Void

Not too long ago, NAC meant one thing: Cisco Systems Inc.s Network Admission Control technology. No longer. With Cisco moving slowly to introduce NAC (network...

Microsoft: Software Security Trendsetter?

Buoyed by the success of an internal blueprint used to cut down on security vulnerabilities in Internet-facing software products, Microsoft Corp. is preaching the...

Firefox Spring Leaks Too

It is Tom Ferris turn to receive the BigDiscovery Award for this week. He was the one that found out that Firefox (and Netscape...

New Worm Spoofs Google

Security researchers at Panda Software say they have discovered a new worm that generates a spoofed version of Google, the Webs most popular search...

Imagine Widespread Anti-Phishing Use

Jaded old jerks like me who are skeptical of everything dont need anti-phishing software. I dont trust anyone, let alone some vendor sending me...