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Security Patch Watch: Apple Plugs Mac OS X Java Holes

Apple Computer Inc. late Tuesday posted a Java security update for Mac OS X to plug five vulnerabilities that could cause system hijack, security...

Teen Sentenced in Hilton Phone-Hacking Case

A Massachusetts teenager pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston for a string of hacking crimes reported to include the February compromise of online...

The Software Practices Police Squad

Lets hope its more Jack Webb than Leslie Neilson.I used to think that the whole category of anti-spyware software was redundant because the established...

Microsoft Reissues Windows 2000 Update Rollup

Microsoft on Tuesday reissued the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Update Rollup to correct a range of embarrassing glitches haunting users of the enterprise-facing...

Lessons Learned from a Teenage Hacker

When the fire alarms are not sounding and calling us to immediate reactive action, security pros need to be kicking back a bit and...

Postini Polices IM Perimeters

Amid growing security concerns around instant messaging, e-mail security vendor Postini Inc. this week will extend its hosted security service to include IM. Similar to...

Pings & Packets from eWEEK Labs – 32

SecurePrint Keeps Print Jobs PrivateThe corporate world is rife with examples of someone sending a print job containing highly sensitive data, such as salary...

Latest Sybase ASE Grows Up

Sybase Inc. is preparing its flagship Adaptive Server Enterprise database to help customers meet security and privacy demands and deal with data volume growth,...

DHS Progress Proves Elusive

In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President Bush commissioned a sweeping plan to secure the nations cyber-assets. At the time,...

The Burden of Protection

As machines evolve, they put more effort into protecting themselves against their users, not always to the individual users satisfaction. But the measures are...