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Shadow Walker Pushes Envelope for Stealth Rootkits

LAS VEGAS—Just when anti-virus vendors think they have a bead on the threat from stealth rootkits, along comes word that a pair of researchers...

Gates Touts Advances in Security Tools

REDMOND, Wash.—Security remains one of the biggest concerns for Microsoft over the coming year and beyond. Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates and...

Cisco Is Shooting Itself in the Foot

Im not sure who Cisco is trying to impress with its attempt to silence Michael Lynns revelation of holes in its Internetwork Operating System....

Cisco Tries to Quash Vulnerability Talk at Black Hat

A discussion of vulnerability in Cisco Systems Inc.s IOS provoked controversy at this years Black Hat Briefings conference in Las Vegas, after the San...

Cisco Files Suit to Gag Researcher, Security Conference

Cisco Systems and Internet Security Systems have asked a U.S. District Court to issue a restraining order against a former ISS researcher and Black...

Cyber-Crime Treaty Advances, Sparking Debate

Members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a treaty addressing cyber-crime, prompting criticism from civil liberties groups that...

Security Hole in SAP R/3 Could Expose Sensitive Data

A security flaw has been discovered in the Internet Graphics Server application in SAP R/3 that could allow unauthenticated access to files. Security alerts aggregator...

Black Hat Confab to Spotlight Database Security

LAS VEGAS—Rootkits. Zero-day exploits. Social engineering. Encryption cracking. Cryptography. File format fuzzing. Kernel exploitation. These are just some of the buzzwords making the rounds at...

Netscape Patch Fixes Two Critical Flaws

Netscape released a patch Monday designed to fix two "critical" security flaws in its browser, and another patch will soon follow to fix "a...

CA Acquires Anti-spam Vendor Qurb

One month after it announced the acquisition of firewall maker Tiny Software Inc., Computer Associates International Inc. scooped up another small security company: anti-spam...