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NetDevices Streamlines Network Performance

Startup NetDevices Inc. late last month became the first vendor to release a multifunction communications device designed for centralized management, integrated functionality and high...

Securitys House of Credit Cards

The barrage of troubling enterprise security breaches continued last month when MasterCard International announced that a lapse on the part of its partner, CardSystems...

Symantec Completes Acquisition of Veritas

The merger of security software leader Symantec and Veritas, a force in the storage and backup sector, became official last week after months of...

Maybe They Should Call It MS Pro-Spyware

Theres a quick way for Microsoft to extract itself from the controversy over its anti-spyware program and its rumored plan to buy Claria, the...

Enterprises Must Think Strategically About Security

The single most common—and most damaging—error in IT security practice is the failure to approach it from a strategic perspective. IT security is a complex...

New E-Mail Authentication Spec Submitted to IETF

A group of leading technology companies that includes Microsoft Corp., IBM, Yahoo Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. has submitted a new e-mail authentication standard...

Famous Hacker Magazine Shuts Down

Phrack, the infamous online magazine published by underground hackers, is shutting down. The e-zine, notorious for publishing controversial security-themed articles on phreaking, reverse engineering, cryptography...

McAfee Shares Internal Web-Services Security Tool

Security firm McAfee is offering one of its internal tools to the enterprise community for free, with the aim of increasing Web services security...

Security Watch: Trojans by E-Mail, Acrobat Exploits and More

New Trojan AttackThe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team has received reports of an e-mail-based technique for spreading Trojan horse programs. Once opened, the...

Microsoft Irks Watchdogs with Claria Downgrade Explanation

Microsoft has broken its silence over the decision to downgrade the default recommendations in its Windows AntiSpyware product, insisting that "absolutely no exceptions" were...