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LANDesk Makes Security Part of Network Management

I have learned that, yes, there is something worse than having all the users on your network download their own anti-spyware applications. Its that...

Spyware Spooks Users into Changing Online Habits

More that 90 percent of Internet users in the United States have altered their online behavior significantly to counter the threat of spyware programs,...

Zlib Security Flaw Exposes Swath of Programs

A serious security flaw has been identified in Zlib, a widely used data compression library. Fixes have begun to appear, but a large number...

Military Picks CA for Hefty Anti-Spyware Contract

Millions of U.S. military computers will be protected from spyware using software from Computer Associates, the company said Wednesday. The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded...

MS Ships Killbit Workaround for IE Security Hole

One week after confirming a code execution flaw in its flagship Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft has shipped a "killbit" package to disable the affected...

Microsoft-Claria Rumors Could Be an Inside Job

There is there a battle going on inside Microsoft over the possible acquisition of Claria, the worlds largest spyware company. Thats one of the lines...

Law and Order on the Internet

Of the many discouraging aspects of computer security, one of the worst is that offenders are rarely punished at all, let alone seriously. I...

Todays Hackers Code for Cash, Not Chaos

As volunteer director of the SANS Institutes Internet Storm Center, Marcus Sachs has an eagle-eyed view of Internet security, tracking cyber-threats in real time...

C3 Show Sees Search for Simple Security

Chasing down viruses and building better spam filters are worthwhile pursuits. But computer security vendors can also make a mark for themselves by figuring...

What Are These Guys Thinking?

Sometimes, the people you expect to be competent at what they do confound you big time. The latest example of this involves a purveyor...