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Are Biometrics the Answer to the Password Problem?

Over the years Ive tried to get better at my use of passwords, especially since Im supposed to tell other people how to manage...

Browser Flaws Spoil Opera Tune

Alternative Web browser company Opera Software on Thursday pushed out a new version of its flagship browser to fix several cross-site scripting vulnerabilities discovered...

NetApp Buys Decru to Link Security, Storage

Placing its network-attached storage reputation into largely unfamiliar security waters, Network Appliance agreed to purchase privately held Decru on Thursday for about $272 million...

UK Government Warns of Massive Trojan Attack

A U.K. critical infrastructure monitoring group is warning public and private sector organizations about a wave of electronic attacks that have compromised critical networks...

Spyware Floods In Through BitTorrent

BitTorrent, the beloved file-sharing client and protocol that provides a way around bandwidth bottlenecks, has become the newest distribution vehicle for adware/spyware bundles. Public peer-to-peer...

Adobe Plugs Holes in Reader, Acrobat

Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. on Wednesday acknowledged that an information disclosure vulnerability in two of its products could be exploited by malicious hackers...

Garbage In, Garbage Out of Control

I just read Baselinemag.coms excellent story on the rising threat posed by bad data thats stored in myriad databases across the land: registries of...

Liberty Alliance Looks to Prevent ID Theft

A new outpost has been constructed in the battle against identity theft, with the launch of a Liberty Alliance-run global group that targets the...

New Job Role Manages IT Risks

James Lam preaches a religion sure to scare many corporate executives: that compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is just the beginning of the reforms...

Trend Micro Picks Up Online Reputation Company Kelkea

Anti-virus software vendor Trend Micro said on Tuesday that it purchased Kelkea Inc., of San Jose, Calif., which makes technology that identifies the source...