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VARs Stress Security

When it comes to security, danger lurks everywhere. threats come in the form of garden-variety viruses, worms and spam, as well as more sophisticated...

Pointsec, WinMagic Lock Down Mobile Data

eWEEK Labs tested two product families that add layers of protection to corporate clients: New products from Pointsec Mobile Technologies Inc. and WinMagic Inc....

EMC Utility Dissects, Monitors MPLS VPNs

EMC Corp. this week will seek to convince network services providers that it understands their key problems when it launches the next generations of...

Security Patch Watch: Adobe, Macromedia, Symantec

A security flaw in the installation of Adobes License Management Service has put customers at risk of privilege escalation attacks, according to a warning...

Smart-Phone Trojan Poses as Anti-Virus App

Finnish anti-virus vendor F-Secure Corp. has issued a warning for a new strain of the "Skulls" Trojan sneaking into Symbian-based smart phones by posing...

Analysts: Windows Mobile 5.0 Security Falls Short

Microsofts Windows Mobile 5.0 is being touted as a potential "BlackBerry killer," but major security shortcomings could derail widespread enterprise adoption, analysts warned Friday. The...

What Else Do Google Ads Finance?

I was as disturbed as the next guy to see our story about how Google ads are indirectly financing adware campaigns. Disturbed, but not...

Google Needs to Step Up in Spyware Fight

My friend Ben Edelman hopes the gang of three who run Google—Larry, Sergey, and Eric—will take a strong stand against spyware. How? By making...

Microsoft: Low-Rights IE 7.0 Only for Longhorn

The "low-rights" security feature being planned for Microsofts upcoming Internet Explorer 7.0 makeover will be available only in Longhorn. "Low-rights IE" is a "defense-in-depth feature"...

IBM, Oracle Offer Cross-Platform Identity Management

Oracle and IBM are rolling out new technology to make sure that organizations know whos got their fingers in the data pie. Oracle Corp. on...