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Venafi Automates SSL Certificate Management

Venafi Inc.s AutoCert Manager 4.1 significantly reduces the time and manual effort needed to manage SSL digital certificates. AutoCert Manager, released in February, acts...

Syngress Book Examines IPSes

Syngress Publishings "Intrusion Prevention and Active Response: Deploying Network and Host IPS" is well worth reading for its insight into open-source intrusion prevention systems...

Apple Ships Mac OS X Kernel, Browser Patches

Apple Computer Inc. has shipped an update for its flagship Mac OS X operating system to address a range of security holes, including a...

Symantec Hops Aboard Anti-Spyware Train

Symantec on Monday became the last of the big-name anti-virus vendors to hop aboard the anti-spyware gravy train. Taking a page out of rival Microsoft...

Microsoft Issues Long-Awaited WMP Fix

Microsoft over the weekend pushed out an update for its flagship Windows Media Player to provide protection from a well-known spyware infection threat. The update...

New Firefox, Mozilla Versions Plug Critical Security Holes

The Mozilla Foundation has released new versions of the Firefox browser and Mozilla suite of programs to address several security vulnerabilities.As previously reported, the...

Microsofts Piracy Lawsuits Draw Mixed Reactions

Microsoft Corp. this week announced piracy lawsuits against a second set of resellers and systems builders, a move that was applauded by some of...

Two-Factor Authentication Could Stem Rising Tide of Identity Theft

Two-factor authentication may well be the key to stemming the onslaught of identity theft now plaguing businesses and consumers—if you can talk customers into...

Reuters Squashes Worm, Restores IM

Reuters resumed its instant-messaging service on Friday after having suspended it for a day to stop the spread of a variant of the Kelvir...

Controversial Security Group Shut Down

The fledgling Chief Information Security Officer Exchange—a public-private partnership aimed at improving government IT security—was shut down last week over concerns that its dues...