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Sniffer Portable Troubleshoots Latest Wireless Networks

Network General on Tuesday continued trying to build momentum from its spinoff from Network Associates Technology Inc. with a new release of its Sniffer...

Mac OS X Patch Includes IDN Browser Fix

Apple has rolled out a security update to correct nine potentially serious vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system. The update, which carries a...

IPS Solutions Get Smarter

As large security vendors try to squeeze more speed out of high-end intrusion prevention systems, a few smaller vendors are poised to introduce IPS...

Bank Outsources to Catch Launderers

Catching money launderers might sound like an exciting covert operation, but it is an onerous, labor-intensive task. In the United States, banks and other...

Music Industry Security Sings the Blues

Why cant the music industry get security right? Why cant the industry that whimpers about billions of dollars in losses via peer-to-peer services find...

Hacking Tools Can Strengthen Security

To avoid getting hacked, youve got to think like a hacker—and that means knowing the tools and tricks of the hacking trade. IT managers must...

CryptoStor Protects FC SANs Over WANs

NeoScale Systems Inc.s CryptoStor SAN VPN is the first VPN on the market designed to protect Fibre Channel storage area network traffic over WAN...

Anatomy of a Rootkit Hack

Last November, an eWEEK reader who is an IT executive at a large organization was notified by his companys help desk that the companys...

Mac OS X Will Become a Target, Symantec Warns

Its only a matter of time before Apples newly redesigned Mac operating system becomes a happy hunting ground for malicious hackers, according to a...

Big Security Guns Should Aim Carefully at Adware, Spyware

Its been widely recognized for some time that defining software in the "spyware" and "adware" categories is tricky business, and that these types of...