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Google Nukes Santy Worm, But Threat Remains

A decision by Google Inc. to block certain search queries has helped thwart the spread of the Santy worm, but the public release of...

Microsoft Bloggers Face Search Spam Pinch

Microsoft Corp.s growing group of 1,200 Weloggers were among those feeling the pinch from a recent rash of spam messages to blog comments. Company officials...

Cisco to Buy Security Firm Protego

Cisco Systems announcement Monday that it will acquire privately held startup Protego Networks for $65 million adds a critical piece to Ciscos strategy for...

Santy Worm Defaces Web Forums

Anti-virus vendors have raised the threat level on a new Internet worm squirming through Web servers that are running unpatched versions of the popular...

Kenai Launches Web Services Security Tool

Kenai Systems Inc. has introduced technology for testing Web services for security issues as the services are being developed. The Rocklin, Calif., companys ExamineST Web...

Top Products of 2004

Firefox 1.0 Firefox 1.0 In one of the most interesting technology stories of the year, an open-source product descended from one of the founding applications of...

App Security Is Lacking

In 2004, several technologies vied for the limited enterprise dollars earmarked for protecting public-facing applications—and created a lot of confusion in the marketplace about...

Tools Block Code-Busting Crooks

The concept of adding security to the coding phase of application development is catching on, with new companies delivering tools to help developers test...

Real Answers Needed to Solve Spam

Spam gained a nefarious twist this year with the development of phishing scams, but phishing wasnt the least of IT departments problems. They faced...

Google Patches Desktop Search Flaw

Web search powerhouse Google has acknowledged—and patched—a security vulnerability in its desktop search utility that opens the doors for man-in-the-middle data leak attacks.The Google...