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Carroll College Relies on Appliance to Fight Spam

Carroll College, a private institution in Waukesha, Wis., services 7,000 e-mail accounts that receive approximately 1 million messages per month. The colleges commitment to...

SCO Site Attacked Again

The SCO Group Inc.s Web site has once again been attacked, but this time hackers didnt just target the site for a distributed-denial-of-service attack—they...

Cell Phone Security: New Skulls Mutant Comes with Virus Extras

Anti-virus vendors have spotted a new strain of the "Skulls" Trojan sneaking into Symbian-based cell phones, and this one drops the Cabir worm on...

Microsoft Confirms WINS Flaw

Microsoft Corp. has issued a workaround for a newly discovered security issue in WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) that could lead to malicious code...

Will New ICANN Rules Fight Domain Transfer Fraud?

Some observers are concerned that new rules governing the transfer of Internet domains between domain registrars that went into effect on Nov. 12 will...

Kazaa Rates as Worst Pest on CAs Spyware List

Computer Associates International Inc. has launched a list of the worst spyware threats as part of a new program to combat unwanted software "pests."...

Symbian Skulls: A Virus by Any Other Name?

Whether you call it malware or a badly written application, the skulls that showed up on a Symbian-based Nokia 7610 phone prove the battle...

Winamp Flaw Allows Attacks

Users of America Online Inc.s Winamp media player are at risk of remote code execution attacks because of a flaw in the software, according...

Symbian Says Skulls May Not Be Malware

Symbian Ltd., the London-based maker of the Symbian operating system used on high-end smart phones from a variety of manufacturers, says reports of malware...

Can the Free Internet Survive?

Advertising banners commonly offer "something special" to customers, usually in the form of lower prices or better service. But over the weekend, some popular...