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Worldwide Phishing Attacks May Stem from Few Sources

Research from an e-mail security provider suggests that a handful of people are responsible for the vast majority of the phishing attacks on the...

Symantec Firewall Appliance Targets Midsize Firms

Symantec Corp. will announce the next member of its gateway security series on Oct. 26. The Cupertino, Calif., security vendors new Symantec Gateway Security...

Anti-Virus Products Miss Malware in Modified Zip Files

An anonymous researcher has reported through several sources that anti-virus products from six vendors fail to detect malware when it is contained in a...

Ruling Clarifies ISP Patriot Act Obligations

An ISP gets a call from an FBI agent demanding the delivery of sensitive customer information and ordering the ISP not to tell anyone...

Wanted: Cyber-Security

The phrase "since Sept. 11" has been repeated countless times in the last three-plus years. That has been so because, in fact, since Sept....

Third Parties Tackle JPEG Buffer Issue

Dealing with Microsoft Corp.s pernicious GDI+ JPEG buffer overrun condition (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-28) can be daunting for enterprise administrators, eWEEK Labs has found....

Feds Eye Larger Security Role for Private Sector

As legislators and department of Homeland Security officials continue to debate whether to give the nations top cyber-security official more authority, the people involved...

Norton Hones PC Protection

Symantecs update of Norton AntiVirus makes this security staple even better at protecting PCs. Norton AntiVirus 2005, released in August, features Internet Worm Protection, the...

RSA Bolsters Authentication

For some time, RSA Security Inc. has had two-factor authentication that works with Windows. Now, SecurID for Windows, a new offering, fully integrates with...

Google Desktop Search Doesnt Threaten Security

Searching a Windows system has always been harder than it should be. Windows has come with an indexing service for a while to facilitate...