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602LAN Suite Offers Basic Protection

I like to try out desktop protection tools that combine firewalls with anti-virus and anti-spam measures, so I threw the latest version of Software602s...

Apple Releases Mac OS X Security Patches

Apple Computer Inc. has released a security update for its Mac OS X client and server software, plugging vulnerabilities in a wide range of...

IBM Adds Fingerprint Sensor to ThinkPads

IBM has added biometric security to its ThinkPad notebook line, claiming that the technology is now ready for prime time. IBM has added a fingerprint...

IIS Rounds the Security Corner

It used to be exciting to read the new Web server share numbers from Netcraft every month. For a while there, Apache and Microsofts...

Startup Devises New Way to Squash Worms

While the large anti-virus vendors continue to spend millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours churning out updated signature files, a Utah-based startup this...

Inside the JPEG Virus

The WatchThe end of summer lull for viruses and worms continues. Were still seeing new versions of RBots, and a new Bagle, but nothing...

E-Cyclers Embrace Data Destruction

A growing debate about the security of data has grown to include the computer recycling industry, which is now being asked to verifiably destroy...

Security-Threat Basics Shouldnt Be Premium

Theres been a debate going on in the industry about whether its right for companies to charge for "premium" security-threat information. Me, Ive got...

New Phishing System Takes Advantage of JPEG Bug

Symantec Corp.s Threat Analyst Team has discovered an exploit in the wild that utilizes the recently announced JPEG vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.s GDI+ library...

U.S. Cyber-Security Chief Calls It Quits

Amit Yoran, the nations top cyber-security official, has resigned from the Department of Homeland Security after just one year on the job. DHS officials confirmed...