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DHS Follows Industry Lead on Cyber-Terror

WASHINGTON—Lawrence Hale, deputy director of the Department of Homeland Securitys cyber security division, said Friday that the DHS depends on the private sector to...

FTC Endorses Bounty for Spammers

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has given its endorsement to a plan that would reward insiders for information leading to the arrest and conviction...

Microsoft Patent Could Hamper E-Mail Authentication Group

With intellectual property issues already causing defections from its Sender ID proposal, Microsoft Corp. is sparking fresh concerns that IP could even undermine alternatives. This...

Code Flaws Open Linux Apps to Attack

Vulnerabilities in code libraries that could potentially affect open-source programs using the GUI toolkit GTK+ were reported on the security Web site Secunia on...

AOL Dumps Microsofts Sender ID

America Online Inc.s announcement Wednesday that it would abandon its attempts to support Microsofts Sender ID e-mail authentication standard are a serious setback for...

Symantec Buys Security Consulting Pioneer @stake

Symantec Corp. on Thursday announced that is acquiring @stake Inc., perhaps the most well-known security consulting firm in the industry, for an undisclosed sum.The...

MyDoom Variant Packs Photo of Netsky Author

A new variant of the MyDoom Internet worm contains some puzzling add-ins: a photo that bears a likeness of Sven Jaschan, whom police in...

Microsoft Stretches E-Mail Authentication Patent Claims

Microsofts efforts to jump on the SMTP authentication train have hit a new roadblock. The companys publication of a patent application has started a...

National Semiconductor Unveils Trusted Chip for PCs

Chip maker National Semiconductor Inc. is rolling out hardware devices designed to make desktop and laptop PCs more secure.The Santa Clara, Calif., company on...

JPEG Bug Raises Many Questions

Its hard to feel comforted by the fact that Windows XP Service Pack 2 was not subject to the more severe of Tuesdays announced...