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Research Firm Reveals Multiple Flaws in DB2

Next Generation Security Software Ltd. has announced Multiple High Risk Vulnerabilities in IBM DB2. IBM has released new "Fixpacks" to address two of the...

IT Services Company Adopts PitBull OS

When FinanzIT GmbH needed to secure online banking applications, the Hannover, Germany, IT services provider turned to a trusted operating system from Argus Systems...

In Operating Systems We Trust

eWEEK Labs tested two trusted operating system products: the National Security Agencys SELinux, which makes Linux into a trusted operating system, and Sun Microsystems...

Trusted Systems Move to Mainstream

When it comes to operating systems, its a matter of trust—or mistrust, as the case may be. Its often suggested that Microsoft Corp.s security woes...

Hack To School

School wasnt even in session, and Dartmouth College CIO Lawrence Levine was penning the kind of letter technology executives dread.To the College Community:Late Wednesday,...

Back to School with Database Encryption 101

Database security vulnerability is finally getting a level of attention approaching that which has long been targeted at networks, which is both a good...

Ballmer Beats Security Drum

The software industry will create more positive change in the next 10 years than it did in the previous 10, provided that security threats...

MessageLabs Taps Brightmail in War on Spam

MessageLabs Ltd. this week announced a deal to adopt Symantec Corp.s Brightmail anti-spam technology. MessageLabs will combine its Skeptic predictive anti-spam technology with Brightmail...

Security Survey Finds Spammers Embracing Sender Authentication

Sender authentication does little to fight spam, according to a study released this week by messaging security firm CipherTrust. The study focused on the...

CERT Recommends SP2 But Urges Caution

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, known as CERT, this week recommended that Windows XP users install Service Pack 2 (SP2) using Windows Update...