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Spam Blockers Tackle Broader Content-Security Issues

FrontBridge Technologies Inc., Proofpoint Inc. and MailFrontier Inc. are augmenting their respective spam-filtering offerings to address enterprises broader e-mail content security needs. FrontBridge this week...

Longhorns New Schedule: Winners and Losers

Microsofts decision on Friday to "gut" Longhorn in order to get something—really, anything—out on schedule reminds me of something that Borland founder Philippe Kahn...

Reactions Mixed to Federal Fraud Sweep

Federal law enforcement may be heralding Operation Web Snare as the largest cyber-crime crackdown of its kind, but it is receiving mixed reviews on...

Cisco Reports Multiple Security Problems

Cisco over the past week has announced a series of vulnerabilities in multiple products. Most are denial-of-service issues, while two additional problems could allow...

First Virus Emerges Aimed at AMD 64-Bit Processors

Symantec Corp. this week said it discovered a virus that targets AMDs 64-bit processors. Dubbed Shruggle, the virus is written in AMD64 assembly code...

Firms to Seek More Security Help From Outsiders

Enterprises will turn to outside firms for 90 percent of their security by 2010, according to Yankee Group. In the past, enterprises focused on...

Beware That WinAmp Skin

Security researchers at K-Otik discovered a vulnerability in Nullsofts WinAmp media player that can allow hackers to execute arbitrary programs.The exploit takes advantage of...

Secret Service, CERT Analyze Insider Threats

The Secret Service and the CERT Coordination Center last week released a study of insider attacks against financial organizations. Teams from the two organizations...

Locking Down Internet Explorer

If youve read about Microsofts Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, you know about the new, improved firewall that is turned on by default....

I Come to Bury Sender ID, Not to Praise It

It must have seemed like a good idea at the time: The effort to create an effective standard for SMTP authentication relied, and still...