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Two-Factor Authentication Could Stem Rising Tide of Identity Theft

Two-factor authentication may well be the key to stemming the onslaught of identity theft now plaguing businesses and consumers—if you can talk customers into...

Reuters Squashes Worm, Restores IM

Reuters resumed its instant-messaging service on Friday after having suspended it for a day to stop the spread of a variant of the Kelvir...

Controversial Security Group Shut Down

The fledgling Chief Information Security Officer Exchange—a public-private partnership aimed at improving government IT security—was shut down last week over concerns that its dues...

IBM Plugs Security Holes in Lotus Notes, Domino

IBMs Lotus Software has shipped patches for several high-risk security holes in its popular Notes and Domino product lines.In an advisory, IBM Corp. said...

The Lame Blame of ActiveX

For the thousandth time I have just seen a mainstream media tech writer tell users that "ActiveX controls the prime conduit hackers use...

Reuters Suspends IM Service Due to Kelvir Worm

Reuters shut down its enterprise instant-messaging service Thursday after a variant of the Kelvir worm began circulating through the network. The London-based company suspended the...

Wheres That Windows Media Player Update?

Three months after promising to update its flagship Windows Media Player software to block a well-known spyware infection vector, Microsoft has still not provided...

Fortinet Under Fire for Allegedly Violating GPL Terms

A German court has issued an injunction against Fortinet (UK) Ltd., the British subsidiary of Fortinet Inc., the Sunnyvale, Calif., company that produces firewall...

Oracle Patches Database Vulnerabilities

Oracle on Tuesday released its now-quarterly patch update, plugging vulnerabilities in 16 different products and applications, including the first patches for PeopleSoft applications since...

Microsoft Worm Cleanser Goes Rootkit Hunting

Microsofts worm-cleansing tool has been updated to detect and remove Hacker Defender, a notorious rootkit program used by malicious virus writers. It is the first...