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Phishing Dips into Yahoo IM

Further evidence emerged this week that phishing attacks are spreading far beyond e-mail inboxes. They also are using instant messages in the quest to...

Nude Pix Put Cops In a Fix

Forget Paris Hilton; heres a wireless security story thatll make ones heart pulsate the next time a cell phone or PDA lands in someone...

Microsoft Claims Security Win with New Development Rules

Microsoft Corp.s application of a mandatory "Security Development Lifecycle" for all its Internet-facing products has "significantly reduced" the number—and severity—of security vulnerabilities, according to...

Symantecs Hosted Mail Security Offers Off-Site Protection

Symantec Corp. on Wednesday announced its new Symantec Hosted Mail Security to provide enterprises with off-site protection against spam, viruses and other malicious traffic. The...

Cell Phone Viruses: Real Risk or Heavy on Hype?

Last June, when anti-virus researchers reported the discovery of the first proof-of-concept cell phone virus, analysts and experts immediately predicted a coming wave of...

The Enterprise Strikes Back!

Enterprise organizations are being attacked by a barrage of information technology challenges. From security to storage to regulatory compliance to outsourcing strategies, todays enterprise...

Microsoft: Network Security Coming in Longhorn Client

Microsoft Corp. plans to fit out-of-the-box NAP capabilities into the Longhorn client due out in 2006. Thats the word from Jawad Khaki, corporate vice president...

RSA Finds More Flaws in RFID

After uncovering a security weakness in a radio-frequency identification tag from Texas Instruments Inc., researchers from RSA Security Inc.s RSA Laboratories and The Johns...

Mac Threats: Is Symantec Crying Wolf?

In a perfect would, people might pay for security software based on the number of attacks prevented and the severity of those threats. The...

Firefox Plugs GIF Security Hole

The Mozilla Foundation on Wednesday shipped a new version of its flagship Firefox Web browser to patch a serious security hole that could put...