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Firefox Spring Leaks Too

It is Tom Ferris turn to receive the BigDiscovery Award for this week. He was the one that found out that Firefox (and Netscape...

New Worm Spoofs Google

Security researchers at Panda Software say they have discovered a new worm that generates a spoofed version of Google, the Webs most popular search...

Imagine Widespread Anti-Phishing Use

Jaded old jerks like me who are skeptical of everything dont need anti-phishing software. I dont trust anyone, let alone some vendor sending me...

IE Flaw Revealed for Some Windows XP SP2 Systems

A new security hole—the latest in a series of Windows-related flaws uncovered in the last month—has been discovered in Microsofts Internet Explorer browser that...

Choose Your Disasters and Prepare

Have IT departments lost their sense of emergency as it relates to computer crime? Thats what a new study, prepared by my colleagues at...

On Security, Is Oracle the Next Microsoft?

Oracles acquisition of PeopleSoft and Retek for more than $11 billion in recent months, together with the planned purchase of Siebel for $5.88 billion,...

Microsoft Scraps Old Encryption in New Code

Microsoft is banning certain cryptographic functions from new computer code, citing increasingly sophisticated attacks that make them less secure, according to a company executive. The...

Hacking Your Own System Helps Assess Vulnerabilities

Much as home invasion experts do a house tour to look for open windows and broken locks, network security professionals should be called in...

Mozilla Readies Another Firefox Security Makeover

The Mozilla Foundation has shipped release candidates for a new version of its Firefox Web browser to provide a thorough fix for a known...

Security Relaxes as IT Threats Increase

The news on the IT security front is alarming. Recent months have seen one report after another of companies exposing, selling or simply losing...