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Assume Malware Espionage Is Common

An Israeli industrial espionage scandal that erupted over the weekend really shouldnt be surprising, tempting as surprise might be. In fact, while its impossible...

FullArmor Seals Active Directory Rift

Desktop administration tool provider FullArmor Corp. next week will further extend the features of Microsoft Corp.s Active Directorys Group Policy function to reduce security...

MCI Data Theft Intensifies Encryption Debate

Recent reports of embarrassing data breaches, coupled with stringent data privacy regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Sarbanes-Oxley Act,...

Reconnex Pinpoints Security Leaks for SMBs

A new security appliance from Reconnex Corp. will protect small financial services and health care companies from information leaks by insiders using e-mail, instant...

The Tale of the Tape

In recent weeks, the unexpected appearance and disappearance of backup tapes have led to several embarrassing corporate scandals, illuminating the indispensable role of IT...

Sygate Checks Remote Threats

Sygate Inc.s Sygate On-Demand 2.5 provides excellent endpoint integrity assurance and new covert malware protection for remote Windows-based machines and complements existing SSL VPN...

Oracle Bug Database Susceptible to Metalink Hacking

The Oracle security research firm Red Database Security GmbH has found 42 bugs, some serious, in Oracle Corp.s Metalink knowledge base, and determined that...

Microsoft Tools Show Only ISPs Can Stop Mail Abuse

It seems like forever since the great battles of the standards bodies last year when the effort to institutionalize SMTP authentication broke down. Since...

Anti-Spyware Bills Pass House, Move to Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives last week overwhelmingly passed two separate anti-spyware bills, but as the measures now move to the Senate, legislators will...

Ciscos Free Threat-Alerts Service Uses CVSS

Network security powerhouse Cisco has rolled out a new enterprise-focused threat advisory service with full support for CVSS, aka the Common Vulnerability Scoring System,...