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Microsoft Offers Guidance on Excel Bug
Microsoft on Monday offered users a few tips on how to avoid falling victim to a critical bug in its …News
Google Used by Hackers to Host Trojan
Google’s website-hosting service is apparently being used by hackers to try to steal money using a malicious program, a security …News
Phishing Scam Uses PayPal Secure Servers
A cross-site scripting flaw in the PayPal website allows a new phishing attack to masquerade as a genuine PayPal log-in …News
After Lawsuit, Cisco Embraces Black Hat
The bad blood between Cisco Systems and organizers of the Black Hat conference appears to be a thing of the …News
Australian Gov't Agencies Under Fire for Lax Security
Six Australian government agencies have come under fire from the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) for having lax security.Figures from …News
Q&A: Microsoft Security Chief Sees New Vistas
Ben Fathi knows a thing or two about security. He spent the first half of his 24-year career working as …News
Internet Fraudsters Drink from the World Cup
When the World Cup kicked off earlier this month, so did a wave of Internet security threats.Malicious e-mails and phishing …News
Microsoft Corporate Security Client One Year Away
Microsoft’s foray into the corporate antivirus desktop space will come in the first half of 2007, company executives said Monday.Since …News
MessageLabs Launches Encrypted IM Software (UPDATED)
Since this story was originally reported, it has been updated to correct a misspelled name in paragraphs six and eight.MessageLabs …News
Microsoft: Malware Found on Roughly 1 in 300 PCs
Microsoft is set to release research on Monday showing, among other things, that its security tools find malicious software about one …News
Microsoft Security Becomes 'Forefront'
Microsoft is formally branding its security portfolio "Forefront" during keynotes to kick off the Tech Ed 2006 conference in Boston …News
Intel's Development Center in India Faces Cost Scrutiny
Intel’s development center in India has also come under cost and efficiency scrutiny, as the company tries to cut down …News
Oracle to Reduce Staff in Ireland
Oracle, a business software provider, on Thursday said it plans to reduce its staff in Ireland by roughly 2 percent over …News
AOL to Release Free Security Diagnostic Tool
AOL plans to release on Thursday a free application that checks the security software and settings of PCs and home …News
Sophos Releases Upgraded Security Software
Sophos has incorporated several new features in a security software package released Wednesday that allows network administrators to manage security …News
Motorola to Manufacture in Chennai, India
Motorola announced Wednesday an initial investment of US$30 million in a new manufacturing facility at Sriperumbadur near Chennai in south …News
Apple Calls Off Plans for Call Center in India
Apple Computer, maker of the mega-popular iPod music player, has called off its plan to open a customer service call …News
Microsoft, Qwest Expand Partnership With Web Security Pact
Microsoft on Monday said that its new Internet security offering, Windows Live OneCare, which launched last Wednesday, will be …News
Kiwi Security Expert Finds Skype Flaw
A security flaw in Skype’s peer-to-peer voice-over-IP (VoIP) software has been closed, thanks to diligent work by a Kiwi security …News
IBM Announces $6B Investment in India
IBM will invest US$6 billion in India over the next three years, company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Samuel Palmisano …News
Microsoft Unveils New Security Services
Microsoft’s Live Labs has launched two security-related Web-based services, one for providing authentication and another for connecting peer-to-peer (P-to-P) applications …News
Ping Identity Software Addresses ID Management
Targeting companies looking for more secure authentication systems, Ping Identity on Monday announced two products addressing identity federation and secure …News
Firefox Update Fixes 12 Security Bugs
Mozilla has released updates to its Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client that fix a number of critical security flaws …News
Biometrics – Security Is in Employees' Hands
A decade ago, William Beaumont Hospital, a 254-bed community hospital in Troy, Mich., had a problem with a small number …News
RFID – The World Cup's Not-So-Smart Tickets
Regardless of the outcome of the World Cup soccer tournament in Germany this month, the games already have made history. …News
F-Secure Patches Web Console Bug
F-Secure has patched a vulnerability that could possibly be used to run unauthorized code on its e-mail and Internet gateway …News
Cybersecurity: A Job for Uncle Sam
Orson Swindle has long been one of the nation’s most cogent advocates of the notion that industry self-regulation is the …News
Symantec Sees Identity as Key to 'Security 2.0'
With a new generation of consumer security products expected to ship by year’s end, Symantec wants to build a line …News
Symantec's Genesis Christened Norton 360
Symantec is inviting users to sign up for a public beta of its upcoming project, Genesis security and PC tuning …News
Security Gurus Watch Reappearance of 'Yapbrowser'
A Web browser originating in Russia is available for download again after it was taken down last month when security …News
Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare Now Shipping
Microsoft is set to release a fully supported version of its Windows Live OneCare software, marking its entry into the …News
Symantec Exterminates Antivirus Bug
Symantec has patched a widely reported flaw in the English versions of its corporate antivirus software. The flaw, which affects …News
F-Secure Partners With ISPs on Security Services
F-Secure said Tuesday it is offering two security software packages that ISPs can market to customers in hopes of bolstering …News
IBM's Indian BPO Subsidiary Grows to 20,000 Staff
IBM’s Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) services subsidiary has grown to 20,000 employees from about 6,000 two years ago, the …News
Security Scores Big at World Cup Tournament
Germany is anxious about next month’s World Cup soccer tournament—in both senses of the word. The country is thrilled to …News
Phishing Remains Root of Flourishing E-Crime
Internet crime often starts with phishing, the practice of duping a user into revealing bank account or log-in credentials via …News
Microsoft: Switch Word to 'Safe Mode'
Microsoft is advising people to run its Word application in "safe mode" to help guard against a Trojan program that …News
Hundreds Busted in Marketing Fraud Sweep
More than 565 people in North America and Europe have been arrested in an international sweep that targeted marketing fraud …News
Skype Patches Medium-Risk Security Hole
Skype is advising users to upgrade to a more recent version of its voice-over-IP software to fix a security bug reported late …News
Wind River Releases Device Mgmt. Suite
Wind River Systems is enhancing its embedded operating system with a suite of management products designed to allow companies to …News
AOL Tests Security Diagnostic Tool
AOL is letting users test a new security tool that analyzes their PCs and home networks and alerts them about …News
Back Door Found in Diebold Voting Machines
Diebold Election Systems plans to make changes to its electronic voting machines, following the disclosure of a number of serious …News
E-mail Bomber to Face Retrial in U.K. Court
A teenager who crashed a former employer’s server by sending a torrent of junk e-mail, a practice known as mail …News
Ways to Do More With Less
Stanley "Stash" Jarocki is used to getting plenty of attention. Once the VP of IT security at Morgan Stanley, Jarocki …News
Politically Appointed CIOs
Department of Defense-John G. Grimes¿Last positions: 1. VP of Intelligence and Information Systems for the Washington Operations, Raytheon 2. Deputy …News
The Coming Pandemic
As the world tries to ready itself for the inevitable spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, it’s unsettling to …News
Tracking Technologies: The Glue Gun and Other Sticky Stories
Tracking technology is getting cheaper and easier to implement every day. As a result, separating truth from science fiction is …News
Regulation's Silver Lining
Companies that have deployed new systems to comply with government regulations find other gains.News
Symantec Struggling for Growth in Its Latest Quarter
Nearly a year after its acquisition of Veritas Software, Symantec continues to struggle to find a way to boost profits. …News
U.K. Judge Approves U.S. Request for Hacker's Extradition
A British court on Wednesday approved a request by the United States for the extradition of an unemployed systems administrator who …
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