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01.07.2009 A successful attack by security researchers using a rogue certificate authority and colliding certificates demonstrates that if you're not moving forward with your security-related standards then you're moving backward. Everything gets cracked over time, so you have to keep improving your defenses.
01.07.2009 New approaches are needed to keep spammers from abusing free e-mails systems now that hey have found ways to circumvent the CAPTCHA test protocol used by many Web sites, according to researchers involved in the effort. Microsoft is one of a number of large companies working on wo research projects aimed at making it harder for spammers to crack CAPTCHA.
01.05.2009 Microsoft is repeating its reminders to organizations to install a new Windows Server patch, following reports that a new variant of the Conficker worm has surfaced to target the flaw.
12.29.2008 Privacy advocates are applauding Yahoo's decision to slash the amount of search data it keeps on individuals and are urging Google to follow suit. The European Commission will consider new search-engine privacy rules in February, but Microsoft's privacy guru warns that forcing search engines to shed all individual data would make them ineffective and irrelevant.
12.17.2008 The IBM Data Governance Council is exploring the use of XBRL, Extensible Business Reporting Language, a software language used to describe business terms in financial reports, for risk reporting.
12.17.2008 Microsoft has said it is preparing a patch for a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. The out-of-band patch is slated to be ready Dec. 17 and will fix a data binding problem being attacked by hackers.
12.15.2008 Google has added a number of security features to its Chrome browser that are designed to put it on par with or above rival browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. Chrome officially stops being a beta Dec. 11.
12.01.2008 The vulnerability in the Windows Server Service that Microsoft patched in an emergency update last month is facing a new wave of attacks. Microsoft officials reported a spike in exploits targeting the vulnerability earlier this week. If you haven't patched, now is the time to put it on your schedule.
11.17.2008 Vendors are waging a losing security battle against software pirates. With V.i. Labs, eWEEK takes a look at how software pirates promote their wares on the Web.
11.03.2008 In a decision likely headed to the Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals upholds a patent court ruling that software and business methods can be patented only if they are implemented by a machine or transform something into a new or different thing. The decision reverses a decade-long trend of expanded patent protection.
10.22.2008 As part of Microsoft's Global Anti-Piracy Day, the company has announced lawsuits against 20 U.S. software resellers for counterfeiting. Here is a list of the resellers and a little information about Microsoft's legal counterpunch.
10.08.2008 CA has acquired identity management vendor IDFocus to add to its provisioning capabilities and its ability to enforce segregation of duties. CA competes against a number of large vendors in the identity management space, including Oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems and Novell.
10.06.2008 The Adobe Flash video server software doesn't encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play. To boost download speeds, Adobe dropped a stringent security feature that protects the connection between the Adobe software and its players.
10.06.2008 In the annual kickoff campaign for cyber-security awareness, Symantec and the National Cyber Security Alliance say a large number of Americans still fail to use basic Internet security tools, and there remains a substantial gap between the protections people think they have and what is actually installed on their computers.
09.22.2008 The ease with which Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail was hacked is striking and underscores the importance of improving privacy questions for password recovery. A person claiming responsibility for the hack posted details of what he did Wednesday on a 4chan.org message board. The handle of the poster has been linked to the 20-year-old son of Tennessee Democrat Mike Kernell.
09.17.2008 Encryption can prevent data from being exposed in the event enterprise devices are lost or stolen. In an age of costly data breaches, developing a solid encryption strategy is key for enterprises. Encryption vendors PGP and CREDANT Technologies as well as security analysts have some advice on how enterprises can develop a solid encryption strategy.
09.17.2008 Microsoft's acquisition of DATAllegro is being pitched as a way to extend SQL Server deeper into the data warehouse by allowing it to scale to support large volumes of data. Though Microsoft remains mum on the exact features of the software it plans to offer based on DATAllegro's technology, the company confirms the product is scheduled for 2010.
09.15.2008 A survey from Finjan says 25 percent of security pros admit their organizations have experienced a security breach, and many others aren't sure. With many security pros expecting their budgets to go up in 2009, data protection and other security technologies remain key spending items for businesses.
09.10.2008 The HP Firefox Virtual Browser creates a secure virtualization layer that captures malware and viruses and lets the user purge the malware from the desktop. HP will offer the HP Firefox Virtual Browser in all its business desktops by year's end.
09.10.2008 The Center for Internet Security plans to release a set of security metrics to help organizations gauge their security posture. The effort involved more than 80 IT security experts from government, academia and business.
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