Recent articles by Marcia Savage

Crackdown on internet crime leads to 150 arrests or convictions

Crackdown on internet crime leads to 150 arrests or convictions

The Department of Justice Thursday said an investigation this summer into online fraud and crime has led to more than 150 arrests or convictions nationwide.
Marcia Savage Aug 27 2004 4:06AM Security
Teros teams with NetScaler for secure application delivery

Teros teams with NetScaler for secure application delivery

Teros and NetScaler Tuesday announced a strategic partnership to combine their technologies and provide enterprise secure application delivery.
Marcia Savage Aug 25 2004 11:18PM Security
Los Angeles County pilots Litronic secure messaging software

Los Angeles County pilots Litronic secure messaging software

Los Angeles County's Department of Mental Health has begun a pilot program using Litronic's NetSign Privacy Agent secure messaging software suite.
Marcia Savage Aug 25 2004 12:36AM Security
Tumbleweed's email firewall wins Open Group certification

Tumbleweed's email firewall wins Open Group certification

Tumbleweed announced Tuesday that its Email Firewall 6.0 received S/MIME Certification from the Open Group, an international, technology-neutral consortium.
Marcia Savage Aug 24 2004 9:57PM Security
New IE flaw evades XP update

New IE flaw evades XP update

A new vulernability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer affects systems equipped with the new security-conscious Windows XP Service Pack 2, according to researchers.
Marcia Savage Aug 20 2004 10:57PM Security
Eaton Vance deploys Enterasys to protect financial data

Eaton Vance deploys Enterasys to protect financial data

Eaton Vance, a Boston-based financial-services firm, has deployed Enterasys' Secure Networks infrastructure to ensure data protection, network access control, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Marcia Savage Aug 18 2004 8:09PM Security
Summertime surge in pornographic spam

Summertime surge in pornographic spam

The amount of pornographic spam shot up by nearly 350 percent between June and July, according to the most recent spam statistics released by content security supplier Clearswift.
Marcia Savage Aug 18 2004 7:19PM Security
Computer Associates acquires PestPatrol

Computer Associates acquires PestPatrol

Computer Associates announced Monday that it acquired PestPatrol, a privately held supplier of anti-spyware technology.
Marcia Savage Aug 16 2004 8:18PM Security
Man pleads guilty to creating Blaster variant

Man pleads guilty to creating Blaster variant

A 19-year-old Minnesota man accused of creating a variant of last year's devastating Blaster worm pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle Wednesday.
Marcia Savage Aug 13 2004 4:57AM Security
CyberGuard calls off bid for Secure Computing

CyberGuard calls off bid for Secure Computing

CyberGuard announced Monday that it is no longer pursuing its offer to acquire Secure Computing.
Marcia Savage Aug 10 2004 9:20PM Security
USDA National Finance Center certified as PKI provider for federal agencies

USDA National Finance Center certified as PKI provider for federal agencies

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center was officially named a certified provider of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services for the federal government.
Marcia Savage Aug 10 2004 5:02PM Security
Airespace Teams with Funk & Atheros on WLAN enhancement

Airespace Teams with Funk & Atheros on WLAN enhancement

Airespace has teamed with Funk Software and chip maker Atheros Communications to develop an extension to its enterprise wireless platform that allows companies to combine the enhanced security of the recently ratified 802.11i standard with improved performance.
Marcia Savage Aug 9 2004 4:44PM Security
Netsky tops charts for fifth straight month

Netsky tops charts for fifth straight month

Netsky was the top virus in July, making it the fifth month in a row that the pesky virus was the number one threat, according to Postini, an email security vendor.
Marcia Savage Aug 6 2004 9:27PM Security
How to curb those dispersed users

How to curb those dispersed users

What can you do if a careless user brings a worm into your network? Marcia Savage outlines how companies can control their mobile users
Marcia Savage Aug 5 2004 3:29PM Security
Why strong walls are not enough

Why strong walls are not enough

The crucial job of guarding your enterprise’s network used to boil down to keeping the bad guys out. But as Marcia Savage explains, with wireless, web and remote access, protecting the perimeter is just the start of it
Marcia Savage Aug 5 2004 2:26PM Security
Linux developers report few breaches

Linux developers report few breaches

Linux developers reported very few viruses or intrusions to their systems, according to a recent survey.
Marcia Savage Aug 4 2004 7:47PM Security
Mount Union College selects Enterasys for network protection

Mount Union College selects Enterasys for network protection

Mount Union College has implemented Enterasys' Secure Networks solution, Enterasys said Wednesday.
Marcia Savage Aug 4 2004 5:46PM Security
E-voting survey shows huge perception gap

E-voting survey shows huge perception gap

The general public has a more positive take on e-voting systems than computer security specialists, according to a survey released Tuesday.
Marcia Savage Aug 3 2004 11:39PM Security
July was a big month for viruses

July was a big month for viruses

Sophos said it identified 1,157 new viruses in July, the highest number since December 2001.
Marcia Savage Aug 3 2004 10:57PM Security
Mozilla Foundation offers bug bounty

Mozilla Foundation offers bug bounty

The Mozilla Foundation Monday unveiled a program that rewards users who find security vulnerabilities in its software.
Marcia Savage Aug 2 2004 9:38PM Security

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