Recent articles by Marcia Savage

Microsoft patches critical IE flaws

Microsoft patches critical IE flaws

Microsoft on Friday issued a patch to fix three vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer web browser that it rated as critical.
Marcia Savage Aug 2 2004 9:14PM Security
Black Hat: Vulnerabilities, liabilities, and more

Black Hat: Vulnerabilities, liabilities, and more

Security professionals attending the Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas this week left with a lot to think and worry about.
Marcia Savage Jul 30 2004 11:06PM Security
Jericho Forum brings its deperimeterization concept to U.S.

Jericho Forum brings its deperimeterization concept to U.S.

Perimeter security has become obsolete, requiring a shift to a new model of "deperimeterization," Paul Simmonds, CISO of U.K.-based ICI, said in a keynote that kicked off the Black Hat Briefings Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Marcia Savage Jul 29 2004 10:45PM Security
Enterprises need to boost web application security

Enterprises need to boost web application security

Web application security - or lack of security because companies don't pay enough attention to protecting their internet applications -was a topic of debate at the Black Hat Briefings Thursday in Las Vegas.
Marcia Savage Jul 29 2004 10:07PM Security
Companies slow to patch internal systems

Companies slow to patch internal systems

Companies take 62 days on average to patch their internal systems compared to 21 days for internet-facing systems, according to research by Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of vulnerability management firm Qualys.
Marcia Savage Jul 29 2004 12:04AM Security
U.S. cybersecurity effort needs improvement

U.S. cybersecurity effort needs improvement

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security needs to bolster its efforts to secure cyberspace, according to a report released last week by the DHS inspector general.
Marcia Savage Jul 26 2004 9:41PM Security
Florida man charged in huge database break-in

Florida man charged in huge database break-in

A federal grand jury indicted a 45-year-old Florida man in connection with a scheme to steal a huge amount of personal information from a database belonging to Acxiom.
Marcia Savage Jul 23 2004 6:56PM Security
Microsoft donates to national effort fighting cybercrime

Microsoft donates to national effort fighting cybercrime

Microsoft said Wednesday that it has assigned a full-time analyst and supplied more than $46,000 in software to the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA).
Marcia Savage Jul 22 2004 12:10AM Security
CipherTrust teams with Voltage Security

CipherTrust teams with Voltage Security

CipherTrust and Voltage Security Tuesday unveiled a partnership to provide enterprise policy-driven email encryption by including Voltage IBE Server in CipherTrust's IronMail Privacy Architecture (IPA).
Marcia Savage Jul 20 2004 9:20PM Security
Baptist Health deploys Passlogix/Entrust

Baptist Health deploys Passlogix/Entrust

Baptist Health, a community healthcare provider in Jacksonville, Fla., has installed a solution that combines technology from Passlogix and Entrust to provide access and security for its web-based patient data system.
Marcia Savage Jul 19 2004 8:03PM Security
Feds target Californian hacker

Feds target Californian hacker

A 20-year-old California man allegedly known as the "Deceptive Duo" was indicted by federal authorities on charges of hacking into government computers and defacing government web sites.
Marcia Savage Jul 19 2004 4:47PM Security
Spam trend reflects criminal element

Spam trend reflects criminal element

In the past year, spam has become mostly offers of cheap Viagra and low-interest loans, indicating an increase in criminal online activity, according to the latest spam index by Clearswift.
Marcia Savage Jul 15 2004 8:58PM Security
Symantec aquires anti-spam company Turn Tide

Symantec aquires anti-spam company Turn Tide

Symantec added more anti-spam technology to its arsenal with its recent acquisition of Turn Tide.
Marcia Savage Jul 14 2004 5:34PM Security
Global Hauri teams with MailPort25 to fight viruses and spam

Global Hauri teams with MailPort25 to fight viruses and spam

Antivirus software company Global Hauri on Tuesday announced a technology partnership with MailPort25, a supplier of enterprise email solutions.
Marcia Savage Jul 14 2004 12:27AM Security
Microsoft unveils endpoint security technology

Microsoft unveils endpoint security technology

Microsoft on Tuesday announced Network Access Protection, a technology that will check the security status of a computer before it's allowed to access the network.
Marcia Savage Jul 13 2004 11:07PM Security
Sigaba wins FIPS 140-2 certification

Sigaba wins FIPS 140-2 certification

Sigaba, a supplier of secure messaging products, announced Tuesday that its Sigaba Security Library Version 1.2 was awarded FIPS 140-2 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communication Security Establishment.
Marcia Savage Jul 13 2004 5:12PM Security
Zix wins patent for secure email technology

Zix wins patent for secure email technology

Zix Corporation announced Friday that it was granted a U.S. patent for a secure transmission system used in its email encryption services.
Marcia Savage Jul 9 2004 6:16PM Security
Microsoft and SAFLINK team up on homeland security

Microsoft and SAFLINK team up on homeland security

Microsoft and SAFLINK on Wednesday announced a partnership to develop homeland security solutions.
Marcia Savage Jul 7 2004 11:31PM Security
Companies losing nearly $2 million per malware incident

Companies losing nearly $2 million per malware incident

Disruption from internet worms, viruses or spyware is costing companies almost $2 million in revenue per incident, according to a report released Tuesday by market-research firm Aberdeen.
Marcia Savage Jul 6 2004 11:21PM Security
American Cancer Society selects WatchGuard to secure 23 locations

American Cancer Society selects WatchGuard to secure 23 locations

The American Cancer Society plans to deploy WatchGuard Firebox X security appliances in order to boost security across its 23 locations nationwide.
Marcia Savage Jul 6 2004 9:33PM Security

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