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Update: Company news - Cryptocard/Interoute

Update: Company news - Cryptocard/Interoute

Managed services company Cryptocard is going into partnership with hosting firm Interoute. Cryptocard's Managed Authentication Service (Crypto-Mas) will enable Interoute's clients to secure their networks by providing authentication and identity management services. Crypto-Mas replaces static passwords with randomly generated, single-use passwords. The technology is currently used by Google and NASA.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
DataBank: Threat Report

DataBank: Threat Report

Hacker activity across the globe, plus a round-up of security-related news.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Criminals are increasingly using structured query language (SQL) code to obtain the personal information of consumers through databases, internet monitoring vendor SecureWorks has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Vulnerabilities - An exploit a day turns people away from Internet Explorer

Update: Vulnerabilities - An exploit a day turns people away from Internet Explorer

31 - H D Moore, the man behind the Metasploit toolkit, an open-source tool for developing, testing and using exploit code, published a bug-a-day log for the month of July. All the bugs have been found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. Moore said in his blog that he decided to embark on this mission "to create awareness about the types of bugs that plague modern browsers and to demonstrate the techniques used to discover them".
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Vulnerabilities - An exploit a day turns people away from Internet Explorer

Update: Vulnerabilities - An exploit a day turns people away from Internet Explorer

31 - H D Moore, the man behind the Metasploit toolkit, an open-source tool for developing, testing and using exploit code, published a bug-a-day log for the month of July. All the bugs have been found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. Moore said in his blog that he decided to embark on this mission "to create awareness about the types of bugs that plague modern browsers and to demonstrate the techniques used to discover them".
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Vulnerabilities - An exploit a day turns people away from Internet Explorer

Update: Vulnerabilities - An exploit a day turns people away from Internet Explorer

31 - H D Moore, the man behind the Metasploit toolkit, an open-source tool for developing, testing and using exploit code, published a bug-a-day log for the month of July. All the bugs have been found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. Moore said in his blog that he decided to embark on this mission "to create awareness about the types of bugs that plague modern browsers and to demonstrate the techniques used to discover them".
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Threat of the month - Drive-by malware

Update: Threat of the month - Drive-by malware

What is it?
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Company news - Secure Computing/CipherTrust

Update: Company news - Secure Computing/CipherTrust

Secure Computing plans to buy messaging security firm CipherTrust for an estimated $273 million. The transaction will include $185 million in cash, 10 million shares of Secure Computing common stock and a $10 million promissory note, provided certain performance targets are met.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Company news - BlackSpider Technologies/SurfControl

Update: Company news - BlackSpider Technologies/SurfControl

Managed security service provider BlackSpider Technologies has been acquired by SurfControl for an estimated £20 million. SurfControl hopes the addition will let it provide multi-level products to address its clients' needs at the lowest possible cost.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Company news - CA/XOsoft

Update: Company news - CA/XOsoft

CA has added two more companies to its list of recent acquisitions. No details of its purchase of storage management company XOsoft were disclosed, but CA plans to integrate XOsoft's products with its own for a more rounded portfolio.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Criminals are increasingly using structured query language (SQL) code to obtain the personal information of consumers through databases, internet monitoring vendor SecureWorks has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Criminals are increasingly using structured query language (SQL) code to obtain the personal information of consumers through databases, internet monitoring vendor SecureWorks has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Update: Criminals increasingly using SQL code

Criminals are increasingly using structured query language (SQL) code to obtain the personal information of consumers through databases, internet monitoring vendor SecureWorks has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Editorial: Lessons from the NatWest Three

Editorial: Lessons from the NatWest Three

To many commentators, the case of the NatWest Three may not look like the outcome of a failed information security policy.
Paul Fisher, Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Ransomware getting more complex

Update: Ransomware getting more complex

Ransomware is getting more complex, and anti-virus companies are worried they may not be able to decrypt ransomed files, according to a new report.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Tools used by software developers

Update: Tools used by software developers

Tools used by software developers to test for faulty design are now being employed by hackers to discover unknown vulnerabilities, a security firm has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Tools used by software developers

Update: Tools used by software developers

Tools used by software developers to test for faulty design are now being employed by hackers to discover unknown vulnerabilities, a security firm has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Tools used by software developers

Update: Tools used by software developers

Tools used by software developers to test for faulty design are now being employed by hackers to discover unknown vulnerabilities, a security firm has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Tougher laws for hackers

Update: Tougher laws for hackers

The Home Office is planning to ban hackers from using the internet.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Update: Company news - BlackSpider Technologies/SurfControl

Update: Company news - BlackSpider Technologies/SurfControl

Managed security service provider BlackSpider Technologies has been acquired by SurfControl for an estimated £20 million. SurfControl hopes the addition will let it provide multi-level products to address its clients' needs at the lowest possible cost.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security

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