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Cisco and Oracle panned, shaken, stirred

Cisco and Oracle panned, shaken, stirred

Cisco and Oracle have been panned by a security expert for dealing with software vulnerabilities and putting users at risk.
David Quainton Oct 4 2005 12:23PM Security
Speed and firewalls panned at network security shindig

Speed and firewalls panned at network security shindig

Information technology is too focused on bandwidth and speed and not helping internet security, according to the head of information security at a Fortune 500 company.
David Quainton Oct 3 2005 4:30PM Security
Trojan army invades Europe and the U.S.

Trojan army invades Europe and the U.S.

Trojan-based attacks will take over from email phishing in the U.S. and Europe as trojans become more sophisticated and harder to stop, according to a new report.
René Millman Sep 28 2005 4:31PM Security
Me and my job

Me and my job
Staff Writers Sep 5 2005 3:54PM Security
Status Quo as viruses are down down, deeper and down

Status Quo as viruses are down down, deeper and down

Spam is rising but viruses and phishing attacks have gone on holiday, according to the latest malware stats.
David Quainton Sep 2 2005 11:23AM Security
Companies ignore dos and don'ts of DoS

Companies ignore dos and don'ts of DoS

Nearly three-quarters of businesses think they are safe from DoS attacks when they have less than adequate protection in place.
David Quainton Aug 31 2005 3:49PM Security
Wireless security is broken and it doesn’t matter.

Wireless security is broken and it doesn’t matter.

It’s hard to pick up an industry magazine or a newspaper without finding an article about the latest security flaw in one of the wireless protocols. Companies are scrambling to fix the problem by throwing money and resources at new standards and products. Organizations everywhere are wasting financial resources on technologies that prevent their users from taking advantage of wireless networks because of perceived security reasons.
Thomas Gilbert Aug 31 2005 11:14AM Security
Me and my job

Me and my job
Staff Writers Aug 26 2005 3:11PM Security
Spammers use and abuse Microsoft in trojan delivery

Spammers use and abuse Microsoft in trojan delivery

A trojan virus is doing the rounds hidden in an email message from Microsoft warning about the Zotob worm.
David Quainton Aug 25 2005 11:31AM Security
Virus writers and hackers change tactics

Virus writers and hackers change tactics

For some time now, Kaspersky Lab has been tracking a shift in virus writers' tactics. The relative decline in the number of global epidemics during the last year signals a move away from the use of mass attacks on users worldwide. Instead, attacks are becoming more localized.
David Emm Aug 22 2005 10:53AM Security
Trespassing thief and fraudster convicted

Trespassing thief and fraudster convicted

A businessman has been convicted of 120 counts of unauthorized access in what is claimed to be the biggest “computer theft” case of all time.
David Quainton Aug 16 2005 1:14PM Security
Cretan cretin - police go and get 'im

Cretan cretin - police go and get 'im

Police on the Greek island of Crete have raided the home of a 54-year-old Englishman who allegedly blackmailed a British insurance company after hacking into its website.
David Quainton Aug 10 2005 5:14PM Security
Brouhaha rising as Cisco creaks and groans

Brouhaha rising as Cisco creaks and groans

Cisco has managed even greater levels of security brouhaha today, with the news that its re-distribution of passwords for its customer portal is not going as smoothly as hoped.
David Quainton Aug 4 2005 4:23PM Security
Olovsson and Bodley-Scott scoop Jericho Forum challenge honors

Olovsson and Bodley-Scott scoop Jericho Forum challenge honors

A paper urging people to move away from traditional firewall-based security has won the inaugural Jericho Forum Challenge.
David Quainton Jul 29 2005 2:55PM Security
Debate» Traditional firewalls have outlived their usefulness and should be thrown on the scrapheap

Debate» Traditional firewalls have outlived their usefulness and should be thrown on the scrapheap
Jeff Alsford Jul 29 2005 2:46PM Security
Me and my job

Me and my job
Staff Writers Jul 29 2005 2:33PM Security
Lights, camera, and… hacker

Lights, camera, and… hacker

There was a good article in a recent issue of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about the portrayal of national security issues on film and TV (http://tinyurl.com/dec6v). As you might imagine, modern fiction is often, well, fictional in its portrayal of nuclear weapons, "homeland security" and the like.
Nick Barron Jul 27 2005 4:14PM Security
Spyware, adware and unaware

Spyware, adware and unaware

Spyware is public enemy number one. Web advertising networks are strongly lobbying to make sure that the anti-Spyware bill known as the Spy Act is watered down a bit before passage (Bill H.R. 29).
Paul Myer Jul 27 2005 10:14AM Security
Visa and U.S. Chamber of Commerce launch security campaign

Visa and U.S. Chamber of Commerce launch security campaign

Visa USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have launched a campaign to help educate merchants about data security.
Marcia Savage Jul 22 2005 7:11PM Security
Debate» Voice over IP networks pose a security threat to enterprises and their users

Debate» Voice over IP networks pose a security threat to enterprises and their users
David Endler Jul 22 2005 3:27PM Security

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