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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
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: 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
Laptops banned from hand luggage

Laptops banned from hand luggage

Electronic items not allowed in cabin.
Will Head Aug 11 2006 1:48PM Hardware
AOL user identified from search records

AOL user identified from search records

Data not as anonymous as company thought.
Will Head Aug 11 2006 1:47PM Telco/ISP
New malicious site warnings from Google

New malicious site warnings from Google

Google is now warning its users about websites containing malware before the at-risk web-surfer visits the page.
Frank Washkuch Aug 7 2006 11:32PM Security
From Black Hat: IT pros still mostly worried about Windows

From Black Hat: IT pros still mostly worried about Windows

While threats against Macintosh operating systems are becoming more common, IT managers and researchers attending the Black Hat conference this week in Las Vegas said, by far, that they're still concerned with security on PCs running Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Frank Washkuch Aug 4 2006 8:25PM Security
From Black Hat: To disclose or not to disclose?

From Black Hat: To disclose or not to disclose?

Though there is still much dissension in the security world over what is the right way to disclose security vulnerability, a panel of researchers, vendors and end users all agreed at Black Hat yesterday that the disclosure environment has improved over the last several years.
Ericka Chickowski Aug 4 2006 3:04PM Security
From Black Hat: Webroot CTO: Spyware threats on the increase

From Black Hat: Webroot CTO: Spyware threats on the increase

Experts convened at BlackHat on Wednesday reported that the spyware threat continues to increase and it will remain unbeatable while jurisdictional issues between government enforcement bodies persist.
Ericka Chickowski Aug 3 2006 2:48PM Security
YouTube faces stiff challenge from PornoTube

YouTube faces stiff challenge from PornoTube

Readers' wives goes Web 2.0 with porn video sharing site.
Will Head Jul 27 2006 11:35AM Oddware
Cognos gets green light from SEC, resumes financial reporting

Cognos gets green light from SEC, resumes financial reporting

Business intelligence software maker Cognos moved a long way toward clearing up a lingering accounting debacle on Friday, as it reported results for its most recent quarter and announced that it has resolved issues with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to its revenue recognition practices..
Stacy Cowley Jul 24 2006 9:21AM Software
Insight Enterprises to acquire Software Spectrum from Level 3

Insight Enterprises to acquire Software Spectrum from Level 3

Insight Enterprises has agreed to purchase Software Spectrum from Level 3 Communications for about $287 million in cash, according to the companies..
Dan Neel & Scott Campbell Jul 21 2006 10:05AM Software
Need to secure apps, data from 'Insiders' being overlooked

Need to secure apps, data from 'Insiders' being overlooked

There's lots of talk in the industry about how companies can guard against outside IT and network threats. But what can they do to shield themselves from the possibility of in-house developers, consultants, testers and other tech-savvy "insiders" entering malicious code or gaining access to live data?.
Mario Morejon Jul 21 2006 10:05AM Software
U.K. moves to ban hackers from internet

U.K. moves to ban hackers from internet

The U.K.'s Home Office is planning broad powers to ban hackers from using the internet.
René Millman Jul 20 2006 10:12AM Security
Intel claws back retail lead from AMD

Intel claws back retail lead from AMD

Intel bounces back in competitive CPU market.
Tom Sanders Jul 18 2006 12:45PM Hardware
IT budgets fail to benefit from revenue growth

IT budgets fail to benefit from revenue growth

But revenue decline is more likely to lead to a reduced budget.
Dave Friedlos Jul 17 2006 1:15PM Strategy
End of Windows 98, ME support from Microsoft

End of Windows 98, ME support from Microsoft

Today is the end of the line for Redmond's active support of the Windows 98 and ME operating systems.
Frank Washkuch Jul 11 2006 9:59PM Security
Lucky number of fixes due from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday

Lucky number of fixes due from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft will release seven new fixes next week as part of the July version of the company's monthly Patch Tuesday release.
Frank Washkuch Jul 6 2006 8:17PM Security

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