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Another flaw affects swathe of CA products

Another flaw affects swathe of CA products

Computer Associates (CA) has warned of yet another “high risk” vulnerability affecting an antivirus scanning engine used in many of its products.
René Millman May 24 2005 5:25PM Security
Defacers hit phishers in war of the web

Defacers hit phishers in war of the web

Vigilante defacers are turning the tables on phishing groups by taking down spoofed websites.
David Quainton May 23 2005 2:21PM Security
Secret Service report details traits of insider attacks

Secret Service report details traits of insider attacks

Most insider attacks are planned well in advance by former employees intent on revenge, according to a study released by the U.S. Secret Service and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's CERT.
Marcia Savage May 17 2005 6:17PM Security
Debate: Educating users is a waste of time – firms would be wiser to spend more on technology

Debate: Educating users is a waste of time – firms would be wiser to spend more on technology
Robert Schifreen May 13 2005 5:35PM Security
Failure must be a part of the plan

Failure must be a part of the plan

The trick is to acknowledge the danger and plan for the inevitable, as former White House advisor Richard Clarke tells Illena Armstrong
Illena Armstrong May 12 2005 5:26PM Security
The sound of one hand typing

The sound of one hand typing

Queensland reseller Frontier Solutions & Strategies has signed a deal to distribute Matias ergonomic keyboards in Australia and New Zealand -- including a one-handed model.
Staff Writers May 12 2005 4:01PM Hardware
The five Ps of patch management

The five Ps of patch management

Security and vulnerability patching has become one of the top concerns for IT managers, but has also left many IT teams fighting a losing battle as the job of patching competes with daily system maintenance and security tasks.
Staff Writers May 9 2005 11:06AM Security
Blair spam rides on back of election frenzy

Blair spam rides on back of election frenzy

Spammers have tapped into British election fever by sending out an email claiming that Tony Blair’s email account has been hacked.
David Quainton May 6 2005 4:46PM Security
LDAP – the heart of the secure organization

LDAP – the heart of the secure organization

Single sign-on (SSO) has long been a holy grail for security teams in large complex organizations. But the obstacles in the way of its universal deployment have so far proved to be too great - in particular the challenge of interfacing and synchronizing data held in the various directories that larger companies typically deploy.
Ken Watt May 4 2005 11:15AM Security
Number of web sites with spyware grows

Number of web sites with spyware grows

The number of web sites that install spyware is growing, according to a report released Tuesday by Webroot Software.
Marcia Savage May 2 2005 11:51PM Security
Bank of Qld extends EDS outsourcing

Bank of Qld extends EDS outsourcing

The Bank of Queensland has extended its 10-year IT and business processes outsourcing agreement with EDS to 2014, in a deal worth another $140 million to the service provider.
Staff Writers May 2 2005 1:57PM Strategy
SANS issues list of top vulnerabilities for Q1

SANS issues list of top vulnerabilities for Q1

The SANS Institute, together with security experts from government and industry, released a list of the most critical internet security vulnerabiliites for the first quarter of 2005.
Marcia Savage Apr 29 2005 9:10PM Security
Bandwidth in the time of cholera

Bandwidth in the time of cholera

In internet service provision, if an end user customer catches cholera that is their problem.
Jonathan Mepsted Apr 28 2005 9:39AM Security
20 percent of zombies come from China

20 percent of zombies come from China

Chinese internet users account for around 20 percent of the world's zombies according to a new report from email security company CipherTrust.
René Millman Apr 25 2005 4:25PM Security
Carnegie Mellon business school notifies 19,000 of breach

Carnegie Mellon business school notifies 19,000 of breach

Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business has sent out 19,000 notices to students, faculty and graduates about a security breach that may have exposed their personal data.
Marcia Savage Apr 21 2005 8:27PM Security
24 hours of patching and exploit madness!

24 hours of patching and exploit madness!

After 24 hours of vulnerability and patching fun, users are being advised to grab Microsoft’s eight security patches and be wary of new critical systems exploits.
David Quainton Apr 13 2005 12:08PM Security
Data breaches reveal lack of encryption

Data breaches reveal lack of encryption

A California medical group could have avoided a huge headache if it had encrypted the patient data stored on two computers that were stolen, a security executive noted.
Marcia Savage Apr 11 2005 5:45PM Security
Security researchers warn of DNS poisoning

Security researchers warn of DNS poisoning

Researchers at the SANS Internet Storm Center have been tracking domain name system (DNS) cache poisoning attacks that redirected users to malicious web sites.
Marcia Savage Apr 8 2005 10:10PM Security
Three quarters of businesses shun SP2 update

Three quarters of businesses shun SP2 update

Less than a quarter of businesses in North America have installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) according to a new study.
René Millman Apr 5 2005 10:44AM Security
$25k Mac virus comp opens can of worms

$25k Mac virus comp opens can of worms

Following yesterday’s news that a competition to infect two G5 PowerMac computers running Mac OS X with a virus had been shelved, the Mac community has reacted angrily to what it sees as a publicity stunt.
David Quainton Mar 30 2005 11:22AM Security

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