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Microsoft to slow down ActiveX controls

Microsoft to slow down ActiveX controls

An ongoing patent infringement case will force Microsoft to weaken ActiveX controls within Internet Explorer (IE) within the next month.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 30 2006 11:54PM Security
Hackers seek mobile phone doorway to networks

Hackers seek mobile phone doorway to networks

Hackers are turning to mobile phones as a means of breaking into corporate networks, according to security experts.
René Millman Mar 30 2006 2:24PM Security
Nash to go on sabbatical from Redmond

Nash to go on sabbatical from Redmond

By June, Microsoft will initiate a changing of the guard within its security group.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 29 2006 10:55PM Security
Trojan threat to bank tokens

Trojan threat to bank tokens

A new trojan circulating the internet could render security tokens used for home banking useless, experts warned.
René Millman Mar 27 2006 4:54PM Security
Check Point: Delays, political climate to blame for cancelled merger

Check Point: Delays, political climate to blame for cancelled merger

Check Point Technologies and Sourcefire said yesterday that they are terminating a $225 million merger that came under intense scrutiny by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Ericka Chickowski Mar 24 2006 9:20PM Security
S.F. internet marketer to pay 900K in fines

S.F. internet marketer to pay 900K in fines

An internet marketing agency will pay $900,000 – the largest penalty of its kind - to the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly violating the CAN-SPAM Act.
Frank Washkuch Mar 23 2006 11:03PM Security
Sun Grid rises - only to be attacked

Sun Grid rises - only to be attacked

It did not take long for the new Sun Grid – which offers enterprises access to thousands of CPUs – to become the victim of malicious activity.
Dan Kaplan Mar 23 2006 10:06PM Security
Half of U.K. shopping websites 'open to attack'

Half of U.K. shopping websites 'open to attack'

Security flaws in half of U.K. retailers' websites leave them open to attack, new research found.
René Millman Mar 21 2006 4:58PM Security
Third of U.K. business fails to test disaster plans

Third of U.K. business fails to test disaster plans

A new study has claimed that a third of British businesses fail to test their disaster-recovery strategy regularly.
René Millman Mar 20 2006 10:42AM Security
Cyber criminals turn to extortion with Zippo-A trojan

Cyber criminals turn to extortion with Zippo-A trojan

Security experts have identified a tojan that encrypts victims' computer files, and then attempts to extort a ransom of $300 to restore the hijacked data.
William Eazel Mar 17 2006 10:10AM Security
IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

Industry and government leaders will testify Thursday before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on the growing cybersecurity concerns facing small businesses.
Dan Kaplan Mar 15 2006 8:16PM Security
Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

A married couple is to be jailed for developing and selling an industrial espionage spyware trojan that helped private investigators spy on their clients' competitors.
William Eazel Mar 15 2006 11:04AM Security
Skype branded danger to enterprise IT security

Skype branded danger to enterprise IT security

Although cost savings and improved communications are luring enterprises to Skype, the popular voice over IP service may violate security policies, industry experts have warned.
William Eazel Mar 15 2006 10:56AM Security
The 2006 SC Awards, a homage to excellence

The 2006 SC Awards, a homage to excellence

As part of the IT security industry’s leading global awards program, the SC Magazine Awards U.S. Gala was organized to honor the professionals, companies and products that help fend off the myriad security threats confronted in today’s corporate world.
Illena Armstrong, Mar 14 2006 4:36PM Security
Chase scam traced to Chinese bank

Chase scam traced to Chinese bank

A phishing scam where unwary users are lured into filling out a bogus survey has been traced to a hacked web server of a state-owned Chinese bank.
René Millman Mar 14 2006 1:51PM Security
Report: 80 percent of emails out to manipulate

Report: 80 percent of emails out to manipulate

Four out of five inbound emails are designed to deceive the recipient, according to a new report studying the scope of abusive online messages.
Dan Kaplan Mar 10 2006 9:00PM Security
Researchers pioneer digital fingerprint forensics to nab cyber thieves

Researchers pioneer digital fingerprint forensics to nab cyber thieves

Researchers have demonstrated a new forensics technology designed to help catch cyber thieves and digital pirates. The digital fingerprinting technology, which was developed by academics at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering, is designed to help protect digital assets and identify national security leak sources.
William Eazel Mar 10 2006 9:51AM Security
Redmond to take on counterfeiting

Redmond to take on counterfeiting

Microsoft announced today that it hopes to improve user awareness of counterfeit software’s security risks by launching The Genuine Software Initiative.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 9 2006 8:43PM Security
Jobs for moms webmaster cops to spam-porn plea

Jobs for moms webmaster cops to spam-porn plea

A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty this week in connection with a mass pornographic spamming operation resulting in more than 600,000 complaints from America Online customers.
Dan Kaplan Mar 8 2006 10:01PM Security
It’s time for us all to raise our game

It’s time for us all to raise our game

IT, and IT security in particular, are at an interesting crossroads, and due for a lot of changes over the next few years. If we are honest, the IT industry has an appalling record, and is littered with projects that have failed to complete or to meet requirements. The public sector especially has a shameful track record, with practically every Government department with its own horror story to tell.
Ron Condon Mar 8 2006 5:16PM Security

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