Although agencies are improving cybersecurity at the national level, the federal approach to securing U.S. interests online still leaves much to be desired, a high-ranking Obama administration official said.
- By Amber Corrin
- 04/14/2010
April marks another historic Patch Tuesday with 11 security bulletins being rolled out today by Microsoft.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/13/2010
Despite the frequency in cyberattacks against government networks, no major agency has fully secured its computers to the specifications in two major White House protection initiatives, a pair of new reports said.
- By Matthew Weigelt
- 04/13/2010
This month is among the busiest, with patches coming from Microsoft, Adobe and others. Plus: Black Hat Tech Con tackles Web-originated attacks; looking for motives in the cyberspying world.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/12/2010
Microsoft rolled out the Security Compliance Manager tool on Thursday to help IT pros manage baseline security in Windows.
- By Herb Torrens
- 04/09/2010
Expect a whopper patch next week, as Microsoft is planning to release 11 fixes in its April security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/08/2010
Even the Dali Lama isn't safe from hacking, according to a report released on Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/08/2010
Nearly half of U.S. IT professionals surveyed believe that the risks of cloud computing outweigh its benefits.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/07/2010
Call up transactions with PowerShell 2.0, but do so in a way that keeps you from popping up errors unexpectedly. The secret is in exceptions.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/05/2010
With April's planned patch releases, Microsoft sets pace to exceed 2009's fixes. Plus: Conficker, a year later; how you set admin rights may be key to overall security, says one vendor.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/05/2010
Microsoft today released its second "critical" off-cycle patch for Internet Explorer this year.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/30/2010
The software-as-a-service security market is booming, according to a report by Infonetics Research.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/30/2010
Configuring a Trusted Host can come to the rescue in some remoting situations, and it's PowerShell friendly.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/30/2010
Even a fire-proof safe needs additional protective measures, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 is no different.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/29/2010
Attacks on government systems, U.S. interests on the rise.
- By Amber Corrin
- 03/29/2010
Microsoft's browser takes center stage at Pwn2Own contest. Plus: yet another vendor takes on patch management, and fixing Windows 64-bit.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/23/2010
Datacenter virtualization projects can open up security issues, according to research from Gartner.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 03/22/2010
Microsoft reacted this week to a claim that its Virtual PC hypervisor contains a security hole.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/18/2010
The Jericho Forum proposes security vendors self-assess and certify their security capabilities. Plus: Microsoft might release IE off-cycle update; Koobface shows itself, again.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/16/2010
According to a report by messaging security specialist MessageLabs, spam now accounts for close to 90 percent of all e-mail traffic.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/16/2010