This week security researchers announced that exploit code taking advantage of an unpatched IE flaw has been published on the Web.
A corporate-backed watchdog group that monitors software for deceptive and abusive practices on Wednesday named a widely used file-sharing program and three other applications as violators of its guidelines.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
A pioneer of software that delivers pop-up ads based on Web sites that Internet users browse said Tuesday it will exit that business by June following persistent criticism from online publishers, consumer groups and privacy advocates.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
Here’s how to access the Virtual Server Administration Web site from within a Remote Desktop Connection.
Laziness or stupidity are the main reasons for DNS cache poisoning, a study finds.
Security researchers are warning about a new variety of unusually powerful denial of service attacks.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/16/2006
New Internet attacks targeting computers that manage global Internet traffic has potential to overwhelm popular Web sites and disrupt e-mails
- By The Associated Press
- 03/15/2006
Here’s how to disable the Windows Safe Mode boot menu.
The DHS' anti-terrorism information gathering expands, but so does its potential to be abused.
Essential redux: Use VBScript to run a command-line tool and capture its output.
The world industrial-standards association has rejected China's controversial wireless encryption standard for global use, news reports said Monday, dealing a blow to Beijing's effort to promote its own standards for computers and telecoms.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/13/2006
The FBI plans to spend up to $500 million building the final piece of its delayed, troubled technology upgrade, yet risks a repeat of earlier missteps that led to excessive costs, according to a government report released Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/13/2006
From the business wires this week: a network security solution for Windows systems, Exchange protection, Microsoft's Origami and Onfolio announcements, more.
If your thoughts are occupied by storage and how to keep it all secure and available, maybe you should begin thinking like a DRBC architect.
- By Bill Heldman
- 03/07/2006
Admin has difficulty giving HR the right permissions to edit data.
Regulatory measures are forcing companies to store heaps of sensitive data that could be exploited by the bad guys.
Technologies like Trusted Computing could lock consumers into their hardware products.
A Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison in a computer theft case involving more than 1 billion records that Acxiom Corp., a data-management company, collected in its work for large corporations.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/23/2006
A white hatter is developing a tougher database rootkit for security reasons -- but can it be used for evil?
Hype might make for good news but bad security policies.