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Flaw harbours Slammer potential
News We believe these new attack vectors make the vulnerability even more dangerous and critical as the proposed workarounds are not sufficient to close them and particularly because they outline a very plausible scenario for a highly efficient worm...
[December 10, 2003, 7:30]
Microsoft proposes ID solution for spam
News The technology relies on Microsoft's Caller ID for Email technology and the Sender Policy Framework, authored by Meng Weng Wong, chief technology officer at Pobox.com. Companies and individuals are increasingly deluged with spam and phishing scams...
[August 13, 2004, 8:40]
PDF threat worse than first thought
News The security problem exists because the web browser plug-in of the Adobe Systems' Acrobat Reader allows JavaScript code appended to links to PDF files to run once the link is clicked, said Jeremiah Grossman, chief technology officer at WhiteHat...
[January 5, 2007, 7:24]
Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in Excel
News Oliver Bell, regional technology officer for Microsoft Asia-Pacific, said in a web chat with ZDNet UK's sister site ZDNet Asia that the company is trying to balance the task of complying with standards while ensuring its products work with...
[May 7, 2009, 11:22]
Start-up enters business processes market
News Part of what's driving the interest in BPM is a growing focus on streamlining business processes to ultimately save money, said Benoit Gaucherin, chief technology officer at systems integration and consulting company Sapient.
[January 16, 2003, 11:01]
E-male looks for love
News As email is a quick and simple form of communication, companies are losing precious work hours as a result of email abuse," said Louis Halpern, chief executive officer of the Email Marketing Association.
[August 17, 2001, 17:00]
IT skills set for pay boost in 2005
News David Foote, president and chief research officer for Foote Partners, said in the report: "IT decision makers have lately become somewhat less inclined to play the offshoring or outsourcing card when under pressure.
[December 3, 2004, 13:15]
Windows Wi-Fi attack discovered
News Any machines running a copy of XP without SP2 are saying 'Come and get me', as there are so many gaping threats," said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer at MessageLabs. Loveless claimed that hackers can take advantage of the feature to include...
[January 16, 2006, 15:55]
G8 nations team up to fight cyber-crime
News Chief technical officer at US computer security firm Symantec, Ron Moritz, who attended the summit, describes it as a step in the right direction. The cross-border nature of computer networks makes it relatively easy for offenders to store...
[May 18, 2000, 11:03]
US Report: The Net braces itself for Clinton Video
News For us, this will be almost like a normal day in the office," said Henry Heflich, chief technology officer of Broadcast.com, which will be hosting the video for many news sites. Still, video is streamed in a continuous flow of information packets...
[September 21, 1998, 12:05]
Rivals encroach on Oracle's database lead
News In a speech to shareholders on Monday, chief financial officer Jeff Henley told shareholders that he expects the US economy and technology spending to pick up next year. People want an alternative to Oracle," said Giga Information Group analyst...
[October 16, 2001, 10:49]
Microsoft upgrades flaw to 'critical'
News It was very misleading to call it a (moderate) risk," said Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer for eEye. We just hope that other companies take the extra step to get the right information out. For the second time in a week, Microsoft acknowledged...
[December 13, 2002, 7:39]
Microsoft takes heat for Code Red
News Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at eEye Digital Security and the one responsible for discovering the IIS hole, said the publicity blitz launched by Microsoft and government officials a few days ago should have come much earlier, when the worm...
[August 1, 2001, 9:00]
VoIP security fears spook IT pros
News Russell Kirk, chief technology officer for Grey Convergence, an IP telephony security company, added that "PSTN is not some holy grail that can't be touched. Think how many times a network goes down every day -- with VoIP no one can hear you scream...
[May 3, 2006, 13:30]
BEA bears the brunt as Oracle hikes prices
News A large price increase just gives the [chief financial officer] another reason to look at the deal [between their company and the software vendor] again," Lock said. The price of the main Oracle Database Standard Edition product has gone up from...
[June 23, 2008, 17:10]
HP unwraps RFID package
News Salil Pradhan, chief technology officer of RFID at HP Labs, maintains that his company's hands-on experience with the tags gives it a major advantage over rivals such as IBM and Sun. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags are chips that are...
[May 11, 2004, 8:55]
Security fears over London's blanket Wi-Fi
News The City of London network will offer advanced security capabilities, including support for WPA," said Niall Murphy, chief technical officer of The Cloud. In the City contacts are vital, and the high density of mobile devices will mean more risks...
[February 22, 2006, 13:15]
Al-Jazeera suffers DoS attack
News Johannes Ullrich, chief technical officer of the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Centre, an Internet health monitoring organisation, says that it's most likely the case. However, ZDNet UK's sister site ZDNet Australia has found no 'zone file' in...
[March 27, 2003, 14:09]
Mainstream Web sites spreading back-door infections
News Moreover, the infectious Web sites are not just those of minor companies inhabiting the backwaters of the Web, but major firms, including some banks, said Brent Houlahan, chief technology officer of NetSec.
[June 25, 2004, 8:40]
First security scare hits next-generation Internet
News IPv6 is still in very early stages of deployment, so it's natural to see issues coming up and getting fixed," said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia. Customers who are registered at Juniper's support site can log on to the...
[July 5, 2004, 8:55]
