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Who is at risk from cyberattack?
News However, IT security firm Symantec attributes the high instances of cyberattacks in this sector to attacks against non-profit activist groups -- as diverse as animal rights organisations, lobby groups and software communities.
[February 5, 2003, 15:21]
MPs urged to overhaul Computer Misuse Act
News John Cheney, chief executive of email security firm BlackSpider Technologies, said the CMA and the European anti-spam laws have not been very good at solving the spam problem. In April, APIG held a number of public hearings at the House of Commons...
[June 23, 2004, 14:25]
Netsky writers claim credit for Sasser worm
News The boasts are credible, Joe Stewart, senior security researcher at network protection firm Lurhq, said Monday. Stewart accurately predicted that a worm based on the widespread Local Security Authority Subsystem Service, or LSASS, vulnerability...
[May 4, 2004, 8:35]
Worm spread shows hole in patch system
News Security firm Symantec offered a more conservative number, based on its intrusion detection network. Patching is only one facet of a corporate security strategy and should be considered fallible as best, said Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technology...
[August 13, 2003, 9:35]
Extreme bolsters NAC offering
News Gopalakrishnan said the offerings integrate with the firm's Clear-Flow security rules engine, which would help establish a layered security approach. The LAN equipment vendor has also introduced a Policy Manager tool which, together with the...
[July 24, 2007, 17:46]
MyDoom compromises Web
News Perhaps more troubling is the fact that other online vandals could route new attacks through the infected PCs, said Alfred Huger, senior director of engineering for security software firm Symantec. Attackers can then bypass the PC's security and...
[January 28, 2004, 7:15]
Worm claims Sussex Police computers
News However, the worm is not a good idea, said Joe Hartmann, North American director for antivirus research at security software firm Trend Micro. Email security firm MessageLabs last week found that one in every 17 email going through its systems...
[August 27, 2003, 14:40]
Fraudsters search Google for credit-card numbers
News It seems like everyone has their own trick," said Chris Wysopal, vice president of research and development for digital security firm @Stake. Moreover, the company has decided to allow anyone to request the removal from search results of any...
[August 4, 2004, 8:45]
Security group defends 30-day plan
News Chris Wysopal, research director for the digital security firm @Stake, released information about a fair number of such vulnerabilities when he was part of the Boston hacker group The L0pht. Other members of OIS include anti-virus software maker...
[July 31, 2003, 11:05]
MPs start review of Computer Misuse Act
News John Cheney, chief executive of email security firm BlackSpider Technologies, said the CMA and the European anti-spam laws have not been very good at solving the spam problem. David Williamson, UK head of operations at security services firm Ubizen...
[April 29, 2004, 14:35]
Mac OS X with 100 bugs: Still safer than Windows?
News There are no viruses really for OS X — there have been a few — but, from that point of view, the likelihood of you getting hit on an Apple is insignificant compared to PCs," said Patrik Runald, senior security specialist at antivirus firm F-Secure.
[July 11, 2007, 16:30]
Microsoft fails Slammer's security test
News This shows that the notion of patching doesn't work," said Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer for network protection firm Counterpane Internet Security. Microsoft's policy of relying on software patches to fix major security flaws was...
[January 28, 2003, 8:39]
Few takers for security outsourcing
News European firms are still reluctant to hand over the management of key security measures to third-parties, according to research published on Friday. This is despite the fact that half the companies surveyed agreed that outsourcing would let them...
[April 11, 2003, 17:00]
Linux hack attacks on the rise
News The firm urged Linux system administrators to be more vigilant about patching known security bugs. The security firm pinned this drop partly on improved security in the wake of last September's terrorist attacks, and partly on an amendment to the...
[July 15, 2002, 16:24]
Media Player 'skins' in security alert
News Finland-based security firm Oy Online Solutions identified the issue and notified Microsoft on 14 March. The security firm on Wednesday released another advisory, saying the flaw circumvents a basic security measure implemented by Microsoft.
[May 8, 2003, 8:42]
Apache issues anti-DoS patch
News The foundation rushed the patch out perhaps to avert the kind of scenario that occurred last June, when a security firm released news of a flaw and gave Apache only a few hours to respond. The DoS vulnerability in version 2.0.44 was discovered by...
[April 4, 2003, 10:12]
FBI investigates Nimda worm
News There was a task force set up today, and there were a lot of things discussed," said Vincent Gullotto, director of antivirus research at security software firm Network Associates. In addition to its ability to cross between servers and PCs, the...
[September 19, 2001, 9:22]
Sony rootkit prompts clampdown on CD use
News Andrew Yeomans, vice-president for global information security at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, told ZDNet UK that he is already assessing whether his firm need to tighten up their controls.
[November 14, 2005, 12:50]
Businesses slow to move to SP2
News In a study of 136,000 corporate PCs, Canadian asset tracking firm AssetMetrix found that more than one-third of the computers were running Windows XP, but only 24 percent had installed the security-oriented Service Pack 2 upgrade.
[April 4, 2005, 9:10]
Security -- can you afford NOT to outsource it?
News As a very simple check, the enterprise can take a chance and disable a part of its security momentarily and see if the reaction of the outside firm is as advertised. The arguments for outsourcing -- that it can be cheaper and provide access to...
[March 31, 2003, 16:30]
