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Microsoft prepares Windows patch CD
News Microsoft is planning to begin testing next week a security CD designed to allow users of older Windows systems to easily bring their PCs up to date -- a new attempt to change a situation that has been a boon to virus writers and spammers.
[December 5, 2003, 16:10]
Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus
Talkback Funily enough i had been having problems with my Norton Security Suite 2004 and could not reinstall it as it said that I had a virus ( which it should have picked up when installed originaly but no so in the end I stuck in theComputer Associates E...
[November 11, 2004, 8:03]
Flaw found in Sony DRM patch
News Sony BMG is replacing a patch for its CD copy-restriction software after Princeton University researchers found a security flaw in the update. Sony executives said Thursday that they are working as closely as possible with security professionals to...
[December 9, 2005, 8:05]
Sony CD protection sparks spyware row
News Security researchers note that simply hiding something doesn’t make it a threat, and the SonyBMG software is designed to hide the digital rights management tools that prevent unauthorised copies of the CD from being made.
[November 2, 2005, 12:15]
Debian released without security update feature
News New installations [of Debian 3.1 from CD and DVD] will not get security updates by default," said Debian developer Colin Watson in an e-mail warning. Debian is not the only high-profile software project to be forced to fix a dangerous security flaw...
[June 8, 2005, 9:50]
Is Sony BMG spreading malware?
News For more information, see Cisco Security Advisory: At the minimum, no security specialist wants any surprise rootkit code installed on servers or workstations he or she is responsible for. However, security software author Mark Russinovich was...
[November 9, 2005, 13:55]
Copy lock shuts out music pirates
News Israeli security company Midbar said on Tuesday that it has inked a deal with a Bertelsmann-owned CD manufacturer to provide copy protection for albums. In the United States, Bertelsmann is experimenting with technologies from other security...
[September 5, 2001, 11:16]
Microsoft to delete Sony DRM 'rootkit'
News Microsoft will update its security tools to detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when some Sony music CDs are played. The software maker has determined that the "rootkit" piece of the XCP software on some Sony BMG...
[November 13, 2005, 10:15]
I'm changing product
Member Review I've just recieved the free MS Security Update CD and with it there is another CD which is a free year's trial for EZ Armour security suite, AV + Firewall. Well, I am now convinced to not upgrade to 2004.
[March 24, 2004, 8:43]
Windows 98 support shifts to CD
News Last month, Microsoft began testing a security CD that was designed to enable users of older versions of Windows with low bandwidth connections to update their systems. Ahlgren also admitted that Microsoft is hoping to keep Windows 98 users...
[January 9, 2004, 12:15]
Sony outlines rootkit CD recall plan
News The company is responding to widespread security worries over copy-restriction technology contained on 52 albums released over the last year. Security researchers have found flaws not only in the original First
[November 21, 2005, 11:00]
HP fine-tunes recovery, security for PCs
News Customers will have the option to purchase additional security and privacy tools, the company said. Separately, for new PC users who are looking to venture online, the company is starting to offer greater security.
[February 1, 2002, 16:55]
Microsoft concedes dial-up patch problem
News Microsoft has little choice to but provide constant patches via the Web or CD-ROM, until it can design robust security into its operating system from the get-go. Users need to do more about security prevention, but Microsoft admits that getting the...
[June 14, 2004, 9:25]
Amazon users campaign against Sony's copy-restriction technology
News Mikko Hyppönen, the director of antivirus research at F-Secure, which has been researching potential security issues arising from this copy-restricted CD, told ZDNet UK that Sony's strategy could drive customers towards music download services...
[November 3, 2005, 16:35]
USB drives: Useful tool or security nightmare?
News He is a network security administrator for the Defense Information Systems Agency. A better solution is to purchase devices that include built-in security features. Most organisations are diligent when it comes to maintaining proper file security...
[May 18, 2005, 17:30]
Sony DRM rootkit 'legal in the UK'
News But even if your computer is damaged by the Sony CD, either directly or indirectly through the activity of malicious code that takes advantage of Sony's DRM software, Sony would not be criminally liable, according to Peter Sommer, research fellow...
[November 4, 2005, 13:45]
Copy-protected CD hacked--or is it?
News As one of the last legs on the road to approving an industry standard for CD security, the group sponsored a "hacking challenge," last fall, inviting programmers to break the finalists' codes. That situation was underscored last year in a failed...
[May 16, 2001, 8:48]
Court orders Sony to pay rootkit victims
News For the duration of the settlement, which lasts until the end of 2007, the company is expected to take several steps before putting any new copy protection software on its wares, including submitting the software for review by an independent...
[May 23, 2006, 9:55]
HP embeds security, adds thin client
News Four USB ports are available for wireless, security and external storage options such as disk on key, CD-ROM drive, floppy and hard drives. Hewlett-Packard has launched new business desktop computers including one with HP's first embedded security...
[May 30, 2003, 9:08]
Biggest hacking fraud ever
News Computer security expert David Litchfield of security firm Cerberus believes this may well be more than a wild boast. The trouble with software companies these days is that getting stuff out quickly is all important and so security suffers.
[January 12, 2000, 9:19]
