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Ozzie's peer-to-peer to hit corporate networks
News Shared space on individual hard drives could, in theory, minimise bandwidth burden on corporate networks, and ease the document encryption required to ensure security on networks. Groove" has been described by Ozzie's company Groove Networks as "a...
[October 24, 2000, 16:03]
An Evaluation of the Performance of IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g Wireless Local Area Networks in a Corporate Office Environment
White Papers In recent years there has been considerable interest in the development of standards for Wireless Local Area Networks. In this paper, the performance and relative merits of 802.11a and 802.11g are compared for the scenario of a corporate office...
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
BlackBerry PDF flaw threatens corporate networks
News According to Sense of Security's principal consultant, Jason Edelstein, this means that corporate networks are at risk due to the flaw. Most organisations place the BES within key networks, such as email servers, giving it privileged access to...
[July 16, 2008, 16:16]
Nimda floods corporate networks
News And the fact that Nimda infects workstations as well as servers, together with the high speed of many workstations and corporate networks, vastly increases the amount of network traffic Nimda generates.
[September 20, 2001, 12:44]
Worm hits corporate networks hard
News Researchers also warned that once a single corporate user's PC was infected with ExploreZip, the worm can quickly spread to other users by a secondary mode of infection. "Judging from the number of reports we have had, this looks a little less...
[June 14, 1999, 8:36]
Kerberos allows attackers into corporate networks
News Kerberos was invented by MIT and is used by many large businesses as a way of keeping their networks secure. Kerberos has lost some of its bite, according to the US government, which on Wednesday warned of a critical flaw that could allow hackers...
[October 24, 2002, 15:43]
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Over Satellite: atrexx and UDcast Provide Cost-Effective Connectivity for Corporate Networks
White Papers Satellite based IP connections provide an ubiquitous and instantaneous solution to companies seeking to include into their corporate network subsidiaries and production facilities, also in regions with a poor telecommunications infrastructure.
[July 27, 2006, 0:00]
Worm and virus overload networks
News The Internet worm -- called MSBlast.D, W32.Welchia or W32/Nachi -- started compromising computers on Monday and has overwhelmed some corporate networks with its aggressive scans for vulnerable hosts. The double whammy caused problems on some...
[August 20, 2003, 8:35]
Networks crippled by worms' onslaught
News Nachi, the problematic fixer worm, and Sobig.F, the worst mass-mailing computer virus to date, continued to flood some corporate networks and email servers on Thursday. Nachi -- also dubbed MSBlast.D and Welchia -- is a variant of the MSBlast worm...
[August 22, 2003, 8:45]
RIM patches 'critical' BlackBerry PDF flaw
News RIM has released a patch for a security flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server that exposed corporate networks to hackers via maliciously crafted PDF documents. RIM announced the "highly critical" security advisory two weeks ago, saying that a booby...
[July 23, 2008, 11:17]
Concerns grow over rogue Wi-Fi security
News Rogue and insecure Wi-Fi access points are increasingly posing a threat to the security of corporate networks. One of the main worries about wireless security is users unwittingly accessing insecure or malicious wireless networks when they are out...
[April 20, 2007, 16:35]
Chat 'bots' may be hacker tool
News An international network monitoring group has alerted corporate Australia to a growing file-sharing racket that uses Internet Relay Chat "robots" to compromise networks. Although so far there have been no direct reports of Australian corporate...
[May 10, 2002, 10:55]
Longhorn: End-to-end search remains a dream
News Bill Gates' dream of an end-to-end search tool for corporate networks remains just that: a dream, at least until the end of the decade. The translation: WinFS won't be fully useable on a large-scale basis to search content across corporate networks...
[May 14, 2004, 14:50]
Organisations Adopt Advanced Internet Firewall for Cost-Effective Web Production
White Papers Despite its value as a business tool, the Internet can transmit viruses to corporate networks. As a result, the organisations are gaining advanced protection for their corporate networks against Internet intruders.
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
Microsoft wants to manage identities
News Microsoft on Wednesday announced new software designed to automate the process of managing user identity information on corporate networks. Microsoft also is releasing a series of guidelines, developed with accounting and consulting firm...
[July 3, 2003, 9:37]
iPods are security risk, warns analyst
News Companies should consider banning portable storage devices such as Apple's iPod from corporate networks as they can be used to introduce malware or steal corporate data, according to an analyst. Small portable storage products can bypass perimeter...
[July 5, 2004, 17:30]
Networks boost security against attacks
News An FBI warning has administrators of the nation's corporate networks double-checking -- and double-locking -- their systems in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. He said the state of corporate infrastructure...
[September 17, 2001, 10:39]
Juniper prepares for a battle at the "low end"
News Telecommunications hardware maker Juniper Networks is going where it hasn't gone before -- into security and the low-end corporate market. The buy also gives Juniper an entry into the market for products that allow secure access to corporate...
[February 10, 2004, 10:20]
BT: It's not good to chalk
News BTopenworld is warning of the dangers of operating insecure wireless local area networks, claiming that warchalking can encourage malicious hackers to break into corporate networks. Companies need to ensure that no unauthorised person can...
[September 27, 2002, 16:55]
True Zero Day Protection: The Only Defense Against Evolving Security Threats
White Papers Zero day attacks are a growing threat to corporate networks, because they pass undetected through conventional signature-based defenses. This white paper explains the mechanisms of zero day threats and shows how the WatchGuard approach of combining...
[July 13, 2009, 0:00]
