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IT trainer offers master's degree for hackers In an effort to produce the next generation of chief security officers and IT systems defense experts, an online training company is offering a new master's degree program in security science. Security vendors bring zombie fighters to life Data leakage prevention might currently be the hottest IT security submarket, but vendors are also tuning up their product offerings to help customers ward off the presence of botnet-infected zombie computers.  October 4, 3:41 p.m. PDT PayPal claims gains against phishers PayPal security chief Michael Barrett isn't ready to claim a victory in the fight against phishing schemes, but he said that his company is slowly turning the tide using a set of new partnerships and technological means. September 20, 4:23 a.m. PDT Hacker finally publishes notorious Apple Wi-Fi attack More than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a Macintosh computer using a flaw in the system's wireless card, David Maynor has published details of his exploit. September 18, 5:01 p.m. PDT Fear of insider threats hits home The more money that companies spend on securing their IT operations from external attack, the more it seems they become aware that the potential threat posed by their own employees remains their most significant risk. September 18, 10:42 a.m. PDT Infrastructure threats: Botnets show DoS who's boss Malware-infected botnet PCs have overtaken DoS attacks as the top security issue facing Internet service providers and other Web infrastructure hosting players, according to a new survey of the organizations. September 18, 3:54 a.m. PDT Trust key to Internet security A few of my previous columns discussed my vision of creating a more secure Internet. It involved replacing the Internet's default anonymity with pervasive authentication, from the hardware initialization, through the OS and all applications, the user, and ending with a verifiable network stream. It is my strong belief that without a complete overhaul of default authentication, malicious hacking is going to continue indefinitely. September 14, 3:00 a.m. PDT Best of open source in security In areas such as CRM software and portals, open source gained a foothold because users were willing to compromise -- less could be more, because the price was right. In security, open source rushed in because commercial vendors fell down on the job. As security problems in the enterprise outstripped the capabilities of commercial solutions, a number of talented security researchers stepped into the breach via the open source model. September 10, 3:00 a.m. PDT Forrester security show stresses risk management Enterprise security decision makers have long been more likely to be swayed by flashy new technologies than by the notion of comprehensive IT restructuring to protect data and other corporate assets, but the situation is evolving rapidly, according to experts participating in Forrester Research's ongoing Security Forum. September 5, 11:33 a.m. PDT FBI: Enterprises need counterintelligence The Chinese government has denied involvement in a series of hacks carried out against IT systems at the Pentagon in June this week, but the threat of technology-driven espionage has forced the FBI to push businesses and academic institutions to better prepare for such attacks. September 4, 3:45 p.m. PDT 10 reasons to be paranoid The truth is out there ... and so is your data. And just because there are no virtual black helicopters following you doesn't mean somebody somewhere doesn't have a bead on who you are and what you are doing. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Mobile workers still struggling with security A fair amount of business users remain oblivious or unconcerned about many of the security issues involved with mobile devices, according to a new study published by Cisco and the National Cyber Security Alliance. August 21, 3:08 p.m. PDT Mobile malware to pose significant threat Although concerns regarding handheld data security still trump fears of mobile viruses, security software vendors and researchers contend that greater numbers of attacks are on the horizon. August 21, 3:00 a.m. PDT Security remains mobility's weakest link From top-level execs to workers in the field, enterprise end-users are growing increasingly dependent on anywhere, anytime access to essential corporate data and apps. As such, the call for an effective, business-critical mobile initiative is fast becoming the norm for organizations of all sizes. August 21, 3:00 a.m. PDT SMB technology: Replacing in-house software with applications in the cloud In the near future, there's only one way to go for SMBs when it comes to purchasing business software -- and that's out of house. Whether it's full-on SaaS (software as a service), where users access all facets of the application through a browser, or a hosted product (including hosted Exchange, where only the server component is off-site and users employ a standard desktop client such as Outlook), either model is simply too cost-effective for SMBs to ignore. August 20, 3:00 a.m. PDT Processors: Dividing chips into many virtual cores The current approach taken by x86 CPUs -- to stuff as many processor cores and as much cache memory as will fit on one chip -- will prove impossible to scale beyond a certain point. And adding more, big, hot processor cores may not be the best fit for server roles that call for managing large workloads over long periods of time. August 20, 3:00 a.m. PDT Hospital undergoes wireless surgery For years, wireless technologies have only shown up in many U.S. hospitals in the form of rolling computers with Wi-Fi network access, but as evidenced at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, times are changing. August 13, 2:37 p.m. PDT Update: Dateline NBC 'mole' outed, booted at Defcon Dateline NBC Producer Michelle Madigan was publicly outed at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas Friday after show organizers were tipped off that she was trying to film show attendees with a hidden camera. August 3, 6:00 p.m. PDT Researchers: Web apps over Wi-Fi puts data at risk Users who access Google's Gmail or the Facebook social-networking site over Wi-Fi could put their accounts at risk of being hijacked, according to research from Errata Security, a computer security company. August 1, 7:12 a.m. PDT Apps security to dominate Black Hat Black Hat kicks off this week in Las Vegas with a big shift in focus from Internet viruses to application security. July 31, 3:00 a.m. PDT Weird tech: Clearing the fog of war with text messaging Regardless of one's stance on armed conflict, the death of servicemen by friendly fire is a troubling eventuality of war that stirs a very high level of discomfort in all. In the confusion of battle, the risk of being wounded or killed by comrades-in-arms is by no means trivial, and while the Pentagon states that the rate of deaths by friendly fire has diminished in recent conflicts, it still occurs in Afghanistan and Iraq. July 30, 3:00 a.m. PDT Organized crime infiltrates financial IT In Martin Scorsese's hit movie "The Departed," actor Matt Damon plays the part of a mole -- someone who helps his connected mob friends stay a step ahead of the cops by becoming one of the very law enforcement officials assigned to stop them. July 23, 11:14 a.m. PDT Devicescape takes on Wi-Fi guest access problem A maker of software that simplifies getting onto public Wi-Fi hotspots is now tackling the complexity of using the network in your own home or at a friend's house. July 18, 6:05 a.m. PDT Report: 90 percent of companies fail compliance An overwhelming percentage of businesses still fall far short in their efforts to comply with industry data-handling regulations and reduce their likelihood of experiencing a serious leakage incident, according to a new survey. July 16, 1:51 p.m. PDT Mounting scrutiny for Google security Much as the ubiquity of Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office productivity tools has made the software giant a focal point of security research, search giant Google is facing new scrutiny as it diversifies its products and moves further into the business environment. July 12, 4:24 p.m. PDT Microsoft launches OneCare 2.0 beta Microsoft released a beta version of its next-generation Windows Live OneCare 2.0 desktop security and management package on July 11, touting a number of improvements made to the product, including the ability to monitor multiple PCs on a local network. July 11, 3:01 p.m. PDT Printers get smarter but less secure If you've seen my column photo, you know I like the occasional spoon of sugar in my coffee. (OK, four spoons, so bite me.) Point is, since Brian Chee keeps me well stocked in Hawaiian Kona coffee, I make sure to keep a box of Domino instant-dissolve sugar in the kitchen. Tear off plastic, open little metal spout on side of box, pour sugar, reactivate synaptic functionality — simple. Then some product marketing management wizard apparently decided to fix it. Now the spout is cardboard, no longer firmly attached to the box, and inexplicably blocked by another slab of cardboard that serves no discernable purpose, yet must somehow be removed without dislodging the spout. July 3, 5:50 p.m. PDT HP-SPI deal underscores apps security integration Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Web applications security specialist SPI Dynamics on June 19 illustrates a growing demand among enterprise customers to have vulnerability-scanning tools integrated into their software development platforms. June 19, 12:07 p.m. PDT Homeland Security to detail IT attacks Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 20 to discuss the findings of an investigation into the agency's own problems in battling electronic attacks and IT systems intrusions. June 15, 11:26 a.m. PDT Global co-op feeds FBI's botnet fight Officials with the FBI claim that global law enforcement partnerships are playing a significant role in its ongoing efforts to stomp out botnets and other computer-borne crimes. June 14, 3:09 p.m. PDT Helping retailers wipe ID data issue When data breach investigator Bryan Sartin gets a call to check into an incident involving customer records loss at a retailer, he knows that the situation most likely involves information that has been lifted from a company's point-of-sale systems. June 13, 8:44 a.m. PDT Taiwan vets WiMax applications amid protest Thirteen companies have applied to bid for the right to build WiMax high-speed wireless Internet networks in Taiwan, an effort one group hopes to derail out of health concerns. June 12, 4:12 a.m. PDT Attackers get chatty on VoIP The recent spate of malware attacks propagating throughout the user base of the Skype Internet calling system illustrates a broader trend toward cyber-criminals moving to take advantage of VoIP platforms as they become increasingly popular. May 30, 12:18 p.m. PDT Deepwater churns around unencrypted data The most sensitive and highly classified data communicated over the nation's internal computer networks remains at risk for exposure, according to key witnesses in the government's investigation into the United States Coast Guard's Deepwater procurement program. May 17, 11:33 a.m. PDT IBM pitches risk management strategy IBM unveiled a new IT governance and risk management strategy on May 15 that it will market to enterprise customers as a means to weave together security and compliance projects to ease planning and help drive down related expenses. May 15, 12:42 p.m. PDT Infrastructure security powers up He may not have known it at the time, but Lonnie Charles Denison helped prove the need for tighter security at many infrastructure businesses when he launched a multifaceted attack against California Independent System Operator, a quasi-governmental agency responsible for management of the state's power grid. May 9, 4:17 a.m. PDT Mobile business applications need work The process of mobilizing enterprise business applications remains in its early stages, but software makers, device manufacturers, and customers are all currently working to foster increased wireless adoption. May 3, 6:47 a.m. PDT Rootkits: The next big enterprise threat? Late at night, a system administrator performed a routine check of a crashed server, one of 48 systems comprising a major online infrastructure that generated about $4 million per month in revenue. He was a bit surprised that the system had gone down, as it had been humming for months without any indication of being prone to crashing. The check uncovered three encrypted files. The administrator called on MANDIANT to analyze them. April 30, 3:00 a.m. PDT Standard for secure mobile phone payments is on the way The mobile phone industry has moved forward in its efforts to agree to a global standard for delivering secure services such as credit-card payments on handheld devices, according to an industry executive. April 26, 8:40 a.m. PDT 'Evil twin' Wi-Fi access points proliferate The next time you splurge on a double latte and sip it while browsing the Internet via the cafe's Wi-Fi, beware of the "evil twin." April 25, 5:54 a.m. PDT New attack puts routers, cell phones at risk A security researcher at Juniper Networks has developed a new form of attack that can be used to run unauthorized software on a wide range of computing devices, including routers and mobile phones. April 19, 12:30 p.m. PDT WEP security is mere clicks away, in Windows Ah, the joys of aging: seeing friends who haven't laid eyes on you in a few months or even years and hearing, "Geez, you've certainly got a lot of gray hair." That's always a mood booster. Then I spent 45 minutes watching the end of a Keira Knightley movie, the whole time thinking that Winona Ryder sure had gotten thin. But that's the way. Things become increasingly decrepit with age. Such as WEP, for instance. April 11, 3:00 a.m. PDT McAfee: Cyber-crime will continue to pay The latest research report from McAfee's Avert Labs paints a frightening picture for enterprise IT administrators and end-users, predicting continued maturation of cyber-crime and the technological means being used to carry out external attacks. April 10, 9:00 p.m. PDT Finding security in Windows Mobile monoculture Without a doubt, the most influential factor driving the current state of IT security is the ubiquitous presence of Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system on a vast majority of the world's PCs. April 6, 4:52 p.m. PDT Don't use WEP, say German security researchers The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to demonstrate their findings at a security conference in Hamburg this weekend. April 4, 5:25 a.m. PDT British UFO hacker loses extradition appeal A British hacker who broke into U.S. military computers looking for evidence of UFOs lost another extradition appeal on Tuesday in London's High Court. April 3, 5:02 a.m. PDT Payment systems culprit in TJX heist Confirmed as the largest exposure of consumer information on record in the United States, the network intrusion experienced by TJX Companies highlights serious data security risks posed by outdated payment card systems, experts observed. March 29, 1:07 p.m. PST TJX data heist confirmed as largest ever TJX Companies confirmed in its latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the network intrusion carried out on its systems resulted in the loss of 45.7 million consumer records, making it the largest such breach on record. March 29, 9:00 a.m. PST ShmooCon hacker event gets under way The third annual ShmooCon convention kicked off in Washington, D.C., on March 23 and will run throughout the weekend with a series of lectures and presentations covering a wide range of enterprise security issues. March 23, 2:12 p.m. PST RIM chief: Wireless security must be top priority Wireless security must be the top priority for providers doing business with the U.S. government, Research In Motion's (RIM's) president and co-CEO said Tuesday. March 20, 9:12 a.m. PST Foundry Networks adds to wireless LAN family Foundry Networks gave its IronPoint wireless line a boost yesterday, unwrapping two new infrastructure products and an update to its IronPoint Wireless Location Manager application. March 15, 4:16 p.m. PST SEC suspends trading of pump-and-dump spam companies The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the drastic step of suspending trading in shares of 35 companies whose stocks have frequently been touted in mass spam campaigns. March 8, 3:29 p.m. PST Visa summit will counter data breach hype Credit-card payments giant Visa is hoping to shed new light on problems like consumer data theft and identity fraud through a conference that will bring together leaders from the business, government, and technology communities to discuss security for the electronic payments industry. March 7, 10:43 a.m. PST Update: Security expert cracks RFID chip in U.K. passport A security expert has cracked one of the U.K.'s new biometric passports, which the British government hopes will cut down on cross-border crime and illegal immigration. March 6, 8:58 a.m. PST Tolerating online fraud Whenever I see someone turning the other cheek to a problem, I smile and think of the greatest golden retriever I’ve ever known, a family dog named Kayo who was a very strong swimmer. March 1, 3:00 a.m. PST Lawsuits, patent claims silence Black Hat talk A planned talk on RFID security by a security researcher has been pulled from this week's Black Hat Federal security conference after secure card maker HID claimed the talk violated the company's patent rights and threatened to take legal action against Chris Paget, the researcher, and IOActive, Paget's employer, if the talk went forward. February 27, 9:30 a.m. PST Future growth demands wireless ISPs Aspiring entrepreneurs can only dream about a track record like Selina Lo’s. First there was Centillion, a networking startup that Lo co-founded, and Bay Networks purchased for $100 million in 1994. Lo’s next act was Alteon, a maker of Gigabit Ethernet adapters that Lo joined in 1996 and transformed into Alteon WebSystems, a maker of content-aware switching hardware, before helping to sell Alteon to Nortel at the apex of the dot-com craze in July, 2000, for $7.8 billion. It was a master stroke of good marketing and good timing that made Lo very wealthy. February 26, 3:00 a.m. PST Google patches serious Desktop flaw Google quickly patched what security researchers identified Wednesday was a potentially serious cross-site scripting flaw in its popular desktop search and widget application that could leave users vulnerable to outside attack. February 21, 2:13 p.m. PST Danger inside the firewall Between the latest firewall technology and advanced intrusion detection systems, IT professionals are breathing a little easier. This is a big mistake. It may be easier to protect the network from external attack these days, but the greatest security risks still come from inside the DMZ. February 20, 3:00 a.m. PST Crypto Expert: Moore's Law fuels app obesity epidemic Cryptography is no mean field. After all, the science was invented by humans for the purpose of concealing information from other humans. That means that the best cryptographers have to be blindingly smart, with a mastery of mathematics but also a firm grasp of human psychology and, these days, fields such as computer science. February 19, 3:00 a.m. PST Analysis: Cisco's transformation still a work in progress Cisco Systems used the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco to trumpet its transformation from "packet pusher" to "infrastructure" company, unveiling a string of product updates that unify its diverse security portfolio on Monday. February 6, 10:10 a.m. PST RSA: Security firms evolve to tackle new threats Evolutionary biologists have long theorized that the pace of evolution quickens when a species faces great environmental stress. This idea, of course, is a tough one to “prove,” but we can see examples of it all around us. Just look at the IT security industry, where something akin to drastic environmental change is happening right now: Organized cybercrime groups are punching truck-size holes in enterprise security defenses as regulators, shareholders, and attorneys general are putting pressure on companies to lock down sensitive data. The pressure for change will make this week’s RSA Security Conference in San Francisco less an industry shindig than a live experiment in evolutionary biology. So walk quietly and keep your field glasses handy to spot some exotic new species in these areas: February 5, 3:00 a.m. PST Novell, Honeywell team on physical-IT security Novell and Honeywell are planning to announce the fruits of a project to link physical and logical access products from the two companies, offering government agencies and large enterprises a way to tie building and network access privileges together seamlessly, according executives from the two companies. February 2, 7:00 a.m. PST Tech firms swarm on end point protection problem Enterprise IT administrators didn’t need the recent stories about large-scale data breaches at TJX (network compromise exposing credit data of hundreds of thousands of consumers) or Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (lost hard drive with personal financial information on 470,000 mutual fund customers) to convince them that data leaks were an urgent problem in need of attention. Frankly, corporate boards of directors and auditors have been screaming in their ear about it for a while now. January 29, 3:00 a.m. PST Retailer TJX reports massive data breach The TJX Companies, a large retailer that operates over 2,000 retails stores under brands such as Bob's Stores, HomeGoods, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and A.J. Wright said on Wednesday that it suffered a massive computer breach on a portion of its network that handles credit card, debit card, check, and merchandise transactions in the U.S. and abroad. January 17, 3:37 p.m. PST NetMax device secures user Wi-Fi NetMax Communications will soon launch a device aimed at solving mounting security concerns around mobile Internet access by securing Wi-Fi Internet use, anywhere, anytime, for users. January 16, 6:21 a.m. PST Managing mobility Ah, it’s good to be back from the holidays, showing off the latest gadgets you received as gifts from your family. That new Apple iPod, for example, will be great for storing files, especially because your company won’t allow you to take home your laptop for some silly security reason. No one will ever guess all the stuff you need is around your neck, stored in a little silver Mini. January 9, 3:00 a.m. PST Apple's New Years Hangover: Lawsuits, Hackers Apple Computer in the past decade has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes of its own managerial incompetence to attain new heights of profitability (up 27 percent in fourth-quarter 2006 to $546 million), market capitalization ($74 billion at last count) and plain old street cred (traffic to Apple’s iTunes music store beat Microsoft’s Zune 30 to 1 on Christmas Day.) January 8, 3:00 a.m. PST Security: A year of reassessment New products and press fascinations come and go (mobile worms, anyone?), but IT security managers will stick with what works -- until it doesn’t. A few years from now, we may look back on 2006 and 2007 as that kind of turning point, when enterprise IT security folks took a good hard look at some of the products that were mainstays of their defensive strategy and asked whether they are pulling their weight. January 1, 3:00 a.m. PST The seven top mobile and wireless trends for '07 The top mobile and wireless trends that will emerge in 2007 wouldn't be possible without the two biggest stories of 2006: the advent of the cheap smart phone, and Sprint Nextel's bodacious announcement that it is building a nationwide mobile WiMax network. So before looking ahead, let's take a brief look behind. December 21, 12:15 p.m. PST Month of security bugs set to bite Apple Apple Computer will soon be a member of the "month of bugs" club. December 19, 5:10 p.m. PST 2006 Year in Reviews: Security Given a sharp nudge from federal and state mandates, the security focus has shifted from intruders and malware to data protection and the insider threat — and the likes of Vontu, Reconnex, Oakley Networks, and PortAuthority are meeting the challenge. December 18, 3:00 a.m. PST Expert warns on wireless security in Asia The fast growth in wireless Internet use throughout Asia leaves users vulnerable to data theft over unsecured networks and lost or stolen mobile devices, a security expert warned Tuesday. December 13, 5:19 a.m. PST Authentication startup Bharosa is growing up fast The United Nations last week became the latest organization to warn computer users about the dangers of relying on just passwords to protect online bank accounts and e-commerce shopping carts, according to Reuters December 11, 4:15 p.m. PST Patch those wireless drivers Wireless network card drivers have been under attack since the Black Hat USA 2006 conference, and nearly every super-popular driver now appears vulnerable. Security researchers David Maynor and Jon Ellch started things off by targeting an Apple MacBook’s wireless driver at the August show, and hackers' interest in the new attack vector was quickly piqued. November 24, 3:00 a.m. PST Time to plug in to Wi-Fi I love The Village. Where else can I work and sip a $6 tea while watching: great-looking NYU girls who are too young for me; a guy jumping up every five minutes because he's got more gadgets on his belt than Batman and doesn't know which one is vibrating; and another guy apparently dressed as a pirate from the waist down arguing with a food-challenged model about who has dibs on the bathroom. The model just accused Blackbeard 0.5 of not having any class. Meanwhile, she's wearing a t-shirt three sizes too small that appears to say "Too drunk to [#$%@]" for which she probably paid $300. You can't beat that. November 23, 3:00 a.m. PST Symantec targets crimeware with Security 2.0 Republican Congress members who have spent much of the past two weeks trying to change the subject from lurid e-mail and IMs could take a page out of Symantec’s playbook. October 16, 3:00 a.m. PDT GAO: Medicare data network vulnerable The communications network used to transmit medical data for the U.S. government's Medicare and Medicaid programs has security vulnerabilities that could expose patients' medical data and other personal information, according to a report released Tuesday. October 3, 1:57 p.m. PDT IT conspiracy theories I’ve never been big on conspiracy theories. i don’t believe the FBI bumped off JFK, or that the Trilateral Commission was running the world. Was the voting in Florida rigged? Probably not. Crop Circles? I’m doubtful about aliens, although a recent rerun of Men in Black was somewhat convincing. September 29, 3:00 a.m. PDT UK gov't security expert: Balance cybersecurity risks Governments and businesses face a variety of cybersecurity threats, but they also need to allow for increasing demands from computer users across the globe, the former information security advisor for the U.K. Ministry of Defense said Wednesday. September 27, 9:46 a.m. PDT How to develop an enterprise encryption strategy Here’s a sobering prediction: One-third of all adults in the United States will have their personal identity information compromised or lost this year by a company that electronically stores the data, according to figures supported by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. Whether or not that number is perfectly accurate, the list of publicly known data breaches is staggering nonetheless. September 1, 3:00 a.m. PDT IBM broadens security portfolio with ISS IBM is so massive, so wealthy and has its hands in so many enterprise pies that it’s easy to find wisdom in pretty much any acquisition decision the company makes. In recent weeks, those decisions have been coming hot and heavy: SOA vendor Webify and asset management company MRO, then content management firm FileNet for $1.6 billion. August 28, 3:00 a.m. PDT Roam the Net naked For readers’ convenience, I’d like to summarize the long list of present best practices in client-system security implemented by all InfoWorld readers. When you sit down at a client computer that’s not hooked into a locked-down corporate network, you know the drill. You have e-mail rules that block potentially hazardous attachments, including JPEGs and Office documents. You’ve always got your firewall cranked up to maximum vigilance, getting your clearance for every attempt by every application to open an outbound TCP/IP connection. Your anti-virus software runs constantly and stays constantly updated. You set aside temporary mail accounts for use in forums, Usenet posting, and online shopping to avoid phishers and spammers. You have cookies, Javascript, auto-fill and plug-ins disabled in your browser and you never, never use IM or peer-to-peer networks. You regularly clean out your Windows registry or sweep out the detritus of installed but unused Linux or OS X software, and you weed through files that have piled up in Firefox’s cache and download directories. August 9, 3:00 a.m. PDT Wireless, NAC holes on display at Black Hat One year after an ISS researcher’s presentation set off a press firestorm, the Black Hat Briefings Conference in Las Vegas was back to its old form last week: poking holes in enterprise sacred cows such as NAC (network access control) and wireless technology. August 3, 3:00 p.m. PDT Red flag raised over NAC security Network access control technology has been promoted as the savior of beleaguered enterprise networks, but enterprise IT managers who are hanging their hat on client health screening should think again, according to security expert Ofir Arkin of Insightix. August 2, 4:38 p.m. PDT Intel issues patches for wireless vulnerabilities Intel has issued patches for three vulnerabilities for its wireless hardware and software. August 2, 9:23 a.m. PDT Experts warn about MS DHCP hole Microsoft on Tuesday released its monthly round of security patches, fixing a number of widely reported bugs in its Excel and Office products. July 17, 3:00 a.m. PDT Secure Computing to buy CipherTrust Secure Computing plans to acquire e-mail security vendor CipherTrust in a deal valued at close to $274 million. July 11, 3:52 p.m. PDT Cisco to buy network access vendor Meetinghouse Cisco Systems plans to buy Meetinghouse Data Communications, an endpoint security software vendor based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. July 6, 6:27 p.m. PDT Nokia joint venture to secure electronic payments Nokia has formed a joint venture with a smart card manufacturer to secure electronic payments made using a short-range wireless technology called near-field communication (NFC) useful in financial transactions such as credit card purchasing or public transportation ticketing. June 27, 5:10 a.m. PDT BuysUSA.com operator pleads guilty to piracy BuysUSA.com's owner pleaded guilty to selling nearly US$20 million worth of pirated software through the mail, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday. June 16, 11:27 a.m. PDT Slow progress for 802.11n standards The IEEE 802.11n standard has been three years in the making, and from the looks of it, it has at least another year to go. That’s a shame because it offers a lot of benefits, including higher throughput than the current Wi-Fi standard -- about 120Mbps in the real world -- and 50 percent longer range. Plus, because it uses multiple antennas that can stitch together a fractured signal, it eliminates a lot of spots where there might be drop-offs indoors. June 6, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft Live Labs releases new security services Microsoft's Live Labs has launched two security-related Web-based services, one for providing authentication and another for connecting P-to-P (peer-to-peer) applications through network firewalls. June 5, 1:24 p.m. PDT InfoWorld CTO 25 The top technology slot in the enterprise has changed. Once, forward-looking CTOs and CIOs scanned the horizon for new technologies that would improve the lot of IT. Today, as many of this year’s top 25 CTOs can tell you, technology leaders must also focus on understanding the business goals of the enterprise -- and then craft technology strategies to meet those objectives. June 5, 3:00 a.m. PDT VA data loss could prompt federal privacy law A massive security breach at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this month may refocus Congress on stalled data breach legislation, some backers of the legislation said. June 5, 3:00 a.m. PDT China's WAPI will not go down without a fight Chinese backers of the rejected WAPI (WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) wireless security protocol have accused rivals of unethical behavior in a last-ditch attempt to revive their standardization hopes. May 30, 7:09 a.m. PDT Researchers: spend to protect against one attack, not many In an academic paper to be presented next month at the University of Cambridge in England, a research team will make a compelling and somewhat surprising mathematical case for how enterprises should spend their IT security budgets. May 19, 10:08 a.m. PDT Symantec client to do network policy, security policework Symantec is readying a new application for enterprise PCs that will integrate security and network policy enforcement technology the company picked up from recent acquisitions. May 17, 2:08 p.m. PDT Tech startups to watch Startups are back! or at least, startup fever is back. Scan the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and you won’t find any hockey sticks -- the level of investment in enterprise-related technology startups has actually remained fairly flat, hovering between $1.5 and $2.3 billion per quarter from 2003 through 2005. May 15, 3:00 a.m. PDT Africa tightens up cyberlaws East African countries are coordinating efforts to pass cybercrime laws that would be similar to ones in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, according to government officials. May 12, 8:53 a.m. PDT > Security > Wireless |
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