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Consortium Proposes Unified Smart Card Authentication for Wireless Networks

The WLAN Smart Card Consortium has endorsed a new EAP-SC authentication type to serve as a unified secure point of entry

News • October 4th, 2004

Energy Department Hacked Nearly 200 Times In Last Year

While the U.S. Department of Energy has made strides in its efforts to bolster its IT security defenses, a report released this week

News • October 4th, 2004

Intrusion Detection Trumps Prevention for Healthcare Computer Networks

Many health-care organizations are going beyond firewall and intrusion-detection technologies and counting on intrusion-prevention products

News • October 3rd, 2004

The Top 10 Viruses: Zafi-B Still in Top Spot

Sophos has published a report revealing the top ten viruses and hoaxes causing problems for businesses around

News • October 1st, 2004

New Virus Takes Advantage of Weakness in JPEGs

A virus that exploits the recently discovered JPEG vulnerability has been discovered spreading over America Online's instant-messaging program.

News • October 1st, 2004

Music Industry Rolls out 762 More File Sharing Lawsuits

The music industry filed copyright infringement lawsuits Thursday against 762 computer users, including defendants at 26 universities

News • October 1st, 2004

U.S. Cybersecurity Chief Abruptly Resigns, Cites Frustration

The government's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned after one year with the Department of Homeland Security, confiding to industry colleagues

News • October 1st, 2004

Network Security Market Set to Boom in UK

Demand for security hardware in the UK is set to go "through the roof" as firms increasingly replace software-based security systems

News • October 1st, 2004

A Super-Secure Network Where Alarms Sound if Data is Compromised

It's a hacker's nightmare but a dream for bankers and spies: A computer network so secure that even the simplest attempts to eavesdrop...

News • September 29th, 2004

Amazon, Microsoft Team for Spam Suits

Amazon and Microsoft have joined forces to file several lawsuits targeting individuals accused of carrying out Internet crimes such as spamming, phishing and e-mail address spoofing.

News • September 29th, 2004

Security Firm Hires Writer of Worm

Here's one way for a company to get noticed in the crowded world of Internet security: Hire someone whose resume is topped off with a job title "virus author."

News • September 29th, 2004

Major Computer Virus Attack Could Hit Within a Week

A new "tool" is surging across the Web that hackers can use to exploit security flaws recently found in several products from Microsoft Corp.

News • September 29th, 2004

Silex To Market Fingerprint Authentication Sensors In U.S.

Printer server manufacturer Silex Technology Inc. will sell its fingerprint authentication sensors in the U.S.

News • September 24th, 2004

A VoIP security plan of attack

From a security viewpoint, VoIP is a nightmare, combining the worst vulnerabilities...

News • September 21st, 2004

Passwords Are a Failure, Says Research Group

Passwords, the dominant form of securing enterprise assets, are a failure...

News • September 21st, 2004

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