Browser vulnerabilities and attacks will mount

Opinion
Feb 27, 20072 mins

Latest security news.

Browser vulnerabilities and attacks will mount, 02/23/07

Window Snyder, chief security officer at open source browser maker Mozilla, is caught in the crosshairs of the raging browser vulnerability battle.

Trend Micro gets tougher on spam, 02/26/07

Trend Micro announced Monday updated messaging security hardware and software, plus introduced an antispam service for businesses.

ConSentry teams with Alcatel-Lucent on NAC, 02/26/07

ConSentry Monday said its NAC gear will be sold as part of the Alcatel-Lucent line of network equipment for at least a three-year period, making it possible for customers to get network-access equipment packaged with Alcatel-Lucent switches and routers.

Infoblox adds Anycast support to DNS appliances, 02/26/07

Infoblox, a leading provider of domain name system appliances, now supports Anycast, a mirroring technique that has proven itself against some of the fiercest hacker attacks ever aimed at the Internet’s infrastructure.

Researchers spot first remote code Office 2007 bug, 02/23/07

EEye Digital Security said Friday that it’s found the first Office 2007 remote code vulnerability and has alerted Microsoft’s bug team.

Diffie: Privacy laws could hurt the little guy, 02/23/07

Whitfield Diffie has been credited with making privacy possible in the digital age. As a co-inventor of public key cryptography, he is one of the most respected contributors to the field of computer security and is in constant demand as a speaker.

NAC gear lightens IT load at community college, 02/23/07

Cleaning up student PCs was literally the only work the IT staff at Northwest Mississippi Community College could get done for the first two weeks of every school year — until this past fall when the college installed NAC gear that automates the process.