Latest security news.
Cisco can’t reproduce Black Hat flaw, 08/21/06
Cisco has been unable to reproduce a security flaw reported in its PIX firewall appliance earlier this month, the networking company said Tuesday.
Schools build mobile ‘study force’, 08/21/06
A Canadian public school district has launched a mobile computing project that will eventually equip 20,000 students with laptop access anytime, anywhere over a pervasive wireless LAN.
Security Strategies Newsletter: U.S. OMB mandates laptop disk encryption as No. 1 precaution, 08/17/06
Losses of laptop computers with unencrypted hard drives continue to be reported week after week. On Aug. 14, the U.S. Department of …
Virus and Bug Patch Newsletter: Microsoft will fix bum patch crashing IE 6, 08/17/06
Today’s bug patches and security alerts …
VPNs Newsletter: What are Citrix’ plans for integrated security management?, 08/17/06
Citrix has been amassing a broad range of technologies over the past few years including an SSL VPN gateway, and the results offer a lesson …
Judge: Gov’t wiretapping program illegal, 08/17/06
A judge has ruled that a National Security Agency (NSA) program to wiretap telephone and Internet traffic of U.S. residents is illegal and must be stopped.
Privacy group files FTC complaint against AOL, 08/17/06
The World Privacy Forum has filed a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against AOL, saying the company violated its own privacy policy by releasing the search records from hundreds of thousands of its members.
Layer 8: More on AOL perverts, 08/17/06
OK, we’re not making any promises, but this may be the last post on the AOL search data dump. Maybe. Sorry, but we just can’t resist the analysis people are…
Internet crimes hit record high in Japan, 08/17/06
The number of Internet-related crimes in Japan in the first six months of this year hit a record high, according to data issued Thursday by the National Police Agency.
E-government Group forms within Liberty Alliance, 08/17/06
A new group within the Liberty Alliance will address government concerns with federated identity projects, the organization said Wednesday.
