Latest security news.
Symantec squashes anti-virus bug, 05/30/06
Symantec has patched a widely reported flaw in the English versions of its corporate anti-virus software.
Aussie firm finds Skype flaw, 05/30/06
Australian security firm Security-Assessment.com has discovered a flaw with the install of the Windows-based Skype client.
Newsletter: Users concerned about VPN and VoIP compatibility, 05/30/06
Businesses are becoming more concerned that their SSL VPN be compatible with VoIP, according to a survey by Infonetics Research.
Newsletter: Will there be a BorderManager 3.9? 05/30/06
I mentioned last week that Novell’s BorderManager had all the appearances of a dead product that simply hadn’t been buried yet. The “current” edition …
Proof-of-concept virus detected for StarOffice, 05/30/06
The first virus affecting StarOffice was detected Tuesday, but so far it isn’t being used to infect computers.
Cloudmark extends reach of spam-reporting network, 05/30/06
Cloudmark Tuesday announced a tool bar that subscribers of ISPs using Cloudmark’s e-mail security products can leverage to report spam and phishing attacks.
Newsletter: Wandering laptops should teach lessons, 05/30/06
Recently I was updating some lecture materials for an upcoming course and needed some recent examples of losses of control over data. I ran across some …
Security expert recommends ‘Net diversity, 05/30/06
Security expert Eugene Spafford recommends network diversity.
EU wrong to allow passenger data release, 05/30/06
A European Union decision taken two years ago to share personal information about passengers flying from the EU to the U.S. with American authorities was illegal, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday.
Blog: Rootkits and the garden of good and evil, 05/30/06
Software technology is far from being a neutral realm untroubled by questions of …
F-Secure partners with ISPs on security services, 05/30/06
F-Secure Tuesday said it is offering two security software packages that ISPs can market to customers in hopes of bolstering broadband fees.
Officials downplay EU data privacy concerns, 05/30/06
The European Commission and United States government officials played down fears that flights from Europe to the United States might be disrupted at the end of September, when an agreement on sharing passengers’ private data will expire.
Password-stealing Trojan arrives in German spam, 05/29/06
A fresh round of spam with a password-stealing Trojan horse detected on Sunday uses a German-language pitch, saying the malicious attachment is an official Microsoft Windows update.
