Latest security news.
Ransomware emerges as the latest security worry. How big is your risk?, 09/26/05
As if phishing, pharming and phraud weren’t frustrating enough, the latest cybersecurity threat – ransomware – is an extortion scheme.
http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/092605-ransom.html?nl
Digging out new rootkits, 09/26/05
These attacker tools have become stealthier than ever. Even so, they may not require specialized protection.
http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/092605-rootkit.html?nl
Wave Systems unveils encryption software, 09/26/05
Wave Systems last week rolled out an upgrade to its PC-based encryption and authentication software that adds a way for customers to remotely manage security policy and receive copies of user-generated keys as a corporate backup.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-wave.html?nl
Vendors hope their latest RFID wares will automate the supply chain, 09/26/05
Despite technological progress, serious issues remain, including an almost prohibitive cost (at least for many of the most promising applications), system design unknowns and concerns over reliability and security. Developers are optimistic about RFID’s future but remain cautious about its current capabilities.
http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/092605-rfid.html?nl
Vendor pumps up anti-virus, anti-spam, 09/26/05
Proofpoint is planning an upgrade to its e-mail security platform that includes a new anti-virus module and enhancements to its anti-spam filtering techniques.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-proofpoint.html?nl
Stolen laptop recovered, 09/26/05
Campus police at the University of California, Berkeley have recovered a stolen laptop that contained information of more than 98,000 of the school’s graduate students.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-laptop.html?nl
Painless patching, 09/26/05
An emerging category of network equipment is giving network executives more time to install security patches by keeping servers safe until full-blown fixes can be tested and installed.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-patching.html?nl
Mendocino Software unveils continuous data protection, 09/26/05
Mendocino Software, one of a handful of start-ups, this week announced its first product for protecting applications, databases and file systems running on enterprise-size networks.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092605-mendocino-recoveryone.html?nl
Troubled CardSystems to be sold, 09/23/05
A Mountain View, Calif., electronic payment company plans to buy CardSystems, the transaction processing company which had data on 40 million customers compromised when hackers broke into its servers recently. On Friday, CyberSource announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the CardSystems assets, a transaction that could close by year’s end.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092305-cardsystem.html?nl
Layer 8: The security implications of eBay/Skype, 09/23/05
In the all eBay/Skype hubbub over the past week there’s been a lot of questioning of the deal, its intent and, especially, the price. Leave it to The Register to dig down into what truly matters – security.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/010021.html?nl
Symantec to unveil new data protection software, 09/23/05
Symantec next Tuesday plans to unveil new software that allows data to be backed up instantly and recovered from any point in time.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092305-symantec-data-protection.html?nl
