Latest security news.
Clear Choice Test: Enterprise-level anti-spyware software, 12/13/04
We tested Webroot Software’s Spy Sweeper Enterprise Version 1.5, InterMute’s SpySubtract Pro Version 2.5, Tech Assist’s Omniquad AntiSpy Enterprise Edition Version 4.0 and PepiMK Software’s SpyBot – Search & Destroy Version 1.3.
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/121304rev.html?nl
Tech Update: Trusted chip assures endpoint integrity, 12/13/04
Embedding trusted hardware into computing systems provides a reliable, secure way to determine endpoint integrity of clients, and protect networks against internal and external attack.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/121304techupdate.html?nl
Nortel system stops network threats, 12/13/04
Nortel now can protect businesses from never-before-seen threats using new intrusion-detection and -prevention technology that monitors network traffic and blocks the traffic that seems malicious.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/121304nortel.html?nl
Opinion: A controlled-access Internet?, 12/13/04
Ex-CIA Director George Tenet worries about the Internet. He seems to think that its basic nature and current use presents an ongoing threat that the U.S. government may have to fix.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/121304bradner.html?nl
Threat center aims to thwart viruses, 12/13/04
Hoping to help users take a proactive stance in hardening instant-messaging and peer-to-peer communications networks against viruses and worms, IMlogic last week opened a dedicated threat center to supply detection, analysis and thwarting of the work of hackers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/121304imlogic.html?nl
Trend Micro gives away mobile anti-virus software, 12/13/04
Trend Micro last week became the latest major anti-virus software company to provide protection against mobile phone viruses, with new anti-virus and anti-spam software for phones running the Windows Mobile and Symbian’s operating systems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/121304trendmicro.html?nl
Management Strategies: Identity introduction, 12/13/04
Rolling out identity services projects requires careful steps and planning.
https://www.nwfusion.com/careers/2004/121304man.html?nl
Healthcare looks to biometrics, 12/13/04
Healthcare organizations are turning to a high-tech means to combat fraud: fingerprint biometrics that capture the patient’s fingerprint to prove identity.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/121304biometrics.html?nl
Department of Interior ‘Net battle continues, 12/13/04
Three years after a judge’s ruling in a class-action lawsuit unplugged the Department of Interior and its eight agencies from the Internet for four chaotic months, the department is still fighting to stay online, having averted its third ordered …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/121304shutdown.html?nl
Microsoft extends NT, Exchange support, 12/13/04
Corporations that have yet to migrate or finish migrations from Windows NT were thrown a bone last week by Microsoft , which extended fee-based custom support for the expiring NT and Exchange 5.5 platforms.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/121304extensions.html?nl
Opinion: Spam book a real page-turner, 12/13/04
Spam Kings is nonfiction but reads like a lively novel, which means it should appeal not only to IT professionals looking to better understand their enemy but anyone who has a passing interest in the spam world’s inner workings.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/121304buzz.html?nl
Phishing Web sites grew by 33% in November, 12/10/04
The number of phishing Web sites associated with online identity theft scams grew by 33% in November, after dropping off in September and early October, according to data compiled by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) and shared with IDG News Service.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1210phishwebs.html?nl
Fraud, feds top concerns as CSOs meet in New York, 12/09/04
The explosive growth in online fraud and the impact of tough new federal regulations were on the minds of information security executives who gathered in New York Tuesday for the second annual CSO Interchange, a gathering of chief security officers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1209fraudfeds.html?nl
Newsletter: Latest iPaqs boast security features, 12/09/04
If the main barrier to supporting handheld devices in your organization is security concerns, you may have to pick a new reason for holding off.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/mobile/2004/1206mobile2.html?nl
