Latest security news.
Clear Choice Test: Spam in the Wild, The Sequel, 12/20/04
How big can a test get? We found out with our latest in-depth look at the anti-spam industry. Spam is still a huge problem, and there is an equally large market opportunity to fix it.
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/122004spampkg.html?nl
New IE hole could perfect phishing scams, 12/17/04
A newly reported security problem in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser allows attackers to create a fake Web site that looks exactly like a genuine site.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1217phish.html?nl
Building VPNs on the cheap, 12/20/04
Charles Duffy needed a no-cost way of constructing a VPN to link his company’s remote quality-assurance and IT staff to the corporate headquarters at Catalis Health in Austin, Texas.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/122004cheapvpn.html?nl
Opinion: Creating a VPN between offices, 12/20/04
We would like to allow the remote computers to connect via VPN to the main office server, but are unsure about the best approach to take. Is it possible to use Win2K3 as a VPN server without converting to domain?
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/122004nutter.html?nl
Nortel working on new security routers, 12/20/04
Nortel is working on security routers for businesses looking to move away from dedicated, stand-alone security hardware to software and hardware combinations incorporated in switches, routers and even desktops.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/122004switchsecurity.html?nl
Opinion: Buy me some passwords and Cracker Jack, 12/20/04
In recognition of Computer Security Day on Nov. 30, IBM offered “Ten Tips to Aid Online Security,” No. 6 of which included this preface: “Did you know that 40% of all computer users use the word ‘password’ as their password?”
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/122004buzz.html?nl
User group to reveal model for IS security future, 12/20/04
An influential user group is nearing release of a blueprint for a policy-based security architecture it hopes will become an industry model for securing corporate information systems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/122004-nac-security.html?nl
Hacker in Lowe’s case sentenced to nine years, 12/17/04
Two 21-year-old Michigan men were sentenced — one to nine years and one to 26 months in federal prison — for conspiring to hack into the IT systems of national home center chain Lowe’s Companies Inc. and stealing customer credit card information.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1217hackerlowe.html?nl
Newsletter: IMlogic, Postini help secure messaging, 12/16/04
Among the many vendor announcements last week were two that will have important ramifications for the security of messaging.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/gwm/2004/1213msg2.html?nl
Newsletter: Wireless 411: A double-edged sword, 12/16/04
Mobile phones are becoming as common a business tool as a pen or a business card. So just how important is it that your colleagues, customers, partners – and virtually anyone else – can access your mobile phone number? And at what potential risk?
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/frame/2004/1213wan2.html?nl
Newsletter: Cisco to add IPSec support to 7200 series routers, 12/16/04
In giving analysts a peek at what is planned from the company next year, Cisco says that it will add IPSec capabilities to its 7200 series routers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/vpn/2004/1213vpn2.html?nl
