Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:09 PM/CST
Network security vendor Secure Computing has announced a major leadership shake-up that sees CEO John McNulty (left) leaving the company. No reasons were provided for McNulty's sudden departure. Daniel Ryan, who currently serves as the company's president and chief...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:28 PM/CST
LendingTree, an IAC subsidiary that connects online borrowers with mortgage, credit card and auto loans, has suffered a major insider breach that exposed sensitive user files to lenders. The company sent out e-mails to customers affected by the breach,...
Monday, April 21, 2008 4:44 PM/CST
Microsoft's Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) is finally here, offering several subtle security goodies alongside thousands of bug fixes. The biggest security feature in this service pack is the inclusion of NAP (Network Access Protection) to help organizations...
Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:32 PM/CST
A serious security flaw in the Cisco NAC (Network Admission Control) appliance can allow an attacker to obtain the shared secret that is used between the two internal components, according to a warning from the network and switching vendor....
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:24 AM/CST
Whenever a news story breaks about a major data breach, PR folks representing security vendors trip over themselves to clog my inbox with "our-solution-could-have-prevented-that" notes. For Rapid7, a company that hawks vulnerability assessment, PCI compliance and Web application scanning...
Monday, February 11, 2008 9:16 PM/CST
If you subscribe to the main security mailing lists like Full Disclosure or Funsec, chances are you're familiar with the name Dude VanWinkle. According to confirmed reports, the man behind that moniker (Justin Marcus Polazzo), passed away suddenly at his...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:01 PM/CST
Microsoft has announced plans to add new anti-exploitation APIs into Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2008 as part of a larger plan to secure the Windows ecosystem. According to Michael Howard, a senior program manager in...
Monday, January 07, 2008 2:02 PM/CST
Boeing's new 787-8 Dreamliner airplane contains several "novel or unusual design features" that are exposed to in-flight hacking attacks, according to a caution from the Federal Aviation Authority. The warning, contained in a document posted to Cryptome.org, centers around...
Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:54 PM/CST
For the first time in a decade, members of the famous LOpht Heavy Industries hacking think tank will have a reunion of sorts at a new Boston security conference. According to organizers of the SOURCE Boston confab, many of...
Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:14 PM/CST
Security researchers, are you tired of handing your vulnerability discoveries over to your employer, as if that were what you're paid to do? Helping vendors securing their products—for free—so that their users won't be endangered by new vulnerabilities? Showing your...
