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June 25, 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:28 AM/CST

Apps Whitelisting Proponents Tout Growing Acceptance

Applications whitelisting vendors maintain that the current malware environment and demand for tools to address the shortcomings of traditional AV are speeding their push to market.

June 16, 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:50 AM/CST

Apple Swats Old Java Bug

Apple got around to plugging a security hole in Java for Mac that left users open to attack.

June 9, 2009

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:51 AM/CST

Downloaders Changing Their Spots

Researchers continue to find new forms of design innovation on display in emerging Trojan downloader attacks.

April 29, 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:11 PM/CST

Researchers Warn of Nasty Trojan

A newly emerging Trojan attack could prove as troublesome as some other recent threats, including, you guessed it -- Conficker, some experts warn.

April 25, 2009

Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:48 PM/CST

Infrastructure Security Trapped at Dangerous Crossroads

Organizations doing business in the critical grid infrastructure space need to up the ante when it comes to IT security, leading experts in the field reported at the RSA Conference.

March 15, 2009

Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:20 AM/CST

Vulnerability Management Payoff Requires Road Map

Vulnerability management is a process that takes a good deal of upfront work and cooperation from business units, observed experts speaking at the SOURCE Boston conference this week.

December 17, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:10 PM/CST

Attackers Hammering New IE Flaw via SQL Injection

Symantec reported tha it is seeing quite a bit of malware activity related to the newly-reported IE memory corruption flaw, with attacks centered in Asia.

December 8, 2008

Monday, December 08, 2008 5:15 PM/CST

Research Shows Almost No PCs Fully Patched

Secunia reports that based on a free scanning application that it has distributed to end users over the last year, less than 2 percent of PCs are fully updated with patched software.

May 6, 2008

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:18 AM/CST

Big Vendors Still Very Tardy on Fixing Security Flaws

Some of the biggest names in the IT software business still are very lax when it comes to fixing security holes reported by third-party brokers. According to a list maintained by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Computer Associates...

April 22, 2008

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:43 PM/CST

High-Profile OLPC Defections Bad for Security

There's a serious brain drain affecting the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative and it's not a good sign for security. The latest high-profile defector from the nonprofit organization is Walter Bender, a former MIT Media Lab executive who...

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