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Some Rootkits Are Worse Than Others

When you first learn about rootkits its easy to see the sinister applications of them, and theyre pretty scary. A really well-written rootkit, if...

Oracles Patch Dilemma: Balancing Customers, Code and Researchers

Brace yourself: Another quarterly CPU (Critical Patch Update) is due out from Oracle Corp. on Jan. 17. With it will come what customers refer to...

Oracle Security Chief: Put Bugs in the Hands of Developers

As Oracle Corp. grapples with its patch quality and speed, some in the security community have compared it unfavorably to Microsoft Corp. Oracle security...

A Microsoft Man on a Mission in China

Harry Shum, Ph.D., the managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, is on a mission. His primary mission is to lead Microsoft Corp.s research efforts in...

MasterCard Advances Consumer Data Protection

MasterCard International on Wednesday put incentives, tools and education into merchants hands to help them protect consumer data. The new program follows an ongoing parade...

Biometric ID Vendors Viisage, Identix Merge

Two of the leading names in biometric identification have agreed to merge, in a deal estimated at $770 million. The deal between Viisage Technology Inc....

Peoples Bank Loses Tape Containing Confidential Data

A Connecticut bank is notifying approximately 90,000 of its credit-line customers that a tape containing confidential data is missing, lost while being carried by...

Govt Cyber-sleuths Focusing on Linux, iPod, Xbox

Cyber-security and computer experts from the government and law enforcement are increasingly concerned with malicious code that runs on Linux and Apple Computer Inc.s...

Windows vs. Linux: Think Patch Quality, Not Quantity

Editors Note: This story is Part 2 in a series of three stories about Microsofts Linux and open-source lab. Microsoft Corp. seems to be moving...

Symantec Caught in Norton Rootkit Flap

Symantec Corp. has admitted to using a rootkit-type feature in Norton SystemWorks that could provide the perfect hiding place for attackers to place malicious...