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Restraining order lifted on SpamCop 

Restraining order lifted on SpamCop

By Dan Ilett, 14 May 2004 1:10 PM
A Californian District Court has lifted a temporary ban on an anti-spam firm that prevented it from reporting complaints to ISPs about mass email marketing firm OptInRealBig.
Australian CERT warns of new flaw in wireless protocol 

Australian CERT warns of new flaw in wireless protocol

By Marcia Savage, 13 May 2004 10:14 PM
The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team issued an advisory Thursday warning of a flaw in the 802.11 wireless protocol that makes WLANs vulnerable to a denial-of-service ...
BigFix helps automotive supplier plug holes 

BigFix helps automotive supplier plug holes

By Illena Armstrong, 13 May 2004 4:53 PM
One of the world's largest automotive suppliers has chosen BigFix products to get a better handle on network holes.
Entrust achieves NIST validation 

Entrust achieves NIST validation

By Illena Armstrong, 13 May 2004 4:28 PM
Further bolstering its support for government customers, Entrust has gotten its newly upgraded desktop security platform validated by the U.S. National Institute of Standards ...
PatchLink teams with Harris  

PatchLink teams with Harris

By Marcia Savage, 13 May 2004 9:24 AM
PatchLink, a supplier of patch and vulnerability management software, on Wednesday announced an agreement with Harris Corporation to integrate its technology with Harris' ...
Fortis group buys access manager solution 

Fortis group buys access manager solution

By Dan Ilett, 13 May 2004 9:21 AM
A Luxembourg based banking group has bought an access rights solution to manage the accounts of more than of its 40,000 users.
Firms patching high-risk vulnerabilities but ignoring rest 

Firms patching high-risk vulnerabilities but ignoring rest

By Dan Ilett, 12 May 2004 3:58 PM
UK companies are patching all but 3.9 per cent of high-risk vulnerabilities.
Weak WLANs register little concern for IT managers 

Weak WLANs register little concern for IT managers

By Illena Armstrong, 11 May 2004 11:40 PM
Although corporate IT managers believe wireless networks require more protection than local area networks, most have done little to address the problem.
Microsoft issues single security advisory for May 

Microsoft issues single security advisory for May

By Marcia Savage, 11 May 2004 11:17 PM
Microsoft on Tuesday posted one security bulletin for May, a stark contrast to the rash of vulnerabilities it warned of in April.
BT buys two-factor authentication for 65,000 emplyees 

BT buys two-factor authentication for 65,000 emplyees

By Dan Ilett, 11 May 2004 5:09 PM
British Telecommunications (BT) has chosen a two-factor smartcard solution to secure 65,000 of its mobile workers.
Fiberlink acquires remote access business from Level 3 

Fiberlink acquires remote access business from Level 3

By Marcia Savage, 10 May 2004 11:04 PM
Fiberlink, a Blue Bell, Pa.-based provider of secure remote access solutions, announced Monday that it acquired the enterprise remote access business of Broomfield, Colo.-based ...
New standard helps companies trust network connections 

New standard helps companies trust network connections

By Illena Armstrong, 10 May 2004 8:51 PM
A security specification currently in the works strives to help companies safeguard their networks from worms, viruses, software vulnerabilities and denial of service attacks ...
Microsoft reward program helps nab Sasser suspect 

Microsoft reward program helps nab Sasser suspect

By Marcia Savage, 10 May 2004 8:37 PM
German law enforcement officials arrested an 18-year old man suspected of creating the Sasser worm that infected thousands of computers running Windows last week, Microsoft ...
German police ponder who wrote Sasser 

German police ponder who wrote Sasser

By Dan Ilett, 10 May 2004 4:35 PM
Police have discovered a new version of the Sasser worm three and a half hours after they arrested an 18-year-old German for writing the program. German authorities that ...
SAFLINK wins EPA contract 

SAFLINK wins EPA contract

By Marcia Savage, 6 May 2004 11:49 PM
SAFLINK, a provider of biometric solutions, said Thursday that it won a contract to install and integrate a physical access control system at Region 6 of the Environmental ...
Netsky writers claim Sasser as own 

Netsky writers claim Sasser as own

By Dan Ilett, 6 May 2004 9:27 AM
Authors of the Netsky worm are claiming responsibility for the Sasser worm that has infected thousands of computers.
CyberGuard buys Webwasher for $40 million 

CyberGuard buys Webwasher for $40 million

By Dan Ilett, 6 May 2004 9:26 AM
Security firm CyberGuard has paid $40 million to acquire German content security vendor Webwasher AG.
NetIQ selects new VP 

NetIQ selects new VP

By Dan Ilett, 6 May 2004 9:15 AM
Security management firm NetIQ has appointed David Quantrell as its VP and general manager for its systems and security management business in Europe.
Firms' security spending highly reactive 

Firms' security spending highly reactive

By Dan Ilett, 5 May 2004 4:04 PM
Seventy per cent of IT security spending is a direct result of a security breach.
NHTCU arrest 12 in phishing swoop 

NHTCU arrest 12 in phishing swoop

By Dan Ilett, 5 May 2004 3:59 PM
The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit has arrested 12 people for money laundering associated with phishing scams.
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