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eEye Digital Security has discovered a critical vulnerability in Symantec's antivirus enterprise software -- a remotely exploitable flaw that provides system level access to affected machines. Following expected protocol for such discoveries, eEye notified Symantec on Wednesday evening, Mike Puterba...
Parents are becoming increasingly aware of the real dangers their children can encounter online, but many wonder what they can do to protect them. With countless software and awareness programs available, the answer varies from home to home, but the companies providing the armor agree that one solut...
Internet encryption pioneer Phil Zimmermann has expanded his software solution to encrypt voice communications over the Internet to include the widely-used Windows PC platform. The Zfone Voice over Internet Protocol encryption comes at a time when privacy advocates and security-conscious companies a...
Symantec on Friday began warning customers of a zero day vulnerability in Microsoft Word that is being exploited by hackers. The attack, which was reportedly discovered by VeriSign's iDefense, is successful against Microsoft Word 2003, according to Symantec. iDefense reports its testing shows the at...
During the last 12 months, nearly 20 percent of organizations have had employees launch a hacking tool or a keylogger within their network, according to new research released by Websense this week. That figure increased from 2005, when only 12 percent were impacted. A keylogger is one of the most da...
Brian DeWolfe, senior property manager at Lincoln Property, has a big challenge. The high-end properties he manages in the fast-growing south Florida region require security; indeed, it's one of the biggest line items in the budget, as well as a big draw for potential tenants. Physical security cost...
Microsoft this week made available its first ever software patch for another vendor's product, plugging a critical Windows hole that endangered users of Adobe's Flash Player. Microsoft signaled the third-party patch may be the first of more to come, which has broad implications for security and othe...
Windows Vista will have robust built-in security features when released early next year, according to a new report that says the platform upgrade will be good news for PC users, but could spell trouble for the PC security software industry. The Yankee Group said the security features Microsoft is bu...
Society is starting to open its eyes to the prevalence of online predators who lurk in cyberspace looking to befriend willing young Web surfers. Still, many of the organizations working to spread awareness worry that people are realizing the dangers too late. Instead of working proactively with thes...
Apple computer users have long been immune from the Internet nasties that infect users of Microsoft Windows PCs, but that's beginning to change, according to a report released Monday by the SANS Institute. The institute said in a statement that in light of recent attacks on Apple's Safari browser, S...
Recent news headlines have chronicled instant messaging worms and viruses authored by malicious thieves intent on stealing identities. That's only half the story. There is another side to the IM vulnerability threat: internal theft. Internal theft not only compromises privacy assurances, but also pu...
A new company focused on protecting computer users and businesses against zero-day attacks before exploits hit users' hard drives launched a test version of its first product on Monday. Exploit Prevention Labs introduced a beta edition of a security application dubbed SocketShield. The software inte...
Some 97 percent of Web surfers are just a click away from infecting their computers with adware and spyware, according to anti-malware software maker McAfee, of Santa Clara, Calif. McAfee came to that conclusion after analyzing 14,464 responses to a spyware quiz taken by consumers at its SiteAdvisor...
Microsoft and AOL on Monday joined forces with the United Kingdom's new Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. The alliance could see photographs of convicted pedophiles posted on the Internet. The organization will bring together law enforcement officers, specialists from children's chari...
A malware-for-sale ring used to distribute customized copies of a data-pilfering Trojan has been cracked by two computer security firms. Panda Software of Glendale, Calif., and RSA Security of Bedford, Mass., "neutralized" several Web sites that were providing information thieves with customized ver...
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