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The U.S. Department of Defense will begin testing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), a technology that many have called the next-generation Internet and that the DOD has said is critical to national defense. The DOD is teaming with hardware and software vendors -- including Fujitsu, Cisco, IBM, Mic...
Microsoft once again is discussing plans to overhaul its security just as the company has released five patches for seven newly discovered vulnerabilities in Windows desktop and server software. The company issued the patches for a range of Windows systems that could be compromised as a result of th...
BEA Systems, an application infrastructure software provider, has announced it is addressing a major IT challenge with the introduction of BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security, an application-security infrastructure system. By incorporating its application-infrastructure expertise into the new software,...
In an effort to fuse the variety of different diagnostic mechanisms used in today's increasingly complex network infrastructures, IBM and Cisco have announced a partnership to develop open software and standards to "help the network help itself." As a show of commitment to open standards -- consiste...
The 1990s witnessed the adoption of IT systems designed to streamline business processes through electronic automation. The introduction of these systems has challenged enterprises with how to integrate and maintain an increasing number of distributed networks and platforms. The challenge of managin...
In an effort to send a clear message through the noise of constant software security warnings, the SysAdmin Audit Network Security (SANS) research group has released its list of the year's top 20 vulnerabilities. The SANS institute -- which divided vulnerabilities into two lists of 10 for Windows an...
Charter Communications is the latest major ISP to take legal measures to prevent the Recording Industry Association of America from using subpoenas to reveal the identity of its Web users. In a suit filed in federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri, Charter is seeking to block the RIAA from obt...
The Federal Trade Commission announced in September that 27.3 million Americans have fallen victim to identity theft in the past five years. About half of those thefts took place last year. According to the FTC report, the thefts resulted from several outlets that include credit cards, ATM machines ...
Microsoft's recent deal with Phoenix Technologies is aimed at "radical simplification to the PC and digital service industry" through enhancements to the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) -- the software that connects operating systems with hardware. Industry observers agreed that the next generation...
Having failed to convince VeriSign to suspend its Web redirection service that began September 15th, the body that oversees all domain registrars is now pointing to contract violations and demanding that VeriSign halt the service. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sent ...
While certain Web sites are taking advantage of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Microsoft has yet to release an update that can patch exposed systems. However, in the meantime, there are manual workarounds that users can employ to protect their systems against the Qhost-1 Trojan. "You can help...
Once again, computer attackers are taking advantage of a recent vulnerability -- this time an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's widely used Internet Explorer browser -- to have their way with vulnerable Windows machines through malicious programs known as Trojans. The software security holes that affect...
Despite criticism of its technical and legal tactics, the Recording Industry Association of America is continuing its campaign of lawsuits against individual Internet file traders accused of copyright infringement. Opponents of the strategy, which so far has consisted of nearly 1,500 subpoenas and 2...
Reinforcing the message that can be easily inferred from recent virus and worm outbreaks, security giant Symantec has reported that attacks on company computers -- up 19 percent to an average of 38 attacks per business per week -- increasingly are using a potent combination of disclosed security vul...
In an attempt to gain some legitimacy for its industry, a group of peer-to-peer (P2P) Internet companies has announced a "code of conduct." The companies -- collectively called P2P United -- offer services that, among other things, allow people to exchange music files over the Web, a practice that h...
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