Date: 03/23/05     Keywords: web, linux, microsoft

Microsoft-funded study concludes that companies that install Linux-based Web servers run greater risks than those that use Windows.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Linux+riskier+than+Windows%3F/2100-1009_22-5630822.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/22/05     Keywords: technology, spam

Rather than just filtering content, Big Blue's spam-fighting technology verifies sender identity and strikes back.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/IBM+debuts+spam+assailant+tool/2100-1009_22-5629998.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Trojan horses are galloping toward instant messaging users, and the attackers are getting smarter.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Does+IM+stand+for+insecure+messaging%3F/2100-1009_22-5629037.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/22/05     Keywords: browser

Mac maker fixes 10 vulnerabilities and offers a solution to a pernicious browser-based phishing threat.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Apple+patches+Mac+OS+X+flaws/2100-1009_22-5629084.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/21/05     Keywords: security

Most companies have upped security spending, but that hasn't stopped pests from invading corporate networks, survey finds.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Worms+whack+half+of+businesses/2100-1009_22-5628715.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/21/05     Keywords: no keywords

More than half of recent major Net threats try to glean identity theft data, according to a new Symantec study.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Virus+writers+follow+the+money/2100-1009_22-5628512.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/21/05     Keywords: security

Commentary--Criminal hackers are finding new and better ways to compromise your computer and electronic devices. So concludes a new Internet Security Threat report out today.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Hackers+reach+beyond+Windows%2C+IE/2100-1009_22-5628404.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/18/05     Keywords: security

Mergers and buyouts are muddying the lines between security and other industries. Can purely security-focused providers survive?

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Security%27s+new+deal/2100-1009_22-5624251.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/18/05     Keywords: software

British men convicted for providing software that pirates cracked and distributed for free.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/DrinkorDie+pair+convicted+of+software+piracy/2100-1009_22-5623999.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/17/05     Keywords: no keywords

This time: McAfee. But the flaw does not affect current subscribers to the company's update service.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Another+antivirus+software+flaw+detected/2100-1009_22-5623844.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/17/05     Keywords: security

Leaping into cheap Internet telephony before looking at the security risks could create a lot of risk for companies.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/VoIP+could+provoke+%27electronic+Pearl+Harbor%27/2100-1009_22-5623365.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/17/05     Keywords: database

School alerts more than 100,000 former students of an attack on a database that holds records used for fund raising.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Boston+College+reveals+alumni+data+breach/2100-1009_22-5623084.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/16/05     Keywords: no keywords

A CIO jury was asked their judgements on whether IT departments are under increasing pressure to enforce internal, ethical and code-of-conduct policies.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Are+IT+workers+becoming+the+corporate+cops/2100-1009_22-5620763.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/16/05     Keywords: microsoft

Honeynet Project research finds that Microsoft's OS is the preferred vehicle for zombie armies.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Bot+nets+use+Windows+for+wicked+work/2100-1009_22-5620592.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/16/05     Keywords: software, linux

Nugent is the second high-level executive to leave Linux and server software seller in recent months.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Novell+CTO+Alan+Nugent+departs/2100-1009_22-5620521.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/16/05     Keywords: microsoft

Millions of computers will be shipped this year with encryption hardware plugged in--even though Microsoft isn't ready for it.
Photo: Lock boxes

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Hardware+security+sneaks+into+PCs/2100-1009_22-5619035.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/16/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hole in popular file-sharing program could let attackers browse hard drives.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/LimeWire+security+flaw+found%2C+fixed/2100-1009_22-5618949.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

The data broker apologizes for exposing 145,000 Americans to ID fraud at a congressional hearing into the need for new data-protection laws.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/ChoicePoint%3A+We%27re+sorry+for+data+leak/2100-1009_22-5618515.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/15/05     Keywords: security, web

Plans to supplement passwords with security devices won't solve the problems plaguing Web businesses, warns a crypto expert.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Expert%3A+Better+ID+checks+won%27t+beat+fraud/2100-1009_22-5618486.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Here's how the U.S. government's stance on secrecy changed to meet a changing threat.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Keeping+secrets/2100-1009_22-5618455.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn