Date: 04/27/06     Keywords: microsoft

Windows update will turn off the firewall's new feature by default--something customers have asked for, Microsoft says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6065797.html

Date: 04/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

Companies focus on fixing e-mail reputations and getting mail delivered to the in-box, not to the junk mail folder.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6065558.html

Date: 04/27/06     Keywords: security, web

Latest updates don't sew up a hole exploited by attack code out on the Web, a security researcher has warned.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6065505.html

Date: 04/26/06     Keywords: security

MasterCard holders affected by security breach; credit card company not disclosing how breach occurred.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6065267.html

Date: 04/26/06     Keywords: software, database, security

New security software meant to prevent database administrators from accessing sensitive data stored in databases they manage.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6065127.html

Date: 04/26/06     Keywords: no keywords

Select number of beta testers is invited to use the service at no cost and will have early access to new features.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6065101.html

Date: 04/26/06     Keywords: web

Unpatched flaws are discovered in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari that could cause problems for Web surfers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6065048.html

Date: 04/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

U.K.'s crime-fighting agency says organized crime gangs are planting people inside companies to attack their systems.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6064954.html

Date: 04/25/06     Keywords: security, spam

But a large percentage of the traffic is spam, experts at security conference say.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6064869.html

Date: 04/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

Employees must recall three passwords on average, study finds, while in 2 percent of companies staff must remember 10.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6064668.html

Date: 04/25/06     Keywords: software, security

New hardware-supported virtualization provides a tamper-proof space on PCs for security software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6064609.html

Date: 04/24/06     Keywords: security

RSA Security acquires PassMark Security for $44.7 million, in a move to bolster its presence in financial services.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6064214.html

Date: 04/22/06     Keywords: security

Security researcher publishes details on several unpatched, potentially serious flaws in OS X. Apple investigates, plans patch.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063931.html

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: security

Updated version of fix will repair problems some people had after installing first version of "critical" security patch.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063785.html

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: software, security

Software giant looks into user complaints about trouble with Outlook Express after last week's security update.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063529.html

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Computer code takes s advantage of one of the dozens of flaws Oracle provided fixes for this week.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063518.html

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Computers in Asia relay more junk e-mail than those in any other continent, according to Sophos research.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063494.html

Date: 04/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Prosecutors allege the San Diego man nabbed sensitive info on more than 275,000 people from a university system.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063470.html

Date: 04/20/06     Keywords: microsoft

Cyveillance joins Microsoft's other partners in the fight against the prevalent information-stealing online scams.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6063049.html

Date: 04/20/06     Keywords: spam

The spam-fighting technique is valuable, but implementing it incorrectly could damage a company's e-mail system.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6062953.html