Security News

Many U.S. Workers Favor E-Mail Monitoring, Research Shows 
Some American workers feel that their employers should be allowed to scan their electronic communications to protect against data leaks, according to a research report conducted by Iowa State University and Palisade Systems.

Boeing opens remodeled delivery center at Paine Field 
Boeing today opens a new delivery center at Paine Field, where it can hand off wide-body planes to their buyers in style. To allow certain high-profile…

Hewlett Packard’s snooping reveals workplace truth: there are no secrets 
Although it’s making headlines now, workplace spying is quite common — and usually legal.

Indian Prime Minister OKs New Data Security Laws
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday approved a set of proposals that would toughen laws designed to combat data theft and other electronic crimes in India. The action comes in the wake of a U.K. documentary that aired earlier this month claiming India’s booming outsourcing industry, which hosts sensitive technology operations for numerous Fortune 500 companies, is ridden with hackers and identity thieves. The proposals will be presented to India’s full legislature for approval during the upcoming winter session. One proposed amendment to India’s IT Act of 2000 would make companies doing business in India responsible for computer crimes committed by their employees if they’re found to have lax security procedures. Another would increase fines for unauthorized disclosure of personal data from about $2,000 to about $10,000 for each instance.

Options trip up CEOs at two tech companies (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - CEOs at media company CNet Networks and computer-security firm McAfee left Wednesday under clouds caused by problems with stock options at their companies.

Microsoft issues patches for critical security holes in Windows and Office
Companies and home users urged to apply fixes at earliest opportunity.

Swiss tests on Voip Wiretapping
Zone-H, Estonia - Oct 12, 2006… obstacle for many police inquiries, the Swiss Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK) is testing new spy software that will …

Technology Giant Hewlett-Packard Admits to Spying on Journalists …
Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Sep 28, 2006… The detectives hired by HP executives top also tried to plant spy software on at least one journalist s computer and followed members of the company s …

Intel’s spy software extends to the home
Inquirer, UK - Sep 28, 2006By Tony Dennis in Dullsville, California: Thursday 28 September 2006, 22:34. GIVEN THAT its Active Management Technology (AMT) is …

Trojan teams back in action this weekend
Goldsboro News Argus, NC - Oct 6, 2006… Last year at Trojan Field, Mount Olive and Lees-McRae battled to a 1-1 tie in a match that was marred by red cards issued to the Bobcats’ head coach and …

Prep football: Hillsboro 38, Marion 0
Newton Kansan, KS - Oct 14, 2006HILLSBORO The Hillsboro High School Trojan football team took its first step toward state Friday with a 13-6 district win over the Marion Warriors in …

Trojan squads have good run
Washington Evening Journal, IA - Oct 4, 2006CENTERVILLE — The Fairfield boys’ and girls’ cross country teams had solid showings at the Centerville Invitational Tuesday. The …

Trojan Horses and the Big Lie of Clean Coal
Blogger News Network - 7 hours ago… world, given those options. Don t be fooled by the Trojan Horses of industry riding atop fresh Astroturf. To paraphrase Groucho …

Trojan boys spread the scoring wealth in 2-0 win over Casa Grande
Petaluma Argus-Courier, CA - Oct 4, 2006… In the 27th minute, Furtado served a ball in front of the Gaucho goal to a crossing Brian Gallagher who found the back of the net for a 3-0 Trojan lead. …

Special to The Desert Sun
Desert Sun - Sean Sprague, Eddie Buene and David Rodriguez relentlessly pounded the Trojan ballcarriers, and brought extreme pressure to the quarterback. Buene and Rodriguez also contributed to a dominant performance by the offensive line. The Golden Eagles

Apple security - silence then abuse 
Here we go again. Security experts warn that there is a hole in one of Apples products, Apple says there isnt a problem, and a month later it releases a fix for it. A journalist (me) writes a story pointing this out and is faced with email abuse from the Apple faithful.

Symantec Says Microsoft Should Level The Vista Security Playing Field 
Although a rift has opened of late between Symantec and Microsoft , Symantec says it’s very much in favor of security integration–as long as Microsoft isn’t the only one that gets to do the integrating.

Fathi Reshuffled Out of Microsoft Security Chief Role 
After heading up Microsoft’s newly formed security technology unit for seven months, Ben Fathi is moving over to manage a Windows Core System development team.

Microsoft Issues Patches for Critical Security Holes in Windows and Office 
Companies and home users urged to apply fixes at earliest opportunity

The future of malware: Trojan horses 
Widespread worms, viruses or Trojan horses spammed to millions of mailboxes are typically not a grave concern anymore, security experts said at the Virus Bulletin conference here Thursday. Instead, especially for organizations, targeted Trojan horses have become the nightmare scenario, they said.

Security Q&A: Joshua Levine, E*Trade’s former CTO
Baseline, NY - Oct 6, 2006… Capital Management, an investment management firm; sits on the boards of several technology companies, including Securify, a computer monitoring and security …

It’s the information, stupid 
Symantec unwraps Security 2.0 strategy Symantec is shifting its strategy towards protecting information and interactions on the net, rather than just devices or computer networks.

Symantec shifts focus to data security 
Parnterships with Verisgn, Accenture to take deliver “Security 2.0″

Symantec Shifts Focus to Data Security 
Symantec is expanding its focus from securing devices to protecting information, the company said at an event in New York. Dubbed Security 2.0, the new initiative will seek to restore consumer confidence in online transactions while allowing enterprises to further expand their online commerce initiatives without compromising their security. The threat of traditional worms and viruses has

Symantec Says Microsoft Should Level The Vista Security Playing Field 
Symantec may be launching its next generation of security offerings, but anti-virus software is still its cash cow–which is why the company is jostling with Microsoft over Vista.

The False Promise of Browser Security 
TechNewsWorld - “Internet users are under attack — and what’s more, there’s no bulletproof defense against hackers on the horizon.

McAfee, Symantec Hit Back Against Changes To Windows 
Microsoft’s security software rivals are stepping up talks with antitrust regulators and undertaking a public-relations campaign against what they see as the company’s attempts to block their products.

‘Microsoft is not trying to block access’ 
A computer security group has gone against the industry trend and says they cannot see if Microsoft has blocked their access into Vista.

Protecting IMS Networks From Attack 
By Kurapati, Krishna Application-level attacks and fuzzing are on the rise.

GreenBorder Pro Protects Firefox Users Against Rootkits and Other Undetectable Attacks 
GreenBorder Technologies, Inc., today announced support for Firefox with a new release of GreenBorder Pro, the company’s unique Web security software that has been downloaded by more than 70,000 people since its launch at the end of June 2006.

Microsoft Is Not Trying To Block Access: Kaspersky 
Microsoft’s new operating system Vista will not make it more difficult for antivirus systems to work, Russian computer security group and potential IPO candidate Kaspersky Lab says, contradicting rivals.

Panda Enhances Corporate Security Solutions 
Panda Software releases new versions of its security suites for enterprises (Panda EnterpriSecure 2006 with TruPrevent Technologies) and SMBs (Panda BusinesSecure 2006 with TruPrevent Technologies). These versions include significant innovations, such as new adv…