March 17, 2010

More articles by Sean Michael Kerner

Cisco Enhances Network Security

Cisco recently announced the expansion of TrustSec to help create identity secured networks.

Windows Security Gets Boost from ClamAV

Open source antivirus comes to the Windows desktop with a little help from a new cloud backend to accelerate security.

IBM Pitches Code, Network Security

At RSA, IBM announces it will expand its security portfolio with new static code analysis and secure Web services.

Citrix Improves Security with Web Application Firewall

Making sites go faster isn't enough for Citrix. Now it wants to make site delivery both faster and more secure.

VeriSign Debuts New Online Trust Seal

The Internet's hallmark for trusted sites rolls out a new mark signifying that a site is free from malware, aimed at sites that don't require SSL.

3Com Announces New Network Security Products

3Com announced Monday a trio of new products including a new switching platform and a pair new security initiatives from its TippingPoint security division.

HP Boosts Application Security with Static and Dynamic Analysis

HP and Fortify have joined forces to combine the benefits of dynamic and static code analysis to better detect and repair vulnerabilities in software.

Wiretapping the Internet: Legal and Dangerous?

Technology built into routers from 15 vendors could enable an attacker to wiretap anyone, but there are fixes to be had.

Juniper Meets Mobile Network Security Needs

On the mobile client side, Junos Pulse leverages Juniper's SSL-VPN technology for use on wireless devices. SSL-VPNs provide secure VPN tunnels using SSL encryption.

Mozilla Improves Browser Security with Firefox Patches

Mozilla offers Firefox 3.0.18 and 3.5.8 patches for a trio of critical security vulnerabilities that Mozilla fixed a month ago for Firefox 3.6 users.

Metasploit Gains Further Commercial Adoption

Yet another commercial tool integrates open source metasploit for security testing – is this a good thing?

Mozilla Retracts Add-On Malware Accusation

The Firefox developer revealed it had mistakenly identified an add-on to its popular browser as malware. Version 4.0 of the Sothink Video Downloader does not contain a Trojan.

Google Chrome Updated for Six Security Flaws

Chrome 4 gets its first security fixes--three of them rated as "high" in importance. But it's not all bad news.

Mozilla Confirms Security Threat From Malicious Firefox Add-Ons

With potentially thousands of users hit by a Trojan posted on addons.mozilla.org, Mozilla is advising Windows users to run an antivirus scan.

Black Hat: Attack Can Turn IE Into a Public File Server

Old flaws with new attack vectors re-emerge for IE on Windows XP, but there is help for users.

Online Banking Passwords, Usernames Widely Reused

Report finds the majority of financial Web site customers reuse the same logins elsewhere, posing a potentially serious security risk.

Flash Is at Risk, But It's Not All Adobe's Fault

Black Hat security researcher details flaws including XSS-like attacks -- and what Web site owners and developers can do to avoid them.

Apache SpamAssassin Takes a New Route in Version 3.30

The widely deployed open source antispam engine gets its first major update in two years, with changes aimed at better tackling the problem of spam.

DNSSEC Compromised Again?

Yet another flaw is found in technology aimed at fixing DNS's own flaws. Should we worry?

Apple Intros 2010's First Mac OS Security Update

Mac users get Flash, audio, and printing updates for some very serious security issues.

Oracle Patches Two Dozen Flaws

First Oracle critical patch update of the year shows that databases are still very much at risk in 2010, though more so on Windows than on Linux.

Network and Security Software Hit by Y2K10 Bugs

On the enterprise IT side, network and security software has been hit with some unexpected Y2K10-related glitches.

IBM Adds Code Quality Analysis to Rational

Big Blue integrates static analysis into Rational following the acquisition of Ounce Labs.

Intel Patches Trusted Execution

Intel patches for a critical flaw that could have made trusted execution less than trustworthy.

Mozilla Updates Firefox 3.5.6 for Three Critical Flaws

New version of open source browser tackles memory corruption and spoofing issues.

Adobe PDF at Risk From Zero-Day Vulnerability

New attack on Adobe products is out in the wild and there is no patch.

Akamai Brings Web App Firewall to Its Cloud

Thought that just an IPS was enough? Nope -- Akamai says you need a WAF, and the CDN giant thinks it has just the solution.

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