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Security Best Practices: Archive: February 2005 

Feds Approve New Smart Card Standards

Federal employees and government contractors will eventually be given cards with digital photos and fingerprints.

Bank's Tape Loss Puts Spotlight on Backup Practices

Bank of America's admission on Friday that the company lost data tapes containing federal workers' account information could bring renewed attention to data security issues.

Harnessing the Flood of Security Data

IT departments are struggling to manage the deluge of security data that overwhelms their systems and their work days.

Phishing Attacks Jump 42 Percent

An anti-phishing group says scam e-mails that seek users' personal information increased sharply last month.

Network Security Top Priority in 2005

Facing an ever-growing array of threats to corporate information systems, technology executives now see enhancing network security as 'Job One'.

Forget Spam. Have You Been Spimmed?

IM's version of spam gains a toehold.

Claria Exec Joins DHS Privacy Committee

Controversial pop-up ad firm to be represented on panel advising in privacy issues.

WiFi Watchdog Sweeps Wireless Category

Newbury Networks' WiFi Watchdog 3.0 pulled off a landslide victory in the Wireless Software category of Datamation's 2005 Product of the Year awards. Analysts credit its approach to determining who should and shouldn't have network access.

Teen's Extortion Plot Spims Out of Control

A young New Yorker is nabbed in L.A. for spimming offense.

Spim Tide Rising

UPDATED: Report shows instant messaging is becoming a popular target for spammers.

Hilton's T-Mobile Hack a Password Wake-Up

Along with phone numbers of celebrities in the socialite's Sidekick, the hacking incident exposes the need for strong passwords.

Sybari: Enterprise Messaging Security with Smarts

What made Microsoft crack open the checkbook for Sybari? A look at their email and IM anti-virus technology provides some answers.

Cyber Security Heads Grade The System

Security groups assess the progress made and the road ahead, as the new homeland security chief takes over.

Microsoft May Bundle Up Protection

Redmond may be tying its existing security applications together.

Cisco Adapts Its Defenses to New Threats

The company launches the next phase of its Self-Defending Network initiative with support from recent acquisitions.

More Regulation For The Software Industry?

Improve security so the government doesn't force you to, says Richard Clarke.

Managing Digital Risk with Cyber Insurance

Since there's no way to eliminate security risks, a panel of industry players at the RSA Conference say insuring against cyber attacks or network downtime is increasing in popularity.

Sentivist IPS Takes Datamation Security Award

NFR Security's Sentivist intrusion prevention system was the top choice among Datamation voters in the Product of the Year 2005 Enterprise Security category, turning back a strong bid by Digital Defense's Frontline 3.0.

Gates Outlines Microsoft Security Plans

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says a new version of Internet Explorer, along with a new anti-spyware technology, will continue his company's fight against phishers, spammers and virus writers.

Symantec Battles Spyware, Bots and Microsoft

CEO John Thompson dismisses Microsoft's security efforts as child's play.

Microsoft and Pfizer After Viagra Spammers

Redmond and the pharmaceutical giant team up to fight selling and advertising of knock-off drugs.

SpamAssassin Takes Top Anti-Spam Honors

The non-profit Apache Software Foundation's free SpamAssassin filtering software was the runaway favorite among voters in the Anti-Spam category of this year's Datamation Product of the Year Awards.

McAfee Girds For Microsoft Competition

President of anti-virus vendor says he's prepared to compete with Microsoft's purchase of AV vendor Sybari.

  • Microsoft to Buy Anti-Virus Vendor Sybari

  • Firefox, Others at Phishing Risk

    A newly reported spoofing flaw puts the browsers' users at risk.

    Microsoft to Buy Anti-Virus Vendor Sybari

    More than 10,000 customers already use vendor's enterprise security product.

    VoIP Players Form Security Alliance

    UPDATED: Networkers, software vendors and researchers team up to see that VoIP security keeps pace with adoption.

    Spamhaus Accuses MCI of Hosting Spam Gangs

    Spamhaus Project blasts ISP over hosting policy. MCI counters that it's not in the business of censoring Internet content.

    Experts Clarify ISP Spam Threat

    A recent surge in spam originating from ISP e-mail servers has the industry roiled, but an e-mail industry 'meltdown' isn't imminent.

    Popular Blog Defaced

    Flaw in log analysis software led to attack of blogger Jeremy Zawodny's site.

    Phishers Focusing in on New Targets

    No longer satisfied with running banking scams, phishers are focusing their sights on the health care industry and utilities in their ever-expanding attempts to rip off users.

    Final Day to Vote for Datamation Product of the Year

    Today is the last chance to cast your vote in Datamation's Product of the Year 2005 awards contest. Choose your favorite products in 10 different technology categories. Click here for the final ballot.

    FTC: Identity Theft, Fraud on the Rise

    Complaints over Internet auctions doubled in 2004, according to a new report, which says e-mail and the Web were fraud tools of choice.