Security Best Practices: Archive: March 2006

Track Your Laptop Anywhere�Or Not

Synet's nTracker Laptop/Desktop Anti-Theft software is designed to help bring a stolen laptop home. But don't reach for your wallet yet — the product didn't fare so well in our tests.

Computer Safety For Small Businesses

A free online kit helps companies secure computer networks and data.

Who's Watching the Privileged Users?

Companies trust their priviliged users to keep an eye on other employees, but who's watching the watchers?

House Panel Preps ID Theft Law

Republicans, Democrats reach accord on legislation targeting data breaches.

IBM Readies 'Virtual' Worm-Detection

Big Blue's new worm-detection system is preparing to lure worms, internetnews.com has learned.

Can IE Bug Do More Than Crash Browsers?

It's unclear whether the flaw could lead to drive-by attacks.

Your Money or Your Data

AntiOnline Spotlight: What's worse than losing your data to malware? Paying a ransom to get it back.

Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware

New report targets advertisers doing business with 180solutions.

ScanSafe Intros IM Security Management

Managing the rapidly growing security threats posed by instant messaging in businesses.

Groups Slam Data Breach Notification Bill

New House Financial Services legislation pre-exempts tougher state disclosure laws.

Why Stop With Your Finger?

EIT Toolkit: Fujitsu's latest palm scanning device won't predict your future, but it can tell you if you're really you.

Million-Dollar Payout in E-Mail Privacy Case

UPDATED: Marketer ignored Internet privacy statements, according to New York attorney general's office.

Freeze Your Identity to Stop ID Theft

Can you stop identity theft before it occurs? One tech startup thinks it can.

Symantec Begins Wireless Security Initiative

Consumer campaign is aimed at laptop and handhelds connecting to the Internet

Firewalls Morph into New Enterprise Role

The death of the firewall has been greatly exaggerated, according to analysts. But it's not your father's firewall, either. The security technology is morphing into a whole new role in the enterprise.

Second Phone Data Privacy Bill Approved

New legislation aims at both phone data brokers and telecoms' efforts to protect data.

Feds Continue Spam Porno Crackdown

New Hampshire woman faces up to 15 years in jail following guilty plea.

You Got Your Security in My Endpoint

Providing enterprise network security all the way to the client -- both wired and wireless -- is fast becoming the norm.

Malware Attacks Drop Off in February

After a record-breaking January, malware attacks dropped 26 percent last month. But the rate of attacks still was 39 percent higher than it was a year before.

Security, Patent Tweaks For Internet Explorer

The update controls how IE 6 handles ActiveX controls

Phishing Comes of Age

2005 became the year that phishing shed its amateur hour image and became a widespread and increasingly sophisticated threat.

SSL-VPNs Certified For Government Work

Juniper claims it's the first to get common criteria certification. Competitors aren't far behind.