Security Best Practices: Archive: February 2008

Does Zero Day Mean Zero Profit?

Don't give into zero-day panic. Most profit-driven malware relies on tried and true exploits and it's up organizations to make sure that their security technologies and processes are up to the task.

AVG Adds Link Scanning to Antivirus Suite

Integration of LinkScanner comes just three months after key acquisition.

Laptop Encryption Has a Point of Weakness

Researchers find a way to get at disk encrypted passwords under the right circumstances.

Black Hat: Dtrace a Rootkit?

A key feature of Solaris 10, Sun's Dtrace is more than just a networking tool.

Yo Quiero Antivirus. Malware Goes Multilingual

With BRIC and EMEA markets emerging, the bad guys go after non-American targets.

Why You Shouldn't Trust (Some) IRS E-mail

Treasury Department special agent tells annual security confab why.

Oracle Identity Manager Tackles Compliance Issues

Software lets companies verify who has access to data to meet regulatory requirements.

Malware Threatens Mac Users: Report

Survey shows Apple users expect the bad guys to follow them, but the good news is the evildoers are looking the other way.

Most Mobile Users Don't Know if They Have Security

McAfee-sponsored research finds mobile users expect vendors to pre-install 24 x 7 protection.

Spammers Go Old School as Gimmicks Fail

Symantec finds image-based spam is losing out in favor of text links that people still seem all too willing to click.

Volume Buyers to Get Vista SP1 Early

After announcing last week that Windows Vista SP1 will not be available until mid-March, the company relaxes that restriction for some customers.

OpenID Gets Star Power

With Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, IBM and VeriSign joining its board, the notion of an online universal identifier doesn't look like a pipe dream any more.

Top 10 Security Trends

Remember when your biggest fear was a virus outbreak? The latest round of threats will make CISO's positively nostalgic for those simpler times.

The Boeing Dreamliner "Security"

In some situations -- like 30,000 feet in the air -- an ironclad firewall is incredibly important.

Google Streamlines Security Apps

Low-priced applications by Postini have mix-and-match appeal.

Two-Factor Authentication, Get Used to It

Banks, e-commerce concerns and the federal government are clamoring for stronger authentication to combat theft and fraud. One company is all too happy to oblige.

Symantec Finds Scope of IT Risk Widening

Network availability now tops security among IT managers' concerns, while worries grow beyond hackers to include misplaced equipment and thumb drives.

Streamlining Tech Support And Rooting Out 'Evil'

Enterprise security and PC tech support for consumers on display at DEMO.