Network Security: 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.

Linux Kernel Point Release Fixes Flaws

A potential vulnerability is quickly plugged as kernel developers issue the first point release of the 2.6.16 kernel.

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.

What We Can Learn from Fed's Cybersecurity

The federal government recently got its report card for cybersecurity, and it wasn't a pretty picture. What can corporate IT professionals learn from the feds' mistakes?

Security Firm Caulks Sendmail Exploit

Sendmail plugs a hole that will a perpetrator take control of computers.

Can IE Bug Do More Than Crash Browsers?

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

Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware

New report targets advertisers doing business with 180solutions.

Your Money or Your Data

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

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.

Google: Creating a World Without Privacy

eSecurityPlanet Columnist Ray Everett-Church wonders if Google really can be the embodiment of anti-privacy.

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.

Microsoft Office, Windows Patched

Excel receives critical security attention.

Million-Dollar Payout in E-Mail Privacy Case

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

Google Desktop: Next Big Thing or Dangerous Tool?

eSecurityPlanet Columnist Linda LeBlanc says IT managers need to carefully analyze the Google Desktop before it goes on any user's machine. Do the rewards outweigh the risks?

Microsoft Plans Office, Windows Patches

UPDATED: Critical Office flaw and 'important' Windows issue targeted for upcoming Microsoft patch release.

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.

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.