Network Security: Archive: January 2008

VoIP Vulnerabilities Get Star Billing in Report

Predicting top five threats for 2008, Sipera Systems advises 'heightened awareness' of potential perils.

Symantec Readies Flexible Family Safety Software

New technology is designed to be a little more flexible than older products. Kids will probably still resent it.

ScanSafe Brings Security to the Cloud

In a bid to keep workers from getting infected at the local Starbucks, it offers HTTP filtering as a service.

Florida ISP Said to Host Terrorist Software

Security researcher is disturbed to discover an ISP in his hometown appears to be hosting an encryption tool used by terrorists.

Cisco Pushes Big Firewall For Big Business Needs

A new high-end security appliance from Cisco scales to full 10GbE and two million simultaneous connections.

Apple Fixes a Quartet of QuickTime Flaws

Why is Apple being bombarded with security issues? One researcher blames its growing visibility -- and attitude.

A Particularly Nasty Week For Malware

From Excel to the revitalized Storm worm to a severe banking Trojan, it's enough to make you nostalgic for the days of BBSes.

Oracle Lowers Patch Count in January Update

Oracle halves its patches in latest critical patch update.

PGP Updated to be a Good Citizen

New version of Encryption Platform makes it play nicer with others on your computer.

Webroot Offers Cloud-Based E-mail Scanning Service

New service compliments the company's client-side software and provides filtering of e-mail for viruses, spyware, phishing and unwanted images.

Research: Oracle Applications Not Secure

Oracle spends a lot of time producing its Critical Patch Updates, but apparently most DBAs don’t pay much attention to them.

More Trouble For QuickTime

It sounds like a broken record at this point, but QuickTime faces a flaw -- again.

Survey: Most PCs Are Running Out-Of-Date Software

System checker from security firm Secunia finds only five percent of systems scanned are fully patched.

First 'Patch Tuesday' of 2008 Proves Modest

Only three total fixes, two of which are critical and affect all versions of Windows.

Wi-Fi Networks Face Virus Threat?

Unprotected routers could spread malicious software rapidly to thousands of computers.

Adobe Phones Home And Irks Customers

The tinfoil hats come out when Adobe apps are found to be quietly pinging an analytics server.