Security News: Archive: October 2003

Reactivity Unveils Firewall Appliances for Web Services Apps

The XML Firewall 2300 series from Reactivity is an appliance line for securing applications that communicate using Web services standards based on XML such as SOAP, UDDI and WSDL.

iForce Partners Shade Against 'Zero-Day' Attacks

Symantec and Sun Microsystems use their existing relationship swapping Sun's V60x for the orphaned LX50 as the basis of a new Intrusion Detection Appliance.

AntiOnline Security Spotlight: CD-Wrecker

Granted, a new OS install is bound to cause an incompatibility or two. Rarely, however, does it actually wreck your hardware! Sadly, a certain Linux distro can do just that.

Microsoft Revises 'Critical' Patches (Again)

For the second time in as many weeks, the software giant issues 'major revisions' to security patches because of installation problems.

Anti-Spam Server Adds 'Machine-Learning' Technology

The 1.5 release of Proofpoint Protection Server from Proofpoint adds a machine-learning system that installs on email gateways and is targeted to the enterprise.

TManage Aims Security Service at Mid-Sized Market

A new managed security service from TManage, provider of managed networking services, targets mid-sized companies with an SSL-enabled managed clientless VPN service for remote network access.

NetScreen Deep Inspection Firewall Targets App Attacks

The Deep Inspection Firewall from NetScreen Technologies advances the software running on the company's line of integrated firewall/VPN appliances.

Microsoft Tweaks Problematic Security Patch

A 'major revision' is made to the MS03-045 advisory because of a compatibility problem with certain third party software.

Securiant Aims Appliance at Small, Medium Businesses

Infrastructure security vendor Securiant unveils an integrated security appliance targeted to small and medium-sized businesses.

Platform Logic Wraps OS, Apps With Security Protections

AppFire Suite 2.0 from Platform Logic is host intrusion prevention software designed to proactively protect operating systems and applications from known and unknown viruses, worms and unauthorized network intrusions not seen before.

Yahoo! Offers New Weapons In Anti-Spam Arsenal

UPDATE: Yahoo! gives paying e-mail customers more ways to battle spam.

Vocera Pumps Up Wireless Security

The latest release of the company's voice over Wi-Fi system includes support for additional security protocols and a slew of new features.

MailFrontier Holds The Line Against Phishing

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based messaging security firm debuts its new Matador consumer app as a filter for fraudulent e-mails.

Verizon Enters SMB Net Security Market

Telco brings firewall and VPN services to enterprise market.

Check Point Appliances Target Small Businesses

Safe@Office from Check Point Software is a low-end security appliance targeted to small and medium businesses lacking IT and technical staff.

Sigaba Adds Federated Authentication to E-Mail Security Software

Version 4.0 of Sigaba Secure E-mail from Sigaba enables interoperation with all major authentication mechanisms and e-mail applications, plus federated authentication for connecting multiple trusted partners.

Microsoft Issues First Monthly Security Alert

Seven new vulnerabilities patched, five of them were labeled 'critical.'

nCipher Offers Shareable Hardware Security Module

Cryptographic IT security products vendor nCipher unveils a network-attached hardware security module designed to reduce the cost of deploying cryptographic products across an enterprise.

Check Point Offers Edge Appliances for Remote Sites

Firewall vendor Check Point Software Technologies unveils its VPN-1 Edge appliance line designed to secure remote sites and users.

BEA Tackles Application Security

As corporate intranets expand, BEA rolls new enterprise security tools to help companies improve control over who gets past internal networks' gatekeepers.

IBM Goes Wi-Fi Security Sniffing

Big Blue releases a managed, wireless intrusion-detection service, offering security from man-in-the-middle attacks, denial-of-service scenarios, address-spoofing and encryption breaches.

No More Weekly Microsoft Patches

The software giant announces a dramatic shift in its approach to issuing fixes for security vulnerabilities.

IBM Upgrades Identity Management Automation

Big Blue adds new automation features to its Tivoli Access Manager software.

IBM's 'Automated' Identity Management Upgrade

Tivoli identity management software line keeps pace with other product lines in its latest version.

New Oblix Software Brokers Identities Across Domains

NetPoint SHAREid from Oblix works with the company's NetPoint identity management product to enable a single sign-on to systems and applications across multiple independent organizations.

TruLogica's Identity Management Now Offers Bulk Provisioning

Concero 2.5 from TruLogica adds bulk provisioning and business process logic features to the context-based identity management product.

Gold Wire Adds Regulatory Compliance Checking to Appliance

Formulator ThreePlus from Gold Wire Technology adds features to the infrastructure integrity assurance product that verify whether a company's security posture meets government-mandated security requirements.