A scan of Web servers by Internet security company Finjan Inc. has found more than 1,000 legitimate Web sites that had been compromised by a new wave of attacks in recent weeks.
- By William Jackson
- 07/16/2008
Oracle has released the latest quarterly round of critical patches for all its products.
- By Joab Jackson
- 07/16/2008
Sentrigo Inc. released its new Hedgehog vPatch database security software product on Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/15/2008
Microsoft confirmed reports of a distribution glitch preventing patch uploading in certain implementations of WSUS programs and provided a solution to the problem.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/10/2008
Users of the security program ZoneAlarm encountered a problem accessing the Internet after applying a Microsoft Windows domain name system (DNS) patch described in security bulletin MS08-037.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/10/2008
Less than 24 hours after its Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft issued a security advisory connected to a possible vulnerability in Word 2002 Service Pack 3.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/09/2008
On its face, today's July patch release from Microsoft seems to be light one. There are no "critical" or "moderate" ratings this time.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/08/2008
Major vendors of domain name system (DNS) servers are making an unprecedented coordinated release of patches for what is being called a fundamental flaw in DNS, a core element of the Internet.
- By William Jackson
- 07/08/2008
Microsoft used the occasion of its 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference today to announce that November 12 will be the official launch date of Windows Essential Server Solutions, which are all-in-one software solutions for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) based on Windows Server 2008 and other Microsoft server technologies.
On Monday, a day ahead of its monthly patch release, Microsoft issued a security advisory specific to its database program in Microsoft Office.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/07/2008
Reported data breaches increased sharply in the first six months of 2008, jumping 69 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a study by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).
- By William Jackson
- 07/02/2008
In the wake of a report suggesting that IE was the least secure Web browser, Redmond on Wednesday touted the security features expected to appear in IE 8.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/02/2008
Microsoft unveiled a new subscription-based consumer offering that combines an office productivity suite with security and hosted services.
Just two days after the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council announced the deadline for application security compliance and said it would be issuing guidelines for PIN entry devices, court documents have emerged detailing an elaborate plot to hack Citibank's ATM network architecture.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/02/2008
More than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security patches -- and IE users are the biggest culprits.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/01/2008
Microsoft has a new software volume licensing program in the works for large organizations, according to an announcement issued by the company today.
WinMagic SecureDoc's full-disk encryption provides easy-to-use security for laptops and remote users.
- By Peter Varhol
- 07/01/2008
There are plenty of easier and more secure ways to authenticate users.
- By Joern Wettern
- 07/01/2008
Forefront Stirling's integrated components give it an edge over single-purpose products.
- By Peter Varhol
- 07/01/2008
A new payment card industry (PCI) standard for Web application firewalls and source code goes into effect on Tuesday morning at midnight, the PCI Security Standards Council said on Monday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/30/2008