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Security News Desk
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SYS-CON's Security News desk trawls the world of security for news of software, hardware, products, and services that seems likely to be of interest to infosec professionals and summarizes them for easy assimilation by busy IT managers and staff.
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McAfee Offers 21-Day
Trial of Foundstone
On-Demand Vulnerability By Security News Desk  The McAfee Foundstone
On-Demand Service incurs
zero deployment,
administration or
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McAfee Operations Center
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service, alleviating the
customer's need to deploy
or maintain a
vulnerability management
system of their own.
C... Aug. 1, 2005 02:15 PM Reads: 7,777 Replies: 2 | "Cisco, You Are Really
Screwing Up Here" Says
Security Researcher By Security News Desk 'Ciscogate' T-shirts went
on sale last week in Las
Vegas, after Michael Lynn
- who gave a
controversial
presentation on Cisco
security (or, rather,
insecurity) at the Black
Hat Security Conference -
was the subject of a
permanent injunction
preventing him from usi... Aug. 1, 2005 04:00 AM Reads: 15,338 Replies: 9 | Cisco Outlines Security
Problem, Symantec Warns
Against It By Security News Desk Cisco has admitted and
detailed a security
vulnerability that was
revealed at the Black Hat
conference, and now
Symantec has jumped into
the fray, warning that
the revelation at the
conference increases the
chance for the hole to be
exploited. Jul. 30, 2005 12:30 PM Reads: 12,248 Replies: 1 | McAfee Revenue Up 32
Percent By Security News Desk 'The McAfee team has
driven exceptional
company performance in
the second quarter by
strategically growing our
business globally across
all segments,' said
George Samenuk, chairman
and chief executive
officer of McAfee, Inc.
'Our strategy of
delivering proven,
... Jul. 29, 2005 12:15 AM Reads: 6,532 Replies: 1 | Sybase iAnywhere
Announces Afaria 5.3 To
Expand Mobile Security By Security News Desk  iAnywhere has announced
the general availability
of Afaria 5.3., an update
to its frontline
management and security
solution. The new version
includes enhanced support
for wireless device
platforms, adds
significant security
features for handhelds
and converged de... Jul. 28, 2005 03:00 PM Reads: 19,171 Replies: 2 | Bryan Shumsky Joins
Revelation Software as a
Senior Software Developer By Security News Desk  Bryan Shumsky joins
Revelation from Via
Systems, Inc. where he
served as Director of
Engineering for the past
11 years. During his
tenure at Via Systems,
Bryan created and
developed the ViaODBC and
WebWizard products as
well as enhancing the
ViaDuct, UniVision and... Jul. 27, 2005 06:30 PM Reads: 8,444 Replies: 3 | Big Blue's Big New Iron:
The IBM z9-109 By Security News Desk  The mainframe isn't
exactly dead, if one
gauges things by IBM's
announcement of the z9.
This is not your father's
big iron, but rather a
system that takes a
'holistic' approach to
today's enterprise IT
environments, according
to IBM. Jul. 27, 2005 11:00 AM Reads: 6,412 Replies: 1 | CA Extends Security
Management Portfolio with
Acquisition of Qurb, Inc. By Security News Desk Computer Associates
International, Inc., has
acquired Qurb, Inc., a
privately held provider
of e-mail security
software, in an all-cash
transaction. The
acquisition extends CA?s
eTrust security
management solutions
portfolio by blocking
spam and protecting
indi... Jul. 26, 2005 10:30 AM Reads: 6,298 | SicolaMartin Boosts Bench By Security News Desk SicolaMartin has
increased its creative
bench with the addition
of six new employees,
adding more support to
their growing creative
teams and internal
support functions. Jul. 25, 2005 11:00 AM Reads: 5,608 | IntelliPRINTPLUS Now in
Germany By Security News Desk IntelliPRINTPLUS, the
leading Printing and
Reporting solution for
Lotus Notes announces its
entry into the German
market. Jul. 23, 2005 08:00 AM Reads: 5,446 | MKS Delivers ITIL Process
Framework By Security News Desk MKS Inc. has announced
that a process framework
for the Information
Technology Infrastructure
Library® (ITIL) delivered
via its enterprise
Application Lifecycle
Management (ALM)
offering, MKS Integrity
Suite? 2005. Jul. 21, 2005 12:00 PM Reads: 7,438 | Arkeia Expands Support to
Include Mac OS X Tiger By Security News Desk Arkeia Corporation has
announced that its Arkeia
Network Backup solution
now supports the recently
released Mac OS X Tiger
operating system. Jul. 21, 2005 12:00 PM Reads: 8,077 | GFI MailEssentials Earns
Windows Server 2003
Certification through
VeriTest By Security News Desk GFI MailEssentials for
Exchange/SMTP, a
server-based anti-spam
solution for Exchange and
SMTP servers, has
achieved the Windows
Server 2003 certification
from Microsoft Corp. Jul. 20, 2005 08:30 PM Reads: 6,217 Replies: 1 | ACS Selects GraphOn's
GO-Global For Web-Enabled
Remote Access By Security News Desk  PGO-Global for Windows is
a fast, simple,
affordable Web-enabling
solution that publishes
Windows applications to
the Web without the need
for Citrix or Microsoft
Windows Terminal
Services. GraphOn also
offers GO-Global for UNIX
which publishes
UNIX/Linux applicat... Jul. 19, 2005 01:45 PM Reads: 6,628 Replies: 1 | A Survey - Companies
Experience Exponential
Rise In Web Attacks By Security News Desk  The Computer Crime and
Security survey,
conducted in January by
the institute and the
computer-intrusion squad
of the FBI's San
Francisco office, found
that 95% of respondents
had experienced more than
10 Web-site incidents
during 2004, up from 5%
in 2003. Some 70... Jul. 17, 2005 12:15 PM Reads: 5,918 Replies: 1 | Hewlett-Packard Adopting
AMD Processors for
Business Laptops By Security News Desk Advanced Micro Devices
(AMD), is expected to
announce that they have
got an entry into the
corporate notebook market
by enticing
Hewlett-Packard into
using their processors
for their products. If
this happens, AMD will
gain a major victory over
their rivals Intel.... Jul. 17, 2005 11:45 AM Reads: 6,814 Replies: 1 | VeriSign Purchase Aims to
Track Crime By Security News Desk 'The acquisition of
iDefense expands the
VeriSign suite of managed
security services,
providing customers with
additional capabilities
with which to proactively
protect their networks
from vulnerabilities and
attacks,' said VeriSign
executive Judy Lin in
outlining... Jul. 15, 2005 05:15 PM Reads: 6,494 Replies: 1 | Sun Adds "Entry-Level"
Data-Class Storage By Security News Desk The Sun StorEdge 9985
system is a follow-on to
the existing Sun StorEdge
9970 system, and runs the
same software and
microcode as the Sun
StorEdge 9990 system. The
system is targeted at Sun
StorEdge 9900 customers
who are implementing
large-scale consolidation
pro... Jul. 13, 2005 06:00 PM Reads: 6,461 Replies: 1 | Microsoft Touts
Disk-Based Backup By Security News Desk Microsoft today announced
at the Worldwide Partner
Conference in Minneapolis
that it will within 30
days release to
manufacturing its first
disk-based software
solution designed to help
companies reduce the time
spent on data backup and
recovery. Microsoft
System ... Jul. 12, 2005 03:45 PM Reads: 12,617 Replies: 1 | HP Markets Apani INS
Software By Security News Desk Under terms of a new
agreement, HP will also
provide first-line
support for customers
around the world, as well
as security compliance
consulting and onsite
services as needed.
Apani's In-depth Network
Security system secures
data communications and
provides the c... Jul. 6, 2005 02:00 PM Reads: 6,345 Replies: 1 | Independent Software
Vendors Adopt Oracle
Fusion Middleware By Security News Desk Oracle has announced
market leading
independent software
vendors (ISVs) are
demonstrating broad,
global support for Oracle
Fusion Middleware. Agile,
Business Objects,
Fidelity, FileNet,
Mercury and RSA Security
are some of the ISVs that
are using or integrating
... Jul. 6, 2005 11:45 AM Reads: 8,865 | Veritas Security Hole
Attacked By Security News Desk The buffer overflow flaw
in the Veritas software
could allow an intruder
to gain control of a
vulnerable system. The
tool is used to trigger
backup of data on
Microsoft Windows
servers, to protect the
data from computer
crashes, storage system
catastrophes and other
risks. Jun. 30, 2005 05:00 PM Reads: 5,475 Replies: 1 | RSA To Host Webinar,
European Conference By Security News Desk Phishing, malware and
identity theft are among
the concerns of RSA
Security's web seminar on
June 29, and its agendat
at its European
conference in October.
The company will address
how enterprise IT can
react organizationally to
such threats while
preserving info... Jun. 24, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 6,463 Replies: 1 | Shareholders Approve
Symantec-Veritas Merger By Security News Desk Shareholders at both
Symantec and Veritas
approved the companies'
merger, allowing the
creation of a company
that will now include
both information security
and information storage
as its core competencies. Jun. 24, 2005 11:45 AM Reads: 9,059 Replies: 1 | Storix Adds Windows and
Mac Support By Security News Desk 'The addition of Windows
and OS X support will
allow us to greatly
expand our customer's
data backup and restore
capability, says company
President Anthony
Johnson. 'Our customers
can now perform all of
their data backup
responsibilities with a
single application.' Jun. 23, 2005 03:00 PM Reads: 5,668 Replies: 1 | RSA Touts Two-Factor
Authentication By Security News Desk Two more banks have been
added to the list of RSA
two-factor SecurID
authentication customers.
American Bank and
Stonebridge Bank will
offer their online
banking customers the RSA
authentication, joining
America Online, Banco de
Credito e Inversiones
(Chile), Cred... Jun. 23, 2005 03:00 PM Reads: 7,239 Replies: 1 | Microsoft Issues Phishing
Security Advisory For IE
Users By Security News Desk  Microsoft has
investigated a public
report of a phishing
method that affects Web
browsers in general,
including IE - a report
that describes the
scenario of multiple,
overlapping browser
windows, some of which
contain no indications of
their origin. An attacker
... Jun. 23, 2005 03:45 AM Reads: 8,913 | Imation Develops
Scratch-Resistant Coating By Security News Desk Imation says its CDs and
DVDs feature an
invisibly-thin scratch
resistant coating applied
during disc manufacturing
that provides benefits
over standard uncoated
discs, such as scratch
and scuff-resistance,
anti-static dust
resistance, and smear
resistance. Jun. 22, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 6,625 Replies: 1 | SurfControl Addresses
Enterprise Threats By Security News Desk SurfControl's Global
Threat Analysis and
Research team shows the
rapid growth of desktop
VoIP mirrors the adoption
rate seen of public
instant messaging
systems. These services,
as with instant
messaging, create a
threat vector to
enterprises which can be
exploi... Jun. 22, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 5,887 Replies: 1 | Cybertrust Ranks First in
Market By Security News Desk James Turner, security &
services analyst with
Frost & Sullivan and
author of the company's
Managed Security Services
market report, said 'The
Australian market for
managed security services
is comprised of over 35
companies and Cybertrust
is the clear leader.
Cyb... Jun. 22, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 7,327 | RSA Takes Security on the
Road By Security News Desk Immerse yourself in a
power-packed day of
education, ideas and
solutions at the new RSA
Conference Power Day. Get
the scoop on the latest
trends and issues that
impact your work and
organization. And network
with the best and the
brightest in the
business?infosecu... Jun. 20, 2005 01:00 PM Reads: 5,452 | Stolen MasterCard "High
Risk" Accounts Total
Estimated At 68,000 (Out
of 40M) By Security News Desk In what might amount to
one of the largest US
data heists ever,
MasterCard today revealed
that it believes up to 40
million cardholders of
such credit card brands
as MasterCard, American
Express and others have
been jeopardized in a
massive theft at third
party cr... Jun. 20, 2005 05:00 AM Reads: 7,609 Replies: 1 | NISCC Director: UK Trojan
Attacks Are on an
"Industrial Scale" By Security News Desk In the UK, the National
Infrastructure Security
Co-ordination Center has
warned about a spate of
attacks in recent months
involving e-mail Trojans.
'We have never seen
anything like this in
terms of the industrial
scale of this series of
attacks,' said Roger
Cummi... Jun. 20, 2005 01:00 AM Reads: 11,395 | Forum Systems Touts Web
Security By Security News Desk 'The best approach to
selecting the optimal Web
services security
solution is to assess the
needs to be met and then
to identify a solution
that best fits those
needs, precisely and
affordably,' according to
Forum Systems. Key to
this approach is the
avoidance of ... Jun. 19, 2005 09:00 PM Reads: 9,707 | Networked Storage: Coraid
Introduces Four Disk SATA
EtherDrive By Security News Desk Coraid, developer the
open ATA-over-Ethernet
(AoE) protocol which is
used by its EtherDrive
storage products,
announced today that its
SATA line features a 1U,
four disk storage
appliance to complement
its existing 3U shelf for
SATA disks. Jun. 18, 2005 01:30 AM Reads: 6,708 | UK Targeted for Trojan
Attacks By Security News Desk The NISCC has issued a
warning about a series of
'trojanised email attacks
targeting the UK
Government and
companies.' The agency
said the trojans could be
used to obtain passwords,
scan networks,
'exfiltrate' information
and launch further
attacks. Jun. 17, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 9,602 | Report Highlights Malware
and Hacking Tools By Security News Desk A report by Panda looks
at three examples of
malware, the Trojan
Downloader.DCM, the
backdoor Trojan
Dumador.BC, and the
hacking tool Looxee. The
report also includes six
new vulnerabilities in
Microsoft Windows,
classified as 'critical.' Jun. 17, 2005 03:15 PM Reads: 6,389 | Intel's Robert Noyce
Remembered By Security News Desk Robert Noyce is in the
pantheon of Silicon
Valley pioneers.
Co-founder of Intel, he
was remembered today by
fellow co-founder Gordon
Moore and other leading
figures from Intel and
the Valley. Jun. 16, 2005 05:00 PM Reads: 5,697 | NetApp Buys Security
Company By Security News Desk Network Appliance agreed
to acquire storage
security specialist Decru
for $272 million in cash
and stock. The deal
doesn't seem to indicate
a major strategic shift,
but rather a move to
shore up its product
portfolio during a
dynamic era for the
storage industry. Jun. 16, 2005 01:00 PM Reads: 5,497 | More Microsoft IE
Vulnerabilities, More
Patches By Security News Desk Microsoft announced 10
new vulnerabilities this
week, along with patches
to fix them. Meanwhile,
security company McAfee
almost simultaneously
announced its own
protection from these new
problems. Jun. 15, 2005 11:00 AM Reads: 4,353 |
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