Trojan rides in on unpatched Office flaw   30 Sep 2005 22:48 GMT
A dangerous Trojan horse exploits a hole in Microsoft's Office software that has remained unfixed for five months.
Source: ZDNet

Homeland Security privacy chief leaves for GE   30 Sep 2005 21:57 GMT
Nuala O'Connor Kelly, praised for her welcoming attitude and investigatory inclinations, plans to take a job with General Electric.
Source: ZDNet

Malicious code could trick ZoneAlarm firewall   30 Sep 2005 21:09 GMT
Software masquerading as trusted app could dupe free and earlier versions of the firewall into letting it connect to the Net.
Source: ZDNet

Data-security bill may move forward next week   30 Sep 2005 21:01 GMT
Sweeping U.S. Senate measure to imprison those who cover up data breaches has been reintroduced and now awaits a vote.
Source: ZDNet

New worm spoofs Google, Yahoo and MSN sites   30 Sep 2005 20:52 GMT
Moneymaking scheme redirects infected computers to phony sites that manipulate search results.
Source: ZDNet

Partner: Identity Management   30 Sep 2005 17:00 GMT
An Increasing Requirement in the Regulatory Compliance Challenge
Source: Computerworld

Steps for choosing the right federated identity standard for your company   30 Sep 2005 14:00 GMT
Opinion: Three protocol standards are available to companies for federated identity management. Atul Tulshibagwale of Trustgenix offers his perspective for deciding which standard is right for your company.
Source: Computerworld

Hackers fail to break into Via's StrongBox   30 Sep 2005 14:00 GMT
Hackers at a security conference in Malaysia failed to break into Via Technologies Inc.'s StrongBox security application during a competition, missing out on a $5,000 prize.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft gets hacker feedback on IE Version 7 Beta 2   29 Sep 2005 16:40 GMT
Microsoft showed off some early security changes on the second beta version of IE7 at the Hack in the Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, and asked hackers for feedback.
Source: Computerworld

Iron Mountain partners with Decru for data encryption   29 Sep 2005 15:37 GMT
Iron Mountain has signed a deal with Decru to use its technology to encrypt internal data backed up to digital tape, a move Iron Mountain executives said is designed to set an example for customers.
Source: Computerworld