Security News

E-government group forms within Liberty Alliance 17 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
A group within the Liberty Alliance hopes to address government concerns over federated identity projects, the organization said yesterday.

Source: Computerworld

Five things you'll be glad to hear about Longhorn Server networking 17 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
Good news for network admins: you'll see faster speed, better wireless capabilities and improved security, among other things.

Source: Computerworld

Flaw finders to software makers: It's payback time 17 Aug 2006 11:00 GMT
Bug hunters have listened to software firms about how to make flaws public. Now it's time for those companies to give them something back, they say.
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft hires McAfee antivirus veteran 17 Aug 2006 01:05 GMT
Vincent Gullotto, former head of McAfee's Antivirus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team, AVERT, will join Microsoft.
Source: ZDNet

Yahoo plugs security hole in Web mail service 16 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
Yahoo has fixed a serious security vulnerability in its Yahoo Mail service that could have allowed malicious hackers to hijack accounts and wreak havoc in PCs.

Source: Computerworld

Digital image watermarks could combat trademark theft 16 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
The system lets companies with popular brands embed watermarks in their pictures and, with the help of a Web search system, track down trademark violators.

Source: Computerworld

Consumer group slammed for creating 'test' viruses 16 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
Consumerreports created 5,500 new virus variants derived from six categories of known viruses to pit the software against novel threats not identified on signature lists.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft to push ID authentication through Vista 16 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
CardSpace, formerly known as InfoCard, is Microsoft's push to create a unified and interoperable online identity and is included as part of the .Net Framework 3.0.

Source: Computerworld

Unisys offers $50,000 reward for missing VA computer 16 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
Unisys is offering a reward for information that could lead to the recovery of a computer containing data on 38,000 veterans. In a different incident, Chevron said a laptop containing employee information has been stolen.

Source: Computerworld

Survey: 81% of U.S. firms lost laptops with sensitive data in last year 16 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
More than three-quarters of U.S. firms that responded to a recent survey said they lost laptops in the last year that held sensitive data, and many weren't sure if they could even determine exactly what data might be missing.