Mozilla researchers duped by hacker's 'humorous' exploit   03 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
A Firefox 'flaw' revealed at the Toorcon hacker conference over the weekend was a joke, one of the hackers admited to Mozilla officials.
Source: Computerworld

Indian organziation seeks info from TV data theft sting   03 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Nasscom, India's National Association of Software and Service Companies, has been rebuffed in its request for cooperation from a UK news program that plans to air a documentary on an alleged data-theft sting in which a reporter was involved.
Source: Computerworld

Value of top U.S. gov't IT contracts drops for '07   03 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
The total estimated value of the U.S. government's top 20 IT contracts in fiscal year 2007, which began Oct. 1, is $118 billion, an analyst says.
Source: Computerworld

McAfee moves $60 million to Citadel   03 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Just four months after picking up PreventSys, McAfee brings another security-compliance vendor into the fold with acquistion of Citadel Security Software, following the latter company's delisting by NASDAQ.
Source: Computerworld

Improving Vulnerability Management with Penetration Testing   03 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Vulnerability management consists of a combination of technologies and processes that can be used to improve an organizations security posture and to support regulatory compliance initiatives. Security managers commonly use vulnerability assessments to determine the security state of their IT systems. However, changing processes and technologies present a challenge to vulnerability assessment tools, as they can only go so far in detecting potential attack paths. In addition, changes in technology and business processes are reducing vulnerability assessment effectiveness even further.
Source: Computerworld

The benefits of unified threat management   03 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Already entrenched in smaller companies, the trend of grouping security resources into a "single box" is gaining ground in larger enterprises.
Source: Computerworld

Exploit released for Mac OS X flaw   03 Oct 2006 01:25 GMT
There is no need for serious alarm, but the exploit does appear to have been crafted before Apple Computer patched the flaw last week.
Source: ZDNet

McAfee knocks Microsoft over Vista roadblocks   02 Oct 2006 17:47 GMT
In a Financial Times ad, McAfee joins Symantec in accusing Microsoft of hamstringing rivals working on security tools for Windows update.
Source: ZDNet

Mozilla investigating new Firefox flaw   02 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
A vulnerability in the way the Firefox browser handles Javascript drew attention at a Saturday presentation at the ToorCon hacker conference, and Mozilla developers entered the week "heads down" in search of a solution.
Source: Computerworld

European airlines in legal limbo as data talks collapse   02 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
European airlines entered a legal limbo over the weekend as a data-sharing agreement between the U.S. and the European Union expired with no resolution. The agreement shielded airlines from stringent EU data-privacy laws.
Source: Computerworld