ZoneAlarm ForceField puts browser in a sandbox   24 Sep 2007 13:38 GMT
Check Point Software Technologies has released a public beta of ZoneAlarm ForceField, a browser virtualization security tool that promises anti-phishing and spyware-blocking capabilities. The software is available as a free download during the beta testing period. Check Point plans to slap a $29.95 price tag on...
Source: ZDNet

Know Phish, Go Phish?   24 Sep 2007 13:38 GMT
I get phishing scams in my email all the time. Some even defeat spam filters. Over at our sister site Tech Republic, blogger Jason Fielding muses on why some people still fall for this stuff. He writes that curiousity got...
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Unisys probed for Homeland Security breach   24 Sep 2007 12:55 GMT
FBI is checking allegations Unisys failed to detect cyber break-ins at Homeland Security Department and tried to cover up its shortcomings. The FBI is investigating allegations that Unisys failed to detect a Chinese Web site's cyber break-ins on computers at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and then...
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VA Still Looking for Light at End of IT Security Tunnel   24 Sep 2007 05:05 GMT
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hasn't finished implementing most of the IT security improvements recommended by federal auditors after a laptop containing sensitive data was stolen from an employee's home in May 2006.

Source: Computerworld

Critics Say Ameritrade Failed to Heed Warnings   24 Sep 2007 05:05 GMT
A data breach that exposed personal information on more than 6.2 million TD Ameritrade customers may have occurred in 2006, about a year before the brokerage disclosed the incident.

Source: Computerworld

Customer Service Meets Infosec   24 Sep 2007 05:05 GMT
Being the security Nazi is easy. Whats hard is treating users like customers and recognizing their legitimate needs.

Source: Computerworld

Build Yourself a Botwall   24 Sep 2007 05:05 GMT
Mark Hall looks at an array of security tools, from botwalls to code analysis to biometric software.

Source: Computerworld

MiSpy - capture your own clickstream and sell it or don't   23 Sep 2007 21:31 GMT
The rise of Facebook has reopened a can of worms - who owns an individuals personal data and their social networks? Obviously, individuals want control over the data generated by their online activities, who their friends and colleagues are, and what they like or don't. ...
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China says it's a cyber-attack victim, not villain   22 Sep 2007 20:15 GMT
China has been the target of a big increase in cyber-attacks in recent years, a military researcher says. China has been the target of a big increase in cyber-attacks in recent years and faces more of a threat from hackers than any country in the West, a...
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Symantec issues bogus warning of full-scale Internet meltdown   22 Sep 2007 13:00 GMT
Symantec Corp. sent out what turned to be a false alarm thought its early warning system late Friday, warning companies that an Internet-crippling attack was under way.

Source: Computerworld