Network Associates Inc.'s PGP Security division has issued a warning that its Unix-based Gauntlet firewall has a flaw that would allow an attacker to take control of it unless administrators have installed a patch for the security software.
Entrust Technologies Inc. this week will ship upgraded digital certificate management software that aims to address network security concerns of Microsoft Corp. customers.
The new and potentially more dangerous variant of the Code Red worm, which appeared over the weekend, can add a 'backdoor' Trojan to any Microsoft Corp. Web server that is vulnerable to a specific exploit. The Trojan could let anyone with a Web browser to take over those servers.
The Sircam computer virus eluded Symantec Corp.'s corporate and consumer Norton Anti-Virus products, because the first software update Symantec created to combat Sircam failed to detect the virus through e-mail scanning at the gateway and desktop.
Intrusion.com Inc. this week unveiled a line of firewall/VPN (virtual private network) appliances based on Check Point Software Technologies' VPN-1/Firewall-1 software pre-configured to run with a version of Linux altered, or "hardened," for improved security.
The Code Red virus, which wormed its way into an estimated two or three hundred thousand Microsoft Internet Information Servers (IIS) during the past few weeks, failed to launch a denial-of-service IP (Internet protocol) attack against its sole target, Whitehouse.gov.
Internet Security Systems Inc. has spotted what's believed to be the first known buffer-overflow vulnerability associated with remote-access servers, which could allow a hacker to gain control of an ISP's network.
The latest version of the McAfee antivirus software management console lets systems administrators not only manage more of its VirusScan users, but a competing product, Symantec Corp.'s desktop antivirus software, too.
Leading network security software vendors Internet Security Systems Inc. and Symantec Corp. are separately developing management systems that work across their product lines. Currently, the companies supply management consoles for products in their expanding vulnerability-assessment and intrusion-detection software portfolios.
Antivirus software vendors Wednesday warned corporations to advise their employees about an e-mail borne computer virus, dubbed "Home Page," that points the victim's Web browser to a pornographic Web site when the e-mail attachment is opened.
Internet Security Systems this week announced it has expanded its security consulting practice to tackle vulnerabilities that may be associated with wireless LAN products from vendors that include Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, 3Com and LinkSys Group.
New Zealand has been dubbed a "Steady Achiever" for its e-government efforts by a report on global e-government initiatives, but has failed to make the top eight countries of 22 countries surveyed.
Consulting firm Accenture Inc. this week released a report on how e-government initiatives stack up around the world. Its scorecard-style evaluation covers the 22 most active countries online.
Customer service had mushroomed out of control at IBM: Sixty call centers, thousands of 800 numbers and a mish-mash of Web sites were making too many customers see red as they tried doing business with Big Blue.
Customer service had mushroomed out of control at IBM Corp.: Sixty call centers, thousands of 800 numbers and a mish-mash of Web sites were making too many customers see red as they tried doing business with Big Blue.