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Cisco Security Device Faces Tough Competition

Cisco Systems Inc. hopes to make inroads in security with its new multifunction appliance, but integration and price issues, along with Ciscos late entry...

Trustgenix Eases ID Management

Small and midsize organizations that are required by a larger partner to automate authentication of users when accessing Web applications should consider Trustgenix Inc.s...

Field Guide Is All Over the Place

The first thing to clear up is that Michal Zalewskis latest book, "Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect...

IBM Unveils Federated ID Management Tech

A new identity management product from IBM allows companies to share user login and password information using open standards for federated identity management such...

School Studies Effects of Internet Attacks

A new test laboratory at Iowa State University will allow researchers to study how computer networks respond to massive Internet attacks and could lead...

High-Risk Flaw Found in VPN Security Protocol

An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in certain configurations of a widely used VPN protocol suite could allow malicious hackers to intercept network communications believed to be...

How Long Can You Fly Under the Malware Radar?

The last few days have been embarrassing ones for Windows alternatives. Apple released a series of vulnerability disclosures and updates rivaling any put out...

Zero-Day Firefox Exploit Sends Mozilla Scrambling

For the fourth time in three months, major security flaws in the upstart Firefox Web browser have pushed volunteers at the Mozilla Foundation into...

Google Knocked Offline by DNS Issue

An undisclosed "DNS-related issue" late Saturday knocked several Google services offline, prompting widespread speculation that the Web search giant fell victim to the recent...

New Microsoft Security Service to Offer Timely Guidance

Microsoft plans to unveil a new security advisories service next Tuesday as part of an aggressive long-term effort to revamp the way it reacts...