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A new report by Webroot Software has found that more than 40 percent of companies surveyed had been hit with malware that disrupted their business. Webroots State of Internet Security report details the cost and legal implications to businesses of malware threats. Using the companys Phileas automated spyware research system, Webroot researchers discovered that 4.2 […]

IBM has patched two vulnerabilities uncovered last year in its Lotus Domino product line. Both vulnerabilities were fixed in Lotus Domino 6.5.6 and 7.0.2 Fix Pack 1. Last August, Sterling, Va.-based iDefense Labs reported a cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting IBM Lotus Domino Web Access, a Web-based messaging and collaboration interface for the Lotus Domino server. […]

Oracle has released a new version of Oracle Application Express to help developers build, deploy and manage secure Web applications. Oracle Application Express 3.0 offers several new application design, migration, reporting, security and Web services to users. The enhancements include PDF printing and Microsoft Access Migration support. Oracle Application Express is integrated with all editions […]

Oracle and Sun Microsystems have teamed up to provide information appliance foundations to make it easier for joint Oracle and Sun customers to deploy data warehousing tools based on Oracle Database 10g and Sun servers, storage and the Solaris 10 Operating System. The Oracle-Sun Information Appliance Foundations are reference configurations that provide a recommended database, […]

Websense is taking on mobile device security with new URL classification and filtering software designed to prevent users from accessing malicious or inappropriate Web content. The Websense Wireless URL Categorization Engine collects URLs from Internet sites and classifies them. Depending on the content filters installed with the individual wireless service provider, access to certain Web […]

Trend Micro officials hope to change the forecast for Web-based security threats with its new in-the-cloud Web site reputation technology. The technology is part of the companys Total Web Threat Protection strategy and a key component within the companys plans for its Secure Content & Threat Management security portfolio. “This whole Web threat protection system […]

When it comes to regulatory and industry compliance, SMBs (small and midsized businesses) face the challenge of meeting the same burdens as enterprises but with less of a workforce and budget. Meeting that challenge means SMBs may have to consider both their internal data management and security policies as well as using managed services, analysts […]

The rivalry between Oracle and SAP took a new turn March 22 when Oracle sued SAP for allegedly stealing copyrighted software using customers online access codes. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Oracle accuses SAP of gaining repeated and unauthorized access to its password-protected customer support Web site and compiling […]

Online players of the video game Omerta have more than the rival gangsters in the computer game to worry about. According to anti-spyware vendor Sunbelt Software, of Clearwater, Fla., cyber-thieves have been spreading spyware disguised as software from Omerta Game Ltd. Sunbelt Software President Alex Eckelberry warned users to be wary of any software for […]

In some ways, computers were once the bane of Kelly Hoods professional existence. In the office at Parrish Services, a Manassas, Va., plumbing, electrical, and heat and air-conditioning outfit, she was the first stop for employees with tech complaints, typically of the unanswerable variety—a computer kept locking up, a program wasnt running correctly, a worker […]