Dennis Fisher

Microsoft Corp. last week launched a Web-based tool designed to help Internet users determine the level of online privacy they want. The tool takes the form of an interactive 10-question quiz that puts the user into one of six categories based on his or her answers. The categories range from “Defender: one who is extra-cautious […]

Network Associates Inc. on Monday continued its year-long overhaul of its executive ranks, naming Gene Hodges its new president. Hodges, who had been running the companys McAfee division, takes on a role that has been essentially vacant since Peter Watkins resigned last year. CEO George Samenuk had held the title of president in the interim. […]

The Washington University FTP daemon (WU-FTPD), which is packaged as a part of numerous Linux and Unix distributions, has two serious security flaws that enable a remote attacker to gain root privileges on vulnerable machines. The two weaknesses in versions 2.5.0, 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 of the server have been the subject of much discussion in […]

RSA Security Inc. on Monday will introduce a major revision of its Keon PKI product line designed to give users greater scalability and enhanced ease-of-use. Although the market for public key infrastructure (PKI) systems has never really materialized the way vendors thought it would, RSA officials say theyre seeing increased demand for PKI-related applications. “We […]

Microsoft Corp. this week launched a new Web-based tool designed to help Internet users determine the level of online privacy they want. The tool takes the form of an interactive 10-question quiz that puts the user into one of six categories based on his or her answers. The categories range from “Defender: One who is […]

Nortel Networks Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a suite of products and services designed to increase the performance of corporate networks by eliminating the data bottleneck created by firewalls and other security applications. Known collectively as the Alteon Security Cluster, the products include the Alteon Web Switch, Alteon Security Appliances and custom software. The suite is […]

In an effort to capitalize on the interest in all things security, IBM and Loudcloud Inc. last week announced expanded security service offerings, with an emphasis on vulnerability assessment and intrusion detection. Among the offerings from IBM Global Services are enhanced intrusion detection and vulnerability assessments, security policy assessments, managed firewall services, and virtual private […]

A fast-spreading e-mail worm infected thousands of home users over the long holiday weekend and began spreading in enterprises as well on Monday. Known as Badtrans.B, the virus infects PCs through several methods, but the most troubling aspect of the new worm is its ability to install a keystroke logger and a backdoor Trojan. Badtrans.B, […]

As part of its ongoing effort to repair its reputation for poor security, Microsoft Corp. for the past year has taken the extraordinary step of subjecting the code of its .Net framework to an intensive review by two outside security firms. The review, conducted by Foundstone Inc. and Core Security Technologies, included a study of […]

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday launched a new Web-based tool designed to help Internet users set their level of online privacy. The tool, dubbed the Privacy Assessment Quiz, takes the form of an interactive 10-question quiz that puts the user into one of six categories based on the answers. The categories range from “Defender: One who […]