Dennis Fisher

A Silicon Valley startup on Monday will unveil new fingerprint-scanning technology that company officials say is far cheaper and more reliable than traditional scanning devices. Fidelica Microsystems Inc. has developed a unique sensor that measures the difference in pressure between the ridges and valleys of a fingerprint. Traditional fingerprint-scanning devices use a light source to […]

The number of Web sites offering pirated software has more than doubled in the last year, according to a new study, and will likely continue to climb. There are now an estimated 5,400 sites containing pirated software–known as “warez” in the Internet underground–representing more than 800,000 individual Web pages, according to a study done by […]

A new variant of the Nimda worm is on the loose on the Internet, but anti-virus experts say that it is unlikely to even approach the level of infection achieved by the original version. Known as PE_Nimda.E, the new worm is quite similar to the one that wreaked havoc on Web servers and desktop PCs […]

As it struggles to improve its reputation in the security community with sweeping internal and external initiatives, Microsoft Corp. is still trying to get the small things right. A patch Microsoft issued two weeks ago had to be removed from its security Web site last week after it was discovered that the fix caused systems […]

The ever-growing size and complexity of enterprise networks has greatly complicated the administrators task of keeping intruders out while allowing authorized users in. But new access management products from IBM and Camelot IT Ltd. aim to ease that burden. IBMs Tivoli Systems Inc. unit is using the release of its Identity Director product this week […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday expanded its security practice to include a wider variety of services that company officials hope will help it compete with the legions of other practitioners in this market. The HP Global Security Consulting Practice will now offer services such as security strategy and policy development, risk and vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, […]

Playing on peoples sympathies for the victims of the recent terrorist attacks, a new Trojan horse program is attempting to steal credit card data. Masquerading as a donation form for the American Red Crosss disaster relief efforts, the program, known as Septer.troj, arrives via e-mail. Once users enter their information into the form, the Trojan […]

DaimlerChrysler AG on Thursday became the first auto maker to commit to using Bluetooth technology in its telematics service. The German companys Chrysler Group next year will roll out a system that enables consumers to use their existing wireless phone to connect to a Bluetooth-based network inside the vehicle. Some services will also be available […]

IBM on Wednesday will unveil two new security products aimed at solidifying the com-panys position in the authentication and authorization market. The Tivoli Identity Director and Intrusion Manager products are companions to IBMs exist-ing Policy Director software, which has also been given an overhaul. Identity Director is a large part of that new strategy. The […]

Sigaba Corp. on Tuesday released the latest version of its Gateway secure e-mail component, which includes improved compatibility with PKIs and integrated virus scanning and content filtering. Gateway 3.0 utilizes Trend Micro Inc.s virus-scanning engine to remove malicious code from both inbound and outbound messages. The content-filtering feature enables administrators to set policies for what […]