Vulnerability discovery and disclosure is big business. Some "security research" groups have established their very existence on their ability to reverse engineer, penetration test, and otherwise poke holes in software. ... Read More

Businesses use the Internet to communicate with partners, suppliers, and customers, and conduct transactions. Somewhere in the shadows, less legitimate enterprises and entrepreneurs are also communicating with their partners, suppliers, ... Read More

Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser, in its various versions, still retains somewhere in the neighborhood of 80% market share. The 20% of users who have made the switch to "alternative ... Read More

How is your network protected? Do you have a firewall? Antivirus software on the email gateway? An antispam appliance? Intrusion detection sensors? Some sort of antispyware or antiphishing solution? How ... Read More

There are a total of 6 Security Bulletins for October. Four of them are ranked as Critical by Microsoft, and the other two are deemed Important. The Critical vulnerabilities affect ... Read More

One of the 'cool features' of mobile phone Web browsers is the ability to initiate a phone call by clicking on a link. If you are looking for a certain ... Read More

Sun Microsystems released updates for the Java Runtime Environment which could allow an attacker to compromise or control a vulnerable system. Systems running the Java Runtime Environment are susceptible whether ... Read More

While it is not a substitute for an actual network firewall, the routers on a network can be configured to act as rudimentary firewalls by using ACL's, or Access Control ... Read More

Say it isn't so! A laptop storing unencrypted sensitive personal information about hundreds of thousands of people was stolen? A year or two ago, that news might be shocking. Now, ... Read More