REDMOND, WA. - Last Tuesday's "critical" security fix for Internet Explorer is causing trouble for users who have been testing the new IE 7 browser. Microsoft has received "scattered reports of users experiencing odd browser behavior" after installing the latest security update, Jeremy Dallman, project manager for Internet Explorer security at the company, wrote in
DETROIT - Sun Microsystems announced a project on Wednesday to build out disaster warning systems in countries around the world in partnership with the Pacific Disaster Center, which provides applied information research, analysis and early warning alerts for emergency managers in the Asia-Pacific and surrounding regions. Sun will supply the technology, including engineering services. The
CUPERTINO, CA. - Symantec has struck a deal with Cisco Systems to ship its Norton Internet Security 2006 with all Linksys wired and wireless routers worldwide, Symantec announced Wednesday. Norton Internet Security 2006 is a suite of software that includes antivirus, a firewall, antispam and parental controls. Symantec has many deals to bundle its software,
DETROIT - AT&T on Wednesday launched a 24-hour Internet security Webcast program aimed at delivering security alerts and daily dispatches to corporate customers. The company's Internet Security News Network (ISNN) is designed to offer news updates twice a day and interviews with security experts. It also is intended to leverage AT&T's year-old managed security services
PORTLAND, OR - SecureWorld Expo is expanding its Security event series in 2006 from six to eight cities with the addition of San Francisco and Chicago. The security product and news showcase show will return to Detroit in September. SecureWorld provides conference sessions, case studies, panel discussions and peer-to-peer roundtable discussions lead by key security
DETROIT - What we are seeing is unprecedented in this country. The Department of Homeland Security is slowly creating a miracle right under our noses, and doing it with the least believable of allies ? their own brother and sister agencies. But before you become headily optimistic, remember, I did say slowly, and we are
SOUTHFIELD - Security is no longer just a function of the IT department. Information Security has become a business enabler; and due to ever increasing compliance requirements and the risk of negative exposure, executives and boards are now considering security a vital aspect of any successful company. As a member of the organization?s information security
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. ? Since becoming president and CEO of Computer Associates International in February, Swainson has helped refocus the technology giant, still dogged by past accounting and management troubles, on the business of selling software. Or acquiring companies that can, Swainson told CNET.Com in an exclusive interview. This year alone, CA has made six
SAN FRANCISCO - Exploit code for the latest version of open-source browser Firefox was published Wednesday, potentially putting users at risk of a denial-of-service attack. The exploit code takes advantage of vulnerabilities in the recently released Firefox 1.5, running on Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Firefox, which initially debuted over a year ago, has
WASHINGTON DC ? Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff announced on Dec. 5 the selection of Johns Hopkins University to lead a $15 million study on how the nation can best prepare for and respond to potential large-scale incidents and disasters. This fifth Homeland Security Center of Excellence, formally titled the Center for the Study