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Panda to Update, Reposition TruPrevent Security Software

BILBAO, Spain—In a series of wide-ranging discussions with eWEEK.com on Monday, Spanish security company Panda Software revealed its plans to update, reprice and reposition...

Lax Security in Software Hurts Vendors, Customers

Lawmakers and chief security officers are fed up with the lack of security in todays software products, and its up to vendors to change...

AOLs Terms of Service Update for AIM Raises Eyebrows

Editors Note: Since the posting of this story, AOL has clarified its terms of service for its AIM service, insisting the controversial privacy clause...

U.S. Government to Test Windows Patches Early

The U.S. government will join select partners of Microsoft in receiving security patches as early as a month before they become generally available. The...

Exploits Circulating for MySQL Flaws

At least two public exploits are circulating for a trio of vulnerabilities in the open-source MySQL database engine, security experts warned on Friday. According to...

Ten Not-So-Simple Rules for Using the Internet

Even technically sophisticated users lose perspective on security at times. We all want breaches of security to be someone elses fault and we dont...

Identity Theft Bill Puts Companies On Spot

The pressure from Capitol Hill on corporate America to clean up its act with regard to safeguarding sensitive customer information continues to increase, as...

F-Secure Shines BlackLight on Malicious Rootkits

Finnish anti-virus specialist F-Secure Corp. on Thursday announced plans to add rootkit-detection features to its product suite, joining a growing list of security vendors...

French Researcher Fined for Releasing Exploit Code

A computer hobbyist who published technical details of a security flaw he found in a French anti-virus product has been fined the equivalent of...

Old-School DoS Attack Can Penetrate XP SP2

Microsoft Corp.s newest operating systems can be penetrated by an old-school-type denial-of-service attack, according to a warning from a security researcher.In a SecurityFocus advisory,...