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DHS Funds Open-Source Security Project

The U.S. governments Department of Homeland Security plans to spend $1.24 million over three years to fund an ambitious software auditing project aimed at...

Novell Open-Sources Major Linux Security Program

On Tuesday, Novell Inc. announced the creation of the AppArmor project, a new GPL open-source project dedicated to advancing Linux application security. Novells AppArmor is...

McAfee President Quits

Anti-virus security vendor McAfee Inc. announced Tuesday the sudden departure of its president, Gene Hodges. Hodges, an 11-year McAfee veteran who was responsible for the...

Apple QuickTime Gets Security Makeover

Apple Computer Inc.s flagship QuickTime media player has received a security-centric makeover to plug several code execution vulnerabilities. The release of QuickTime 7.0.4 comes months...

Security Audit Flags Thousands of Military User Accounts

Up to 20 percent of the computer accounts used by the U.S. military are unauthorized or abandoned, providing a major opportunity to hackers and...

Microsoft Plugs Critical E-Mail Server Holes

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released two security bulletins to fix "critical" flaws in several widely deployed products, including one that presents a remote unauthenticated...

MS Extends Product Support Life Cycle

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced a slight tweak to its software support life cycle to give customers an extra few weeks to get security...

Fighting Spyware Is Never-Ending Battle

Early adopters of anti-spyware products may focus primarily on a products ability to identify and clean spyware on the desktop, but eWEEK Labs recommends...

Mortgage Firm Banks on RSA Sign-On Manager

When problems with user tokens started cropping up, Hudson Advisors LLC, a commercial mortgage servicer and real estate asset manager, decided it was time...

Password Tools Lower Compliance Costs

Password management systems including single-sign-on tools such as RSA Sign-On Manager 4.5 can drastically reduce a number of IT costs, not the least of...