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Court Orders Brazen Data Thieves to Stop

A New Jersey court has ordered a company charged with tricking Verizon Wireless workers into divulging sensitive customer information to halt its practice of...

Spyware Prevention Requires Multi-Layered Strategy

Spyware experts on Wednesday advised companies and consumers to take a more aggressive approach toward fighting the electronic scourge, emphasizing that since spyware is...

Organizations Urged to Stay Protected from IT Security Threats

Companies must incorporate best IT security practices in their daily routines if they intend to protect data assets and instill confidence in their customers,...

Security Patch Watch: Apple Plugs Mac OS X Java Holes

Apple Computer Inc. late Tuesday posted a Java security update for Mac OS X to plug five vulnerabilities that could cause system hijack, security...

Teen Sentenced in Hilton Phone-Hacking Case

A Massachusetts teenager pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston for a string of hacking crimes reported to include the February compromise of online...

The Software Practices Police Squad

Lets hope its more Jack Webb than Leslie Neilson.I used to think that the whole category of anti-spyware software was redundant because the established...

Microsoft Reissues Windows 2000 Update Rollup

Microsoft on Tuesday reissued the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Update Rollup to correct a range of embarrassing glitches haunting users of the enterprise-facing...

Lessons Learned from a Teenage Hacker

When the fire alarms are not sounding and calling us to immediate reactive action, security pros need to be kicking back a bit and...

Postini Polices IM Perimeters

Amid growing security concerns around instant messaging, e-mail security vendor Postini Inc. this week will extend its hosted security service to include IM. Similar to...

Pings & Packets from eWEEK Labs – 32

SecurePrint Keeps Print Jobs PrivateThe corporate world is rife with examples of someone sending a print job containing highly sensitive data, such as salary...