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Microsoft Presents a Grand Digital-ID Plan

Microsoft has a grand plan for digital-identity management. And over the next few months, the company will begin to deliver Microsoft implementations of some...

New TCP/IP Flaw Haunts Windows

Microsoft on Wednesday issued a prepatch advisory to counter the publication of exploit code for a newly discovered vulnerability in its implementation of TCP/IP.The...

Fun with Spam

Most people dont think of fun and spam as residing in the same universe. But if you cant beat it, I say, why not...

WS-I Security Document Identifies Web Services Threats

The Web Services Interoperability Organization has promoted a key security document that was approved by its member community.WS-I officials Monday said the organizations "Security...

AlertSite Adds Security Scan to Web Service

Web site performance-measurement and monitoring services provider AlertSite added a new security twist to its services on Monday with the introduction of a vulnerability...

Tools Make the Developer

With application developers bearing a growing share of the enterprise IT security burden, its necessary for development-tool budgets to provide for the scrutiny of...

Malicious Bots Hide Using Rootkit Code

Computer viruses and remote control programs called bots are adopting features from stealthy programs called rootkits to avoid detection, according to researchers at Finnish...

DOD Takes Bids for Spyware Contract

The U.S. Department of Defense is soliciting bids for a massive anti-spyware software contract that will protect systems across the military.The deal could be...

Lets Put VOIP on Hold

So you think your buying a VOIP telephone system for your company was really smart? You certainly have reason to: Your users love the...

Anti-Spyware Activists Seek to Recruit Advertisers

The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology wants blue-chip advertisers join the fight against shady practices by adware and spyware vendors. The public policy group...