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Going back to school on security

February 13, 2008 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, institution, back-to-school, data security, university, student, USB flash drive, person, security, hard drive

Yahoo Messenger releases security update

December 15, 2006 Aimed at flaws in software that downloads with Messenger, update is called "highly critical" by one security company. TAGS: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., buffer-overflow, ActiveX Control, attacker, security company, security, person, IM

Google puts brakes on Accelerator

May 11, 2005 Company stops downloads of new Web software, blaming capacity issues. However, some have complained it compromises privacy. TAGS: brake, Google Inc., capacity, person, security

IE security patch nixes some apps

February 4, 2004 Some Web developers are complaining that a Microsoft patch meant to foil Internet scams is disabling some applications that didn't put a premium on security. TAGS: scam, credential, username, phishing, programmer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, person, password, bank, Microsoft Corp.

Mitnick: Security depends on workers' habits

March 4, 2005 Forget about fancy tools, ex-hacker says. Teach your employees not to give information to strangers. TAGS: Kevin Mitnick, security policy, hacker, security consultant, access point, security, worker, person, conference

Biometrics firm seeks to foil fraudsters

October 20, 2005 Viisage patents way to keep facial scanners from being tricked. Also: New tools do all-in-one scan of face, fingerprints. TAGS: Viisage Technology Inc., biometrics, scanner, face, camera, person, security

The coming Web security woes

July 4, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh asks whether proposed data security laws cause more harm than good. TAGS: data security, Patrick Leahy, mailing list, Web security, law, identity fraud, bill, e-mail address, person, security, e-mail

Clueless about cookies or spyware?

February 3, 2005 You're not alone. Spyware-removal tools that list different kinds of unwanted software may confuse people as much as they protect. TAGS: Richard Smith, EarthLink Inc., spyware, anti-spyware, malware, audit, adware, search result, threat, Internet Service Provider, bank, person, software company, security, PC

IBM eyes modular WebSphere

November 6, 2003 The company is rewriting its application server software to improve the integration of components within the rest of its product line. TAGS: IBM WebSphere, Tivoli Access Manager, SAML, Kerberos, IBM Corp., application server, J2EE, Java, Java 2, architecture, automobile company, standards, software product, Web service, person, server

Human chips more than skin-deep

August 23, 2004 Better health care and fraud protection may sound good, but are they worth the potential privacy trade-offs? TAGS: VeriChip, RFID, RFID tag, privacy, tagging, tag, person, idea, security
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