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• January 17, 2005 17 Jan'05

  'Benevolent' NT4 patches a surprise to some

  Microsoft's first security bulletins of the new year included fixes for the now-unsupported Windows NT Server 4.0. On a related note, administrators are cautioned to apply one of January's patches in a specific order to avoid problems.

• January 17, 2005 17 Jan'05

  Computer Weekly barred from briefing on national programme

  The first media demonstration of new multibillion-pound NHS IT systems took place in Whitehall last week - but technology...

• January 11, 2005 11 Jan'05

  A 'critical' Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft issues three security bulletins for January, two of them critical. Attackers have already exploited some of the vulnerabilities.

• January 10, 2005 10 Jan'05

  Security Bytes: George Mason U. hacked; new Trojans on the loose

  Hackers steal personal data of more than 30,000 members of George Mason University. Two new Trojans emerge. BMC Software buys a Parisian company.

• January 10, 2005 10 Jan'05

  Security on a Shoestring: Creating Internet policies on the cheap

  No matter how small the organization, it's impractical to stand over employees and make sure they properly use the Internet. So here's how to write a decent acceptable use policy, and make sure everyone abides by it.

• January 05, 2005 05 Jan'05

  New solutions for the zero hour

  IT vendors are looking to fill the gap between when a virus first hits and when its remedy is released.

• December 30, 2004 30 Dec'04

  Archive: Bits & Bytes column library

  Bits & Bytes column library archive -- 2003 to 2004

• December 20, 2004 20 Dec'04

  Fixes, workaround for Kerberos 5 vulnerability

  A security hole could be exploited to launch malicious code. But there are fixes and a workaround.

• December 19, 2004 19 Dec'04

  Transforming the cybersecurity culture

  Eleven New Year's resolutions can help employees at all levels empower the security function at their organization.

• December 19, 2004 19 Dec'04

  Security Bytes: Be aware of Google Desktop 'glitch'

  Cisco acquires Protego; Hotmail switches to Trend Micro; Red Hat, Mandrakesoft and Gentoo fix flaws.

• December 09, 2004 09 Dec'04

  Data storage history quiz

  We tend to take storage for granted these days, and expect bigger, better and faster performance out of our hardware and software. But did you know that storage has a long and illustrious history that started out not so big or so fast? Take our data...

• December 08, 2004 08 Dec'04

  The security lingo of 2004

  This was the year of botnets, zombie PC armies and phishying online schemes.

• December 05, 2004 05 Dec'04

  Think Sarbanes Oxley extension changes things? Think again

• December 01, 2004 01 Dec'04

  Phreaks love Bluetooth

  Bluetooth is becoming the vector of choice for next-generation phone phreakers to swipe files from other users, make calls or render mobile phones completely useless.

• November 30, 2004 30 Nov'04

  Botnets target the enterprise warn experts

  Versatile and increasingly vicious bots will cause enterprises a lot of grief in 2005, security experts say.

• November 21, 2004 21 Nov'04

  Crash Course: Recovery

  What good is backing up your data if you can't get it back? The goal of this Crash Course on recovery is to make sure you can effectively and efficiently recover data no matter what iteration of the lifecycle it's in. Included here are also hints on...

• November 12, 2004 12 Nov'04

  NTFS permissions

  This excerpt from Chapter 5 of "The definitive guide to Windows 2000 security" discusses the advantages of using NTFS for access control.

• October 31, 2004 31 Oct'04

  Fast Guide: Storage Management

  Managing your storage infrastructure has never been harder. Complex systems, unbelievable data growth rates and squabbling vendors are just a few of the issues hampering your ability to manage storage. This Fast Guide to storage management has ...

• October 28, 2004 28 Oct'04

  MoD may write off £200m Chinook helicopters

  The Ministry of Defence could write off more than £200m spent on eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters.

• October 27, 2004 27 Oct'04

  Spamming the universe

• October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04

  IBM sharpens blades

  IBM has announced new management tools and upgraded models of its HS20 and JS20 blade servers.

• October 26, 2004 26 Oct'04

  Clear double advantage

  ClearSpeed Technology has doubled the performance of its high-performance computing co-processor for scientific workstations and...

• October 18, 2004 18 Oct'04

  Smaller companies installing SP2; larger firms not

• October 08, 2004 08 Oct'04

  First integrated children's system goes live

  The first web-based system to help councils meet new legal requirements for information sharing among teachers, social workers...

• October 04, 2004 04 Oct'04

  Symantec offers bare metal restore software

• October 03, 2004 03 Oct'04

  Training for CISSP Certification: SearchSecurity.com's Security School

  Study guides for each of the ten domains of the CBK for those preparing to take the CISSP exam or expanding their knowledge of security concepts and practices.

• September 27, 2004 27 Sep'04

  Fast Guide: iSCSI

  If you need to come up to speed rapidly on iSCSI, you've come to the right place. In this Fast Guide, we touch upon the basics and then we walk you through the pros and cons of iSCSI and Fibre Channel.

• September 27, 2004 27 Sep'04

  Five steps to using the Kerberos protocol

  This excerpt from "Windows Server 2003 security infrastructures" explains the basic Kerberos protocol as it is defined in RFC 1510.

• September 26, 2004 26 Sep'04

  Authorize.Net says it has 'learned' from attack

  The credit card processing service was unprepared for the kind of attack it suffered last week, but it will use the experience to improve security.

• September 23, 2004 23 Sep'04

  Multiple strategies guard youth services agency

  Major corporations aren't the only ones who need to protect confidential information, ward off spam and malware, and defend against intrusion. Local youth service agencies must do the same, with far smaller budgets.

• September 22, 2004 22 Sep'04

  Security Bytes: New .jpg attack imminent; CA agrees to pay $225 million for federal violations

  Sanjay Kumar is indicted for securities fraud and conspiracy, while Authorize.Net is knocked offline by massive DDoS attacks.

• September 21, 2004 21 Sep'04

  Survey shows SOX bringing IT, business together

• September 19, 2004 19 Sep'04

  Hackers costing enterprises billions

  Symantec's semi-annual Internet Threat Report finds hackers continued adding billions to the cost of doing business on the Internet.

• September 17, 2004 17 Sep'04

  Swansea strike battle to go to Acas

  Swansea Council and its striking IT staff are set to go to arbitration service Acas to settle a six-week dispute over a proposed...

• September 01, 2004 01 Sep'04

  Security Bytes: MySQL upgrade urged to fix flaw

  Internet turns 35; federal computers used as spam relays; XP SP2 a bigger pain for smaller companies.

• August 27, 2004 27 Aug'04

  Over-specify when buying low cost replacement for Frame Relay

  A project manager reveals how a VPN saved £275,000 a year

• August 24, 2004 24 Aug'04

  Latest worm uses IM to lure victims

  A version of the worm which spread from infected Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers in June has been...

• August 03, 2004 03 Aug'04

  Apple's SAN file system turns heads

• July 28, 2004 28 Jul'04

  Automated SQL injection: What your enterprise needs to know

  The second of a two-part interview with SPI Dynamics CTO Caleb Sima tells what you should fear, why and what you can do to mitigate your risk.

• July 27, 2004 27 Jul'04

  New attacks and vulnerability trends highlighted at Black Hat

  Presentations beginning today will analyze vulnerabilities, zero-day code, phishing and secure wireless deployment, among many other topics.

• July 26, 2004 26 Jul'04

  Fewer IT supplier conflicts are going to court

  Law firms have reported a sharp fall in the number of IT disputes reaching the courts over the past 12 months as more users turn...

• July 25, 2004 25 Jul'04

  Know Your Enemy -- Learning about Security Threats: Chapter 8, Legal Issues

  Find out more about the legal issues swirling around the use of Honeypots.

• July 25, 2004 25 Jul'04

  Learning about Security Threats: Profiling

  A look at what it means to be a hacker.

• July 18, 2004 18 Jul'04

  Debian fixes multiple flaws

  Denial-of-service, buffer overflow and format string vulnerabilities in Debian GNU/Linux that an attacker could use to remotely execute malicious code has been fixed.

• July 18, 2004 18 Jul'04

  Enterprise-class RAID functions, part 2: N-way mirroring, splitting and more

  With the convergence of RAID and lower-priced storage technologies, advanced RAID functions can be enjoyed by any small-to-medium sized organization with critical data.

• July 14, 2004 14 Jul'04

  Continuous backup gains traction

  For continuous backup technology, 2004 is the year that vendors have moved from promises to actual products. Although the market is still small -- inhabited by startups such as Revivio, Mendocino Software, Alacritus and XOsoft -- the buzz is ...

• July 09, 2004 09 Jul'04

  Old Mutual rolls out web reporting software to meet new regulations

  Financial services group Old Mutual has rolled out web-based reporting software across its business worldwide to consolidate data...

• July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04

  Deals abound for high-end storage

  Think high-end storage is out of your reach? Maybe not. Conversations with several storage buyers recently suggest that vendors are scrambling to give buyers the best possible deals.

• June 21, 2004 21 Jun'04

  Users at risk after web host attack

  Users have been warned to brace themselves for attacks on sites which provide patch downloads and web hosting services.

• June 01, 2004 01 Jun'04

  Startup steals a win with thin provisioning

  The Allant Group chose 3Pardata for its thin provisioning software, while dirty sales tactics kept EMC out of the deal.