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Symantec Exec Named U.S. Internet Security Chief

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Hoping to synchronize better with IT security’s private sector, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has enlisted Symantec vice president for managed services Amit Yoran as director of its cyber security division and has forged a partnership with the CERT Coordination Center to speed warning and response time. Security industry leaders praised both moves and…

New Open-Source Security Flaws Exposed

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Beneath all the noise generated by the latest security holes in Microsoft’s Windows operating system, experts have warned of two open-source security flaws that could allow intruders to corrupt memory, take control of systems and launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Software affected by the most serious flaw includes releases of the widely used Sendmail software,…

Ballmer Pushes for War on Hacking

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is ratcheting up the computer industry establishment’s pressure on hackers, meeting this week in Washington, D.C., with Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and IT industry leaders to decry Internet crime. Ballmer observed that the circle of active hackers today is largely “far-flung and anonymous” but could wreak havoc on the country’s…

Calls Against Internet Explorer Grow Louder

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Security advisories and reports typically include preventive measures that computer users can take to avoid malicious Internet attacks, but one piece of advice is on the rise: Use a Web browser other than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Security experts themselves have indicated that their own use of Mozilla, Netscape or Opera — some of the most…

Microsoft Patches Explorer Hole

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft has broken its monthly cycle of security updates to plug a fewholes in its Internet Explorer browser, including the Download.Jectscripting weakness that caused a widespread, Web-based attack scarein June. The Download.Ject vulnerability and similar browser weaknesses prompted many security experts to recommend the use of alternative browsers, at least temporarily. According to critics, the…

Internet Explorer, Security Concerns and Browser Alternatives

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Computer users, faced with never-ending security attacks from surfing the Internet and opening e-mail, are showing increased interest in switching Web browsers. Downloads of popular non-Microsoft Web browsers have doubled this summer, software makers say. The trend toward considering alternative browsers comes on the heals of a warning in June by the United States Computer…

Ten Steps to E-Mail Security

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

More than 10,000 students depend on Jill Cherveny-Keough for trustworthy computing systems. As director of academic computing at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Cherveny-Keough must ensure that dozens of computing centers across the college’s campuses run without a hitch. The centers, located throughout Long Island and Manhattan, support the college’s undergraduate and graduate…

Microsoft Scrambles To Plug Explorer Holes – Again

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft is again being forced to respond to serious Internet Explorer security holes coupled with exploit code that could allow attackers to saddle Windows users with spyware, Trojans or other trouble, even if they have updated with Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 (SP2). Security research firm Secunia reported and posted an example of the latest exploit,…

Administrators Urged To Defend Systems Passwords

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A recent vulnerability found in the popular open-source database MySQL revealed a persistent problem for IT managers: password management among administrators. Most talk about password security traditionally centers around end users and the use of weak, easy-to-guess passwords. In companies where administrators have policies dictating more difficult passwords, one can stroll around and find passwords…

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