Security

After lawsuit, Cisco embraces Black Hat

Cisco at this year's conference has signed up for "platinum" sponsor status

Fewer e-mails bear malware

Sophos exec says 'E-mail is safer than it was last year'

Interview: Microsoft security chief’s new vistas

Ben Fathi talks about the Vista's security features and the future of security

Malware’s commercialization driving security challenge

Security remains a problem because of commercial incentives to build malicious software, but progress is being made, panelists say

Microsoft aims patch bevy at client weakness

Tuesday's security update focuses on four main areas: the Internet Explorer Web browser, Outlook Express, PowerPoint and Windows Media Player

Internet pioneers: VOIP wiretapping complicated

VOIP wiretapping would require police to have access to customer data from the VOIP providers and real-time tracking of calls routed over the Internet, one Internet pioneer noted

KDDI springs massive data leak

Records for four million customers of Japanese telecom are exposed

Microsoft Forefront corporate security client a year away

A small group of beta testers will be expanded significantly in the last quarter of the year, with the introduction of a public beta

Microsoft wraps security products into Forefront

For every 300 PCs, 1 houses malware

Microsoft touts research about what its security software digs up