Security

Microsoft faces first European Union antitrust fines

Daily fines imposed if Microsoft does not meet requirements for the Feb. 15 deadline

Clean house, clean data

Developers must consider data logic before writing the first piece of code

Identity Manager 3 adds provisioning and polish

New Novell release irons out wrinkles with unified user portal, provisioning workflow, and visual Designer

BlackWorm Peters Out

Advance warning takes the sting out of feared worm attack

Microsoft support line barely registers Kama Sutra

Company security manager stops short of calling worm a non-event

Forecast: Blackdoom virus won’t be widespread

Russian hackers sold exploit, analyst says

Hackers sold an exploit for the WMF vulnerability

French police uses open source for variety, consistency

Over 80 percent of French gendarmes who previously used MS Office migrated to an open source productivity suite

Damage forecast low for file-trashing virus

Aventail and F5 extend their security reach to network access control

Companies build on already excellent SSL VPN product lines