Security

Product review: Sophos NAC is a good start

Sophos NAC Advanced combines agent-based awareness and enforcement of essential security policies for Windows end points with integration hooks to network-based control systems

Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks

Cloud computing is picking up traction with businesses, but before you jump into the cloud, you should know the unique security risks it entails

IBM mainframe acquisition raises antitrust concerns

IBM's acquisition of Platform Solutions (PSI) has ended the legal wrangling between the companies, but it also raises new antitrust issues

Update: DOJ continues antitrust scrutiny of Yahoo-Google partnership

DOJ confirms an ongoing formal antitrust investigation into the online advertising partnership between Yahoo and Google

Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords

Criminals behind the Coreflood Trojan are using the software to steal banking and brokerage account usernames and passwords

Unpatched Web browsers prevalent on the Internet

A new study shows Web browsers are often a weak link in the security chain, as software vulnerabilities can make it easy for hackers to gain control of a PC

Senate delays vote on surveillance bill until July

Surveillance bill would likely result in the dismissal of dozens of lawsuits against telecom carriers that participated in the NSA spying program

Oracle: Damages in SAP suit could be at least $1 billion

SAP has said 'some inappropriate downloads' were made, but dismissed Oracle's 'wild speculation' about the amount of its damages

The ethical hakcer’s toolkit

New top-level domains expected in 2009

ICANN expects to start receiving applications for generic top-level domains in spring 2009 and approving them in 90 to 120 days, thus allowing for sale by fourth quarter