Security

Be prepared: ActiveX attacks will persist

Flaws in the technology, poor development practice, and a large user base add up to big risks

FIPS key to working with gov’t

Bug-finder gets no credit from Microsoft

Microsoft has refused to credit the hacker with a racy name for finding a Microsoft Office vulnerability

HP settles pretexting cases

Hewlett-Packard settled cases with The New York Times and three BusinessWeek journalists after being caught spying on reporters

Is your Web site FIPS compliant?

FIPS compliance can be the key to working smoothly with servers and clients both in and out of government service

Spam and malware are for lovers

SIIA sues eBay-based software sellers

Because response by eBay to complaints about pirated software sales was too slow, the SIIA has filed charges against nine eBay-based software sellers

Update: Judge orders Oracle’s lawsuit againt SAP to mediation

Oracle filed suit against SAP and its TomorrowNow subsidiary last year, alleging 'corporate theft on a grand scale'

EU revisits copyright levy conundrum

European Commissioner will hold a conference in June to see if there is common ground to streamline the current system of copyrights

Integration problems arise with DLP tools

Early adopters of DLP systems, including financial services giants, are having problems enforcing security policies consistently across the different areas of DLP