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  • US government plans cyberalert system

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to announce details of a cyberalert system on Wednesday, two days after a virus called MyDoom spread rapidly across the Internet.

  • Programmers told to put security over creativity

    Certification for programmers, better education and even new laws are needed to improve software security, stated a report published Thursday by a coalition of corporate security experts, academic researchers and government agencies.

  • Task force puts security responsibility on CEOs

    A security task force of private industry experts, academics and government officials released a report on Monday urging CEOs and boards of directors to take responsibility for building information security programs to prevent electronic crime and help secure the Internet.

  • Spammers use e-mail ID to gain legitimacy

    With few junk e-mail filters supporting a protocol for verifying the source address of digital messages, spammers have adopted it themselves as a way to appear more legitimate, stated a report released on Wednesday.

  • Open source in the stars for NASA?

    An analyst for NASA recommended in a recent paper that the agency move some software development to an open-source model.

Features and Case Studies (31)

  • Flaws threaten VoIP networks

    A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VoIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems.

  • How to solve IP host name resolution problems

    There are several layers of complexity in IP host name resolution that can make the process error filled. Here's how you can fix these problems quickly.

  • 50 significant moments from internet history

    We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Securing Microsoft 3: Security Threats 2.0

    In final instalment of 'Securing Microsoft', Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats. With Microsoft now outspending everyone with their massive security budget, will it be enough to stop ever more sophisticated security threats?

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