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    Network security: The week in review. Wireless networks face a new threat, next-generation worms will be faster and stealthier, hackers and security experts cross paths in Vegas.

  • Hack attacks: Spot application level breaches

    While most corporate Web sites concentrate on security at the network level, they are still allowing hackers to access valuable customer and corporate information, shoplift sales items, and receive free products or services. What can you do to prevent this?

  • Security showdown: Def Con vs Black Hat

    Las Vegas plays host to two separate security conferences this week--one for people who guard computer systems, another for those who break into them.

  • Corporate security gets urgent

    There's a new resolve among IT managers to protect Internet infrastructures. But does technology really have a chance against large-scale cyberattacks?

  • Cisco flaw demonstrates need for multilayer network defense

    The flaw in Cisco's IDS may only be risky for those who rely solely on IDS for security--but it serves as a powerful reminder to all administrators, that depending on just a single layer of defense is dangerous.

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  • Managing security: Building a defence

    Reducing the threat of viruses to a corporate network is no longer a simple task. But how do you manage the multiple layers necessary, and keep them up to date?

  • Build a poor man's firewall with the Cisco IOS

    While vendors have been pushing toward dedicated -firewall appliances", such appliances can also be very costly for small to medium-size businesses. However, there is an inexpensive and effective firewall solution that you may have overlooked.

  • Instant messaging threatens enterprise security

    What may surprise today's IT leaders are the serious security issues posed by IM usage. Add that to the fact that most IM applications are used without corporate IT's knowledge or approval, and it's not a pretty picture for network security.

  • PestPatrol: Detect and remove hacker tools

    Many apps, especially P2P and IM software, install programs in the background that can jeopardise security. Use PestPatrol to detect and remove them.

  • Report: Net attacks on businesses down

    Attacks on corporate networks have gone down, but cyber-vandals now have a much larger pool of software vulnerabilities to attack, a report has warned.

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  • Shock! Viruses in Digital Music

    You know not to open e-mail attachments from suspicious recipients. But what about playing a song from someone you don't know? Turns out that's another way to infect your computer with a virus.

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