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    Leading security expert Bruce Schneier has warned businesses to beware of buying shoddy security products.

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    Speaking at the RSA conference in San Francisco this week, a senior Microsoft executive sang the praises of the software giant's emerging vision for 'trust' based security, prompting one industry figurehead to label the strategy as "anti-competitive".

  • Schneier questions need for security industry

    Outspoken author and security guru Bruce Schneier has questioned the very existence of the security industry, suggesting it merely indicates the willingness of other technology companies to ship insecure software and hardware.

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    Computer security expert Bruce Schneier has waded into a debate over who is to blame for the security flaws that result from poorly coded software.

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    Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.

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    With flaws providing an open door to viruses and worms, industry observers debate imposing rules on software companies.

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    A Chinese academic has revealed a major problem with the way Microsoft's encryption tool handles Word and Excel files. This flaw could allow a cracker with basic cryptography skills to decrypt the files.

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    Instances of infected smart phones are almost nonexistent, according to a mobile phone support exec.

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    Companies using fingerprint readers to increase security now have to worry about a new threat: the gummy finger.

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  • Microsoft moves beyond patches

    Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

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