CRN Security News
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The company said that new leadership will mean rejuvenated emphasis on its channel program.
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Zango Denies Role In Facebook Widget
While Zango maintains its innocence, Fortinet stands by its original assertion that the widget originated from the adware company. -
Coverity's Prevent To Bring Self-Build Capability To Open Source project scans
A new product called Prevent will allow developers to build custom scan projects to identify potential security flaws in the source code. -
New Symantec Execs To Streamline Departments
CEO John Thompson says the company's busness unit model, put in place after Symantec bought Veritas, has not worked as planned. -
Symantec Moves Execs Up
Symantec CEO John Thompson names new chief operating officer and chief strategy officer. -
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Brings Two High Priority Fixes
The critical patch addresses several Windows vulnerabilities, but probably won't affect a large number of companies, experts say. -
McAfee: Open Source Software Disclaimer 'Old News'
In its 10-K report, McAfee advised investors its use of open source software could pose a threat to the company, but now says such disclosures are standard procedure. -
Ralsky Indictment Won't Reduce Spam
Experts say that the amount of spam has actually increased since the initiation of the "CAN SPAm" Act four years ago. -
U.S. CERT Warns Of RealPlayer Exploit
The Russian security company posted the RealPlayer vulnerability to its Web site, but so far has not released the exploit code to the company. -
US CERT Warns of RealPlayer Flaw
The Russian security company Gleg posted the RealPlayer vulnerability on its Web site, but has so far not released the exploit code to the company. -
New Adware Targets Facebook
The multi-pronged attack relies on social engineering and human curiosity to propagate the adware. -
New IM Attacks Emerge In 2008
As IM becomes more popular in the workplace, malware authors will focus attacks to retrieve corporate data. -
Data Loss Prevention Trends To Watch In 2008
Data breaches in 2008 will increasingly target smaller businesses as the large enterprises adopt security measures to counter attacks. -
Malware Sites Exploit Bhutto Assassination
The fake Bhutto Web sites represent a trend of attacks that take advantage of high profile media events to distribute malicous code. -
McAfee Fixes Past Stock Option Accounting Errors
The company recorded an additional $137.4 million of pre-tax, noncash stock based compensation charges dating from 1995 through 2005 to its books. -
McAfee Rectifies Past Stock Option Accounting Errors
The company recorded an additional $137 million in compensation charges ito its books for 1995 through 2005 to eliminate stock option limitations. -
2007 A Record Year For Malware
Analysts say to expect more malware attacks next year as authors learn from the success of notorious viruses like the Nuwar Storm Worm. -
Google Stops Orkut Worm Attack
The spam worm is indicative of a greater trend of social networking site attacks, analysts say. -
New Trojan Hijacks Google Ads
Security researchers say that there is there is a strong likelihood that the ads contain malicious code. -
Symantec Sets Next Release of Norton 360
Norton 360 2.0 focuses on enhanced identity protection features, improved user accessibility and more backup options.