SecurityFocus

Fueling the Fire
by Scott Granneman, 2004-10-07
The latest Symantec Threat Report can provide us with information, knowledge, and even a little bit of wisdom -- about what has truly become an epidemic and an avenue for organized crime.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/271

Strike One!
by Mark Rasch, 2004-10-04
A New York judge did the right thing last week when he threw out a USA-PATRIOT Act provision that forced ISPs to secretly cooperate with the FBI, and gave them no obvious avenue for appeal.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/270

Open Source Versus Closed Source Security
by Jason Miller, 2004-09-30
In the age old battle between open source and closed source operating systems and applications, can either of them really be considered more secure than the other?
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/269

Online Theft
by Kelly Martin, 2004-09-23
Identity theft meets the global virus epidemic, enabling fraud that has finally started to get people's attention.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/268

Academia Headaches
by Scott Granneman, 2004-09-15
Academic institutions who have to add, manage, and secure thousands of new users within a period of just a few days face political and social issues on top of the immense technical ones.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/267

I Spy With My Little Eye
by Mark Rasch, 2004-09-13
Forget Congress' myopic efforts to outlaw spyware. What we really need is better enforcement of existing computer crime laws.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/266

Feast of Egos
by Tim Mullen, 2004-09-07
Eager to tarnish Microsoft's shiny new Service Pack 2, the security press managed to spin the most thin and marginal issues into "gaping holes" and "security craters."
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/265

Simple and Secure isn't so Simple
by Daniel Hanson, 2004-09-02
Simple to code does not always mean simple for the user. And simple for the user is often not easy to code.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/264

A Polluted Internet
by Kelly Martin, 2004-08-26
Worms and viruses that pollute the Internet aren't new. What's new is the incredible magnitude of the problem and how it's growing.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/263

Infected In Twenty Minutes
by Scott Granneman, 2004-08-19
What normally happens within twenty minutes? That's how long your average unprotected PC running Windows XP, fresh out of the box, will last once it's connected to the Internet.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/262