Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Not all security should be outsourced: experts In a time when outsourcing is all the rage and IT security is slowly following this trend, panelists at yesterday’s Infosecurity Canada 2004 conference in Toronto were in agreement that certain portions of a company’s security should always be kept in house since they are too important to entrust to others. 
Thursday, April 01, 2004
2003 not a great year for security: report Symantec’s semi-annual Internet Security Threat report, released last month, paints a picture of an increasingly threatening Internet. But unlike previous reports, there seems to be little in the way of good news. 
Friday, November 14, 2003
News briefs 
Monday, April 28, 2003
E-mail worm exploits SARS anxiety In the latest example of computer virus writers capitalizing on current events, a new e-mail worm uses fears about severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to entice users into opening a file attachment, infecting host machines and helping spread the virus to other machines on the Internet.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Company agrees to pay in software piracy lawsuit A Markham, Ont.-based firm has agreed to settle out of court on a charge of having unlicensed software installed on its computers
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
E-mail worm exploits SARS anxiety In the latest example of computer virus writers capitalizing on current events, a new e-mail worm uses fears about severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to entice users into opening a file attachment, infecting host machines and helping spread the virus to other machines on the Internet.
Sunday, April 13, 2003
Sun, Symantec team on appliance Sun Microsystems Inc. and antivirus company Symantec Corp. are releasing a "no hassles" intrusion detection system (IDS) appliance targeted at the enterprise and service provider markets, the two companies announced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Thursday, April 03, 2003
Spam graduates from annoyance to liability Though not relegated to the past, e-mail’s virus vexation seems to be taking a back seat to another scourge — spam.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Keeping worms from bookworms With more than 45,000 staff and students, Toronto’s York University faced some unique issues when it implemented and upgraded its antivirus software.
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Huge worm a Net threat According to a report authored by U.S. security experts, the Sapphire Worm “doubled in size every 8.5 seconds. It infected more than 90 per cent of vulnerable hosts in 10 minutes.” And to think, the situation could get worse.
Thursday, December 12, 2002
Linksys to ship Norton security product with routers Consumers who purchase a router from Linksys Group Inc. will now receive a free copy of Symantec Corp.'s Norton Internet Security 2003 suite with the hardware, according to a statement released by Linksys.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Security firms: Sept. 11 e-mail virus poses limited threat An e-mail worm containing a “11September.exe” attachment is expected to pose a minimal threat to corporate and home computer systems around the world.
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Symantec to buy three security firms Symantec Corp. said it has entered into deals to acquire three security firms - Recourse Technologies Inc., Riptech Inc. and SecurityFocus Inc. - for a total of US$355 million in cash. Symantec also announced record quarterly revenues of $316 million, up 39 percent from the same quarter last year.
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Hoax calls Java file in Windows a virus An e-mail hoax pretending to be a virus warning has been playing on users' fears and causing them to delete their Java Debugger Manager file, called jdbgmgr.exe, by telling them it's a virus, Symantec Corp. said Friday.
Thursday, April 18, 2002
Revamped Klez worm reappears A variant of a worm that takes advantage of preventable vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and Outlook Express software is spreading, antivirus vendors are warning.
Wednesday, January 02, 2002
Popular file-swap programs had Trojan horse Three popular file-swap programs for some time came with third-party "spyware" software that was installed even if the user opted not to, the software makers admitted this week.
Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Reeezak worm offers holiday jeers A new mass-mailer worm that offers New Year's greetings and what appears to be a Christmas-related animation, but actually attempts to delete large portions of the Windows operating system, is spreading according to Computer Associates International Inc.
Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Teaching our children well My son’s textbook for a grade 10 business course last fall included a chapter on computing that was so outdated, being six or so years old, that the teacher said they’d ignore that chapter.
Monday, December 04, 2000
“Romeo & Juliet” virus prompts software feud Security companies can't agree whether the recently discovered “Romeo & Juliet” virus is a lethal one or not.
Thursday, July 29, 1999
Remedies on-line for Back Orifice 2000 Antivirus vendors rushed earlier this month to develop antidotes to Back Orifice 2000, the trojan horse released by the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow.
Thursday, July 01, 1999
Vendors address Worm.ExploreZip virus Leading antivirus software providers have released updates and other services to prevent their customers from falling victim to the destructive Worm.ExploreZip Trojan horse virus.