Paul Roberts

A flaw discovered in a common component of Symantec Corp.'s firewall technology leaves a number of that company's products vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks, according to a bulletin released by the company and by Advanced IT Security AS, a security services firm with headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Network security company Network Associates Inc. (NAI) has created a new professional services group to offer consulting and educational services to its customers, the company said Tuesday.

Despite economic difficulties tied to accounting scandals and to the looming prospect of war on Iraq, revenue in the worldwide packaged software market will grow by around 4 per cent in 2003, after slower growth of around 1.5 per cent in 2002, according to IDC.

Two new variants of the Slapper worm that targets Apache Web servers running on Linux operating systems have appeared and are reported to be spreading. The worm initially surfaced two weeks ago.

New vulnerabilties discovered in the Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) 5000 Client software could allow an attacker to gain root access to a local workstation running the VPN client software or to capture password information used by the client, according to statements released by security company Ubizen NV and by Cisco Systems Inc. last week.

Symantec Corp. is set to unveil a new network security management tool called Symantec Security Management System (SSMS) in an event scheduled for Oct. 1. The new product will provide customers with a holistic view of their network security.

New vulnerabilities discovered in the Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) 5000 Client software could allow an attacker to gain root access to a local workstation running the VPN client software or to capture password information used by the client, according to statements released by security company Ubizen NV and by Cisco Systems, Inc. Thursday.

Only days after the official release of the first service pack for Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer Version 6 Web browser, security experts are raising concerns about security vulnerabilities that were not addressed by the company.