One of the hackers who demonstrated exploit code for a vulnerability in the way the Firefox browser handles Javascript at a hacker conference in San Diego admitted that the presentation was meant to be a joke, according to the chief of security for Mozilla Corp.

Hackers exploit another unpatched IE bug

Matthew Broersma - October 2, 2006

The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center set its Internet danger warning level to "yellow" over the weekend as criminal gangs began targeting Internet Explorer browsers with an unpatched security hole.

UTM tools provide data to detect network threats

Anthony James - October 1, 2006

Unified threat-management appliances provide increased intelligence to detect network threat activity through the correlation and analysis of data from various security engines. This approach provides an alternative to a piecemeal implementation of separate systems.

Fall IDF: Virtual desktop security close to reality

Mari-Len De Guzman - September 27, 2006

IT security vendor Symantec Corp. and Intel Corp. are collaborating to bring the benefits of virtualization technology to desktop security, executives from the two companies announced at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

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