This clash has nothing to do with the simulated battles on Gindis, Eternal Duel, Mobstar or any of the more hip gaming sites. No, this one's for real. The villains in this combat are criminal hackers and phishing scammers, and their targets: unsuspecting online gamers.

Symantec squashes antivirus bug

Robert McMillan - May 30, 2006

Symantec Corp. has patched a widely reported flaw in the English versions of its corporate antivirus software. The flaw, which affects recent versions of its Client Security and Antivirus Corporate Edition products is considered serious, and could be exploited by hackers to run unauthorized software on unpatched PCs.

Startup offers malware protection

Ellen Messmer - May 25, 2006

Startup FireEye debuted this month, announcing plans to ship a switch-based network access control appliance in June that will let customers identify network-borne malware and attacks in order to contain them quickly.

Sun ties identity management to storage

Deni Connor - May 25, 2006

Sun Microsystems Inc. says it will embark on a four-part strategy for data management that focuses on identity management, virtualization, security and hardware-software integration.

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