A near disaster involving sensitive customer information, an outsource service provider and an eagle-eyed computer reseller caused BMO Financial Group to batten down its data management hatches.

McAfee releases VirusScan with intrusion prevention

Paul Roberts - August 30, 2004

Antivirus software company McAfee Inc. said on Monday that a new version of its VirusScan Enterprise software contains so-called "intrusion prevention" features that can protect computers from attacks such as buffer overflows, which are often used by viruses, worms and malicious hackers to compromise vulnerable Microsoft Corp. Windows machines.

Busting common myths about network IPS

Paul Proctor - August 26, 2004

Intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) are becoming ubiquitous in the minds of enterprise buyers. However, the problems of intrusion detection systems (IDSs) have not gone away, and many organizations have an overinflated view of these systems. Moreover, the vendors and popular press continue to perpetuate numerous myths around this narrow but useful capability.

Cisco warns of flaws in ACS product

Paul Roberts - August 26, 2004

Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. warned customers about security holes in two products that provide user authentication and authorization services for network devices such as firewalls and routers.

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This second article of the Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) series delves into Microsoft's Windows Phone, a mobile OS that has undergone significant changes...