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Cybercrime is more than a buzzword, it's a critical business concern, say 1,387 IT professionals surveyed by security firm Finjan.

Risk-mitigation firm Abraxas Thursday announced it has acquired Anonymizer for an undisclosed price.

Security vendor Aladdin Knowledge Systems has added an element to its eSafe secure web gateway that it claims can block the operation of 'anonymous' proxies.

Just in time for one of the first serious security flaws to be found in Mozilla's Firefox, two companies, Anonymizer and FraudEliminator, have released new security products for the popular open source Web browser.

Privacy advocates are warning that recent changes to the .com and .net database of domain names by VeriSign Inc. could violate the privacy of millions of Internet users, inadvertently sending confidential e-mail content and Web surfing data to VeriSign's systems.

There's a longstanding discussion about what to do with information about security holes. "Full disclosure" supporters cheerfully post the news, including full details of vulnerabilities and exploits, without bothering to notify organizations first to give them a chance to fix the problems. Others, like GreyMagic Software security engineers, follow the principle of not publishing details until the bugs have been fixed - or unless they receive no response to their alerts. Their advisories are generally respected and acted upon quickly by the product teams whom they inform.

Over the last eight months major new hacker tools have been released or revealed, ending a lull in activity among hackers that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the enactment of legislation that enhanced law enforcement's ability to prosecute people who break code and wreak havoc on networks by exploiting software vulnerabilities, hacking consultant Ed Skoudis said Thursday.

A new technology could let a Trojan horse disguise itself as the Internet Explorer browser and let hackers steal data from your PC by fooling firewalls into thinking it's a trusted Microsoft Corp. application, say three security consultants.

Anonymizer, a provider of Internet-privacy software and services, announced the release of a new plug-in tool for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browsers on Tuesday which lets users surf the Web anonymously.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has compiled a guide, titled "Know the Rules, Use the Tools," to help Internet users protect their privacy online.