Stories about: Beyond Security

Security analysts and vendors are reporting a flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser that could allow malicious code to run and result in a hacker taking over complete control of a computer.

Avaya and Juniper Networks have tightened a partnership to bring security together with the next wave of enterprise telephony.

Symantec's planned acquisition of Veritas Software gives the IT security vendor an opportunity to significantly expand its presence in the market for enterprise software, users and analysts said last week.

Symantec has outlined an information integrity strategy that users and analysts said addressed a growing need for a more holistic view of the operational and security risks that companies face.

Microsoft's new Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS), which will offer expanded instant messaging compatibility with popular IM software when it's released in December -- has enterprise IM users and vendors eyeing new opportunities for more secure messaging at work.

Raising the security bar one notch higher, SuSE Linux AG and IBM Corp. said Wednesday they have achieved a more rigorous security certification for Linux operating system software running on Big Blue servers. With the higher-level security evaluation, the two companies hope to attract governments and organizations with critical operations to open source Linux software.

When researchers at GreyMagic Software discovered a batch of security vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer earlier this month, their first response was to test the vulnerabilities and make sure they were for real. What they did next, however, raised the ire of Microsoft and others within the software industry.

Vulnerabilities have been identified in two widely-used Microsoft Corp. products, Microsoft Word and Outlook Express.

Antivirus firm Beyond Security Ltd. has announced a serious vulnerability within Outlook Express that can bypass the SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol) filtering engines used by many companies, including gateway virus scanners, content filters and firewalls.

Giving digital signatures their biggest endorsement to date, energy giants such as Entergy Corp. and American Electric Power Co. Inc. plan to convert to a new digital certificate using newly developed signature specifications as part of every power trade they make.