In fact, the research firm concluded that because of these cost factors, until 2004, "Linux will be a larger threat to Unix - particularly Solaris - than to Windows. That popularity, Meta said, will lead Microsoft to offer Linux support for its...
The bad news is: The next-generation threat is already here. But Peter Cochrane has a plan for eradicating the latest computer security threat. This new threat exploits vulnerabilities in security subsystems and in some modes makes use of normally...
However, Ross Fowler, managing director of Cisco Australia and New Zealand, said the network giant uses IE internally but only after deploying its Secure Agent, which is a desktop utility that monitors all activity and alerts the user if it spots...
In fact, the critical "trust agent" software in the NAC architecture that sits on users' PCs and communicates with the Cisco policy server came from its acquisition in 2003 of Okena. The acquisition of Protego further emphasises Cisco's commitment...
And the Cisco Security Agent, a network security software agent that provides threat protection for server and desktop computers, can also be exploited by a specially crafted IP packet, which may cause the device to stop functioning and reload.
That is the latest type of threat. Microsoft, for example, offers phishing protection as part of its web browser toolbar and has promised enhanced security in the upcoming Internet Explorer 7 browser.