Paul Roberts

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Hackers’ challenge Web site goes dark

One day after news broke about an online contest for malicious hackers, the Web site set up for the contest is offline and security experts are casting doubt on the severity of the threat posed by the contest.

ISS warns of coordinated attack

An international hacking contest scheduled to begin this weekend could cause headaches for organizations worldwide and disrupt the Internet, according to a warning from Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS).

Microsoft patches Passport

Microsoft Corp. patched a hole in its .Net Passport identity management service earlier this week after a security researcher disclosed a potentially serious flaw that could enable attackers to hijack Passport accounts.

Symantec under fire for bugs, flaws

It's shaping up to be a bad week for antivirus software company Symantec Corp., after researchers raised alarms about security holes and buggy code in two of the company's products.

CA, SteelCloud partner for new security appliance

A partnership between Computer Associates International Inc. and SteelCloud Inc. will deliver CA's eTrust family of security technology in the form of rack-mounted appliances that are

Symantec updates focus on intrusion protection

Security company Symantec Corp. issued updated versions of a number of software products on Monday under the guise of a new security framework it calls Symantec Intrusion Protection.

Security companies warn of devious new trojan

Rumours of a troublesome new type of trojan program were confirmed on Thursday when two security companies issued alerts about a new threat known variously as

California man to plead guilty in Al-Jazeera hacks

A 24-year-old California man will appear in court on Monday to answer charges that he hijacked the Internet domain of Arabic news service Al-Jazeera in March.

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