Despite assurances from Microsoft, security vendors are wary that the software giant has not given a definite timeline for releasing code to allow third-party security software to work around the Windows Vista operating system kernel protection for 64-bit systems.
The number of security attacks on the Internet seem to be levelling off after a rocket-like rise during the last decade, but the attacks still happening are more sophisticated, said the president and chief operating officer of security vendor Symantec Corp.
Increased use of videoconferencing and Web collaboration technologies, along with an emerging class of malicious code that blends virus and wormlike capabilities, represent some of the biggest security challenges for 2002, say analysts.
The increased use of videoconferencing and Internet-collaboration technologies, the rush toward Web services and an emerging class of malicious code that blends virus and wormlike capabilities represent some of the biggest security challenges for 2002, according to analysts.
The increased use of videoconferencing and Internet-collaboration technologies, the rush toward Web services and an emerging class of malicious code that blends virus and wormlike capabilities represent some of the biggest security challenges for 2002, according to analysts.