E-Commerce News: Security: Network Security Roundup for July 8, 2003

Network Security Roundup for July 8, 2003

By Stephanie Losi
E-Commerce Times
07/08/03 8:13 AM PT

Stay on top of the fast-moving world of network security with ECT News Network's daily roundup of breaking news.

Fairfax I.T.: Click Here To Report a Crime
08-Jul-03 12:07 ET

Story Highlights:
"It's the cyber approach to cybercrime: reporting an electronic crime such as hacking without ever having to take your eyes off the computer screen."

Full Story on Fairfax I.T.

The Register: ZoneAlarm Quiets Bells
08-Jul-03 06:56 ET

Story Highlights:
"A vulnerability in ZoneLab's freeware version of ZoneAlarm firewall will be patched within 'the next two weeks.' In its initial post to the BugTraq mailing list, ZoneLabs declined to address the vulnerability, claiming it was as a result of a flaw in Windows (and not a combination of that flaw and one of its own)."

Full Story on The Register

TechWeb: Web Security Market To Boom, Yankee Group Says
07-Jul-03 15:38 ET

Story Highlights:
"Market demand for Web application security products will approach $2 billion by 2007, according to a Yankee Group study released Monday. With a 100 percent growth rate this year, the sector's expansion occurs as the widening embrace of Web-based services by both enterprise and government organizations is matched by growing awareness of the large differences in security challenges between the open-architecture Web and hardened closed networks."

Full Story on TechWeb

ComputerWorld: Hacker Challenge Ends in Feuding
07-Jul-03 16:23 ET

Story Highlights:
"A weekend competition to test the skills of malicious hackers fell apart after poor planning by contest organizers and infighting among different hacker groups crippled the Web site responsible for keeping score in the competition."

Full Story on ComputerWorld

IDG.net: Neoteris Debuts Appliances for Securing Online Meetings
07-Jul-03 10:26 ET

Story Highlights:
"Neoteris Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif., announced today a family of appliances to help companies provide secure online meetings."

Full Story on IDG.net

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Microsoft Unveils CRM Upgrade
June 02, 2004

Perhaps the most important new feature of the CRM product is its deep integration with Office 2003. According to Microsoft, users of Office 2003 and Microsoft CRM 1.2 will be able to perform many CRM tasks, such as creating and tracking sensitive letters, escalating cases and looking up customer data, within Office.

Nintendo, Sony Up Portable Gaming Ante
May 12, 2004

The DS is most notable for its dual screens, which allow players to view gaming action from two perspectives at once. It also sports several other features, including touch-screen input, voice recognition, chat software and wireless networking capabilities, with support for both IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) and Nintendo's proprietary mobile protocol.

Intel Unveils Next-Gen Wireless Chips
April 13, 2004

The new PXA27x chips use Intel's SpeedStep technology, which is designed to enable power savings by managing voltage and frequency changes, much like the technology used in the company's notebook processors.

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