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Big business weighs feds involvement in software flaws
The nation's leading big business lobby said the federal government should stay out of the commercial software arena -- maybe -- and allow industry and software companies to jointly address the problem of glitch-prone software. Article | 27 May 2004
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The enemy within: Software options
Last Christmas, five technical support staffers at Boston-based American Tower Corp., a company that builds and manages cellular communications towers in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil, spent the festive season scanning all of the company's 2000 Windows... Article | 10 May 2004
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Cisco SNMP flaw allows for DoS attacks
A coding flaw in Cisco's IOS software for certain routers and switches could leave networks vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. Article | 21 Apr 2004
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Report seeks more secure world for software development
A task force report released today recommends the corporate, government and academic worlds do more to create software less prone to attacks, including government intervention if necessary. Article | 01 Apr 2004
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OPINION: Will Microsoft ever get its act together?
Checking out Microsoft advisories reveals Microsoft revamped its security bulletins, as published in the security section of its TechNet Web site, causing security concerns. Article | 29 Mar 2004
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Gates gets mixed reaction
Bill Gates' keynote speech this week received a mixed reaction from delegates at the RSA Conference. Some believe that the software giant's recent interest in all things "secure" is an initiative led by the marketing department, while others said tha... Article | 26 Feb 2004
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RSA: Gates tries to win back security pros' trust
Bill Gates tried to win back security professionals' trust this morning by previewing some of the security features of the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 during his keynote at the RSA Conference this week. Article | 24 Feb 2004
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RSA preview: Gates facing weary crowd
IT administrators battling with serious security flaws in Windows will have a chance to hear Bill Gates' story in person at the RSA Conference. Article | 19 Feb 2004
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Windows security track record improving
An analysis of Microsoft's security endeavors, licensing and software plans by analyst firm Gartner found that the software giant's security track record has improved significantly despite a tendency to shift blame for security compromises to hackers... Article | 09 Feb 2004
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Regulation, bad software, new threats fodder for Congress
Security experts testified before a U.S. House subcommittee on technology, where they were probed about the possibility of government regulation, bad software development and new digital threats to enterprises and the Feds. Article | 11 Sep 2003
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