Ryan Naraine

Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems on Wednesday announced a move into the content management security space, shelling out $34 million to acquire anti-spam specialist Cobion AG. The transaction, which adds anti-spam technology to ISS’ Proventia product suite, signals a further move by anti-virus security firms to bundle spam-fighting tools into all-in-one products for enterprise clients. The […]

Some voice-enabled IP networks could be at risk for denial-of-service and buffer overflow attacks as a result of a security flaw in the H.323 networking protocol for transmitting audio-visual data. According to an alert from the U.K. National Infrastructure Security Co-Ordination Centre (NISCC), the security vulnerability was identified in the H.323 protocol, which is used […]

Sun Microsystems on Monday warned of a buffer overflow vulnerability in its Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server product In a brief alert, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm said the flaw could be exploited by a remote user to crash the Web server, which is a type of denial-of-service attack . Independent research firm Secunia has rated […]

Microsoft’s recent release of a scaled-down removal tool for the MSBlaster worm was an unprecedented move aimed at reaching an elusive element of the destructive worm: home PC users. As part of its bid to reach dial-up subscribers who haven’t bothered to download a patch that removes the worm, the software giant’s security unit stripped […]

Almost six months after the destructive ‘MSBlaster’ worm first appeared, Microsoft has released a removal tool with a firm warning that infected home users are still “actively transmitting” the worm. The worm, which hammered corporate networks last summer, exploits a security flaw with Microsoft Windows’ Remote Procedure Call (RPC) process. Even though a patch has […]

Digital media company RealNetworks will use the spotlight of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Wednesday to roll out a brand new RealPlayer with a built-in paid download music store, the first major media player update in two years. Less than a month after filing a whopping $1 billion antitrust suit accusing rival […]

The world’s most popular Web marketplace is about to get a little more expensive for high-end traders. Beginning Feb. 2, eBay will institute a new fee schedule that sharply increases listing fees for items with a starting price of $500. The change impacts the main auction destination and eBay Motors, a specialty site for new […]

PayPal’s expansion into Europe has hit a new gear with word that regulatory approval for the setting up of a subsidiary across the Atlantic is imminent. The eBay-owned online payments platform has notified users that a separate PayPal Europe Ltd. subsidiary will be set up in the U.K. once approval is received from Britain’s Financial […]

A new worm targeting users of Microsoft’s MSN Messenger network is making the rounds and anti-virus vendors are warning that the threat level and distribution remains high. The Jitux.A (W32/Jitux.A.worm) was detected squirming through the text chat application and trying to get users to download malicious code. The worm comes in the form on a […]

Thanks to a never-ending supply of sharp minds and energy in the information technology industry, innovation will keep on marching ahead in 2004 — good economy or bad. (But a good economy sure helps.) Editors from internetnews.com and across Jupitermedia have compiled a list of ideas/trends/innovations to watch in 2004. BitTorrent – The Next Wave […]

The New York New Media Association (NYNMA) is no more, a victim of what is being described as a “significant financial shortfall.” After rocketing out of nowhere during the dot-com boom, one of the last remnants of Silicon Alley has passed quietly into history, officially selling off its assets to the Washington, D.C.-based Software & […]

The on-again, off-again merger between two paid search players, New York-based FindWhat and Europe’s Espotting is, well, on again. “We continue to make progress with respect to reaching a final decision with Espotting on our proposed merger,” said FindWhat CEO Craig Pisaris-Henderson in a brief statement, which called the one-month extension to the deadline a […]