Ryan Naraine

Looking to generate interest in its new PGP 8.0 privacy product line, PGP Corp. has released source code for one of the most common ways to protect messages on the Internet to the developer community, a move that reverses a policy of previous owner Network Associates . The Palo-Alto, Calif.-based start-up officially lifted the wraps […]

In the face of public criticisms over its handling of software security alerts, Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems on Monday went public with its Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines, maintaining subscribers to its X-Force Threat Analysis Service will be warned of new vulnerabilities one business day after the affected vendor is notified. The public release of the Disclosure […]

Security researchers at Network Associates Laboratories have given the thumbs-up to Microsoft’s Encrypting File System (EFS), a transparent file encryption service built into the Windows XP Professional and .NET Server 2003 platforms. The Redmond-based Microsoft , which has battled public scorn for lax software security, found favor with researchers from Network Associates Labs, which claimed […]

Five Wall Street broker-dealers have been slapped with fines totaling $8.25 million for lax record-keeping concerning e-mail communications, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday. The five brokerage powerhouses — Goldman Sachs , Citigroup-owned Salomon Smith Barney

With Microsoft nipping at its heels in the network publishing space, Adobe Monday said it would push its heralded Acrobat product line to the enterprise market. The San Jose, Calif.-based firm said the Adobe Document Server and Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions are the latest server-side tools being marketed to clients looking to integrate […]

A buffer overflow in the X Window Font System on Sun’s Solaris operating system can could let an attacker execute code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, according to a warning from the CERT Coordination Center. The security flaws affect versions 2.5.1, 2.6, 7 and 8 (Sparc and Intel platforms) and version 9 (Sparc only) […]

Burned by well-chronicled security flaws within its products, Linksys on Monday announced it would use software from Internet security specialists Symantec on its line Cable/DSL routers sold in the U.S. Irvine, Calif.-based Linksys announced that Symantec’s Norton Internet Security 2003 software suite would be available on its cable/DSL routers to provide network security to home […]

A federal judge in Los Angeles has given strong hints he intends to rule that rogue peer-to-peer network Kazaa can be sued in the U.S., a key issue in the ongoing litigation between the music industry and the file-swapping services. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson heard oral arguments from both sides on the extent of […]

Three security holes found in the popular RealOne media player has put millions of users at the mercy of attackers, Seattle-based RealNetworks warned Tuesday. The company confirmed the bugs in its flagship digital media software, which is used by approximately 115 million users, could let an attacker execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems and urged […]

MPEG LA, a group of patent holders pushing for the adoption of the MPEG-4 digital media distribution standard, has released the Visual Patent Portfolio License, officially setting the pricing terms for use of the technology. Less than six months after controversy erupted over royalty rates set by a consortium of patent holders, the MPEG-LA group […]

With a high-profile deal with Microsoft in its back pocket, synchronization software firm Pumatech is upping the ante in its patent spat with rival Extended Systems. Pumatech is so intent on protecting its core technology from patent infringement, that it brought in an independent consultant to qualify the merit of its claims and simultaneously announced […]

Just weeks after scoring valuable licensing deals with the likes of Nokia, Palm and Handspring, Canada-based Research in Motion was body-slammed with a $23 million judgment for infringing patents owned by NTP. The Blackberry e-mail device maker halted trading in its shares late Thursday after a U.S. jury in the District of Virginia ruled in […]