Independent security researchers in California and researchers at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands, EPFL in Switzerland, and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands have found a weakness in the Internet digital certificate infrastructure that allows attackers to forge certificates that are fully trusted by all commonly used web browsers.

Symantec Corp. today announced the launch of Norton Internet Security 2008 and Norton AntiVirus 2008, industry leading security solutions that have been enhanced to provide computer users with comprehensive protection against new and emerging online threats, including disguised attacks used by drive-by downloads.

IBM today unveiled a virtual e-mail security solution based on the existing Proventia(R) Network Mail Security System from its Internet Security Systems (ISS) division.

IBM today announced it will extend its Internet Security Systems (ISS) intrusion prevention technology to remote segments of the network by adding a new, lower-cost product to the IBM Proventia Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) family