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Security Software Market to Top $7 Billion in 2002

07 March 2000

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Source: Netscape/Standard - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
The market for Internet security software is expected to reach $4.2 billion worldwide in 1999, and to grow to $7.4 billion in 2002, according to IDC, which based the study on a survey of 300 companies with more than $100 . . .
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Intel tackles notebook security

06 March 2000

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Source: ZDNet - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Intel Corp. plans to announce this week a new security architecture designed to make stolen notebooks 'as useful as bricks.' The new preboot security method, which is based on IPAA ( Intel Protected Access Architecture), will integrate additional software and . . .
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SalesGate, Intuit Pilfered

05 March 2000

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Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"The hacker who broke into online shopping mall SalesGate.com's site last week and reportedly stole thousands of customer credit card numbers is the latest in a string of intruders that have plagued the Internet this year. News wires also reported . . .
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Learning the basics of buffer overflows

04 March 2000

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Source: IBM Developerworks - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"Buffer overflows accounted for over 50 percent of all major security bugs leading to CERT/CC advisories last year. ... So why are buffer overflow vulnerabilities still being produced? Because the recipe for disaster is surprisingly simple. Take one part bad . . .
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Tripwire releases source code

01 March 2000

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Source: Newsalert - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Great news. The once open source software turned commercial program Tripwire will be open source again in Q3. The potential implications for the existing open source projects may have to be re-evaluated. "Tripwire, Inc., the leading provider . . .
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