Microsoft announced an unscheduled security bulletin today at 10AM PST that they have a critical vulnerability (MS08-067) which affects Windows 2000, XP, 2K3 Server, Vista, and 2K8 operating systems. This vulnerability is a buffer overflow in the Windows Server service. The vulnerability exists in the way the Server service handles Remote Procedure Call (RPC) requests. [...]

ANALYSIS – This SearchSecurity article discusses the need for businesses units to not only talk with security teams but to go so far as to establish a partnership that benefits the company bottom line. Just imagine, business units and security teams working together to enable application usage and move projects forward smoothly and efficiently as [...]

A couple of weeks ago, McAfee acquired Secure Computing for $465M. For those who missed the irony in it, McAfee had previously sold a big portion of its network security business to Secure Computing, leaving many customers in the lurch. Now, with this latest acquisition, McAfee is getting a messaging security business (originally Ciphertrust) which [...]