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The Qualys CEO firmly believes the internet has taken over from software -which is why Bill Gates is in trouble. Philippe Courtot, without any obvious irony, describes himself as a "child of the internet". Unusual for a chief executive but, as this interview progresses, it becomes clear that the 61-year-old sees himself as a most unusual CEO. He is referring to his time spent at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, where he witnessed the birth of the web under the aegis of Tim Berners-Lee.
Credant Technologies' new tech will shore up organisations' defences Microsoft on Tuesday released 11 patches fixing 17 vulnerabilities - six of them "critical" - but failed to patch an exploited flaw in Microsoft Excel revealed last month. BitDefender has boosted the functionality of its free Online Scanner adding antispyware technologies, the security vendor announced today. After a brief hiatus, new variants have appeared in the wild of Trojan.Mebroot, a rogue rootkit discovered in December attacking the Windows Master Boot Record (MBR), Symantec has warned. The latest fake Microsoft Update page laced with malware comes with a sinister twist: a portion of its URL contains the URL for the software giant's actual update site, with a period substituted for a forward slash. Apple on Wednesday released a new version of its QuickTime media player, patching a flaw in the application on both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Microsoft is planning to release two security bulletins in tomorrow's Patch Tuesday update.. The new year is supposed to signal a fresh start for us all, but web threats will continue to reign in 2008, wreaking havoc just as they did this year Microsoft is investigating reports of a glitch in one of its December patches that unexpectedly shuts down Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). At least three critical patches will be released when Microsoft distributes its monthly security update.. Microsoft launches consumer editions of Vista and Office 2007 across Australia. Long viewed as a major vector for incoming threats such as viruses, malware and worms, organisations are also increasingly viewing laptops as a primary weakness in the fight against the theft, loss and misuse of information. Microsoft security partner Sophos has released a Windows Vista compatible anti-virus package timed for Vista’s November 30 business-market release. Microsoft appears to be taking security far more seriously with the successor to Windows XP. But has it done it right? Mark Mayne reports For all the hype about the relative security of the two most popular browsers, is Firefox really any more secure than Internet Explorer? For that matter, is it even possible, as a British company with a “zero-footprint” browser claims, to develop a truly secure browser? A little-known cybersecurity intelligence organisation is offering US$20,000 to researchers who can provide exploitable vulnerabilities in Windows or a Windows Diffuse Application. Large-scale data breaches across both the private and public sectors dominated the news throughout the year. Rob Buckley looks back. Researchers at TippingPoint said today that the vulnerability exploited last week to hack into a MacBook Pro at CanSecWest also affects Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser on the Windows Vista operating system. While most major security vendors worked out the kinks in their Windows Vista-compatible offerings this week, some niche vendors were taking advantage of the corporate launch to unveil new security solutions.