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Security analysts at Gartner believe a flaw in Windows may be used to create a worm similar to last year's devastating "Blaster". Identity theft email attacks, known as phishing, on internet service providers (ISPs) are causing up to 70.000 phone calls to customer service centres per scam. There have been endless debates over whether or not to hire hackers. The year is still relatively young, which usually means that at some point, we all sit down either alone or with a group of trusted friends and colleagues, and make up lists of issues we intend to resolve over the course of the next 12 months. In 1984 William Gibson's epoch-making novel Neuromancer introduced the world to the term cyberpunk (although many would argue that the term was actually coined by science fiction writer Bruce Bethke and/or editor Gardner Dozois). Two years ago, Internet security in the United States changed dramatically when Amazon.com, CNN, Yahoo, E*TRADE, ZDNet and others fell victim to what has come to be known as a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Almost every day we hear in the news about allegations centered on communications privacy being violated either by employers or law enforcement agencies. Good old reliable time, not the Internet kind, does some flying. I was listening to a lively debate the other day on the radio. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit in on a class on computer forensics, courtesy of Guidance Software. As the industry increasingly moves towards the adoption of new preventative security products, an interesting debate has arisen as a consequence. Colin Wells, chairman of JBS Computer Services, examines what SMEs should look for from suppliers when choosing the remote route for software delivery In a post-Sept. 11 world, the security community is being asked to address a growing list of sobering scenarios that range from the newly plausible to the truly frightening. Is your company data an asset or a threat? In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist events in the United States, the fear that malevolent hackers and other criminal perpetrators might unleash a cyberattack on the Internet is becoming an increasing concern. Today, hackers scan and probe sites of all sizes to find those most vulnerable to e-shoplifting, data theft or portals to access broader attacks. Applications that wait to steal your personal information are legion, so Carlos Valiente recommends constant vigilence SANs have some inbuilt security says Stewart Buchanan, but this does not mean you should relax your guard The humble desktop is often the weakest point in workplace security, as Gunter Ollmann regularly discovers The most important function IT security managers perform is the selection of IT security measures.