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Misbehaving software mistaken for data breach
05/07/08
The University of Colorado at Boulder said a forensics investigation into three computers suspected as source of a data breach
last week revealed the cause for the computers' strange behavior was not hackers but malfunctioning computers that didn't
take well to a .Net framework upgrade.
McAfee, Yahoo team on Web security
05/07/08
McAfee and Yahoo today announced a partnership on Web security in which Yahoo's search engine is making freely available to
users the warnings about unwanted or malicious code on Web sites as determined through McAfee's security technology.
BlackBerry gets message security, archiving
05/06/08
Akonix Systems Tuesday announced it's adding support for the RIM Blackberry to the Akonix L7 Enterprise messaging policy-enforcement
and archiving platform.
Antispyware efforts by Washington state target registry cleaners
05/05/08
Data-loss prevention players link products
05/05/08
Data-loss prevention vendors Fidelis Security Systems and Verdasys struck a deal to integrate their data-leak protection products
in order to share alerts and eventually policy-management controls.
How one site dealt with SQL injection attack
05/01/08
U.K.-based car-marketing site Autoweb was one of many Web sites hit in the Internet wave of SQL injection attacks first noticed
Friday April 25. AutoWeb was smashed up, but its CIO tells how the site was repaired and got running again.
Anonymizer acquired by risk-mitigation firm
05/01/08
Herndon, Va.,-based risk-mitigation firm Abraxas Corp. announced it has acquired, for an undisclosed price, San Diego-based
Anonymizer, which makes products that shield a user's identity online.
University of Colorado discloses data breach
04/28/08
University of Colorado publicly warned that it has discovered a data breach involving three computers used in its Division
of Continuing Education that may have allowed the attacker to gain access to private data of about 9,000 students and 500
instructors.
iFrame attacks surge, security firm says
04/24/08
A flood of SQL injection attacks on Microsoft Internet Information Servers are leaving Web pages with malicious iFrames in
them, and Panda Security is urging network managers to make sure their Web pages haven't been infected.
Managed security services start-up launches; Richard Stiennon at the helm
04/24/08
Start-up Seccom Global has launched in the United States as a managed-security-services provider using the Fortinet unified
threat management device to offer firewall, VPN, antispam, antivirus, content filtering and intrusion-prevention services,
as well as content backup and disaster recovery.
LendingTree discloses insider data breach
04/22/08
LendingTree notifies customers of data breach believed to have originated through insiders.
LendingTree discloses insider data breach
04/22/08
LendingTree notifies customers of data breach believed to have originated through insiders.
Risk-management software gains Web, compliance tools
04/22/08
Skybox Security Tuesday announced it plans to release an updated version of its Skybox View risk-management software.
Researchers tout 'functional encryption' that knows who's who
04/21/08
Researchers detail innovative cryptographic method they call "functional encryption" based on the concept that a complex mathematical
system can produce an encrypted record that only people matching certain "attributes" will be able to decrypt.
PCI standards body moves ahead on payment-application cert
04/16/08
PCI Security Standards Council releases list of certified payment applications under Payment Application Data Security Standard,
while Council general manager Bub Russo describes upcoming standard efforts, and office-supply company Staples offers a glimpse
into an innovative technique the company came up with to protect customer card information, which it calls "Data Aliasing."
Symantec chief talks acquisitions, Cisco's snub and "Project Huggie"
04/14/08
Symantec chairman and CEO John Thompson delivered a keynote speech to thousands of security professionals at the RSA Conference
2008 in San Francisco and later talked to Network World senior editor Ellen Messmer about vendor alliances, Symantec's competition
and the importance of data-loss prevention technology.
Microsoft launches 'End to End Trust' call to action, observers skeptical
04/09/08
In his keynote address at the RSA Conference here, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie sought to
rally the high-tech industry and its customers to an idea Microsoft is calling "End to End Trust," a system for the Internet
where identity claims can be validated according to sound security principles.
Shavlik adds virtual-machine patch management
04/09/08
Shavlik Technologies has announced that the next release of its NetChk tool will be able to scan and patch virtual-machine
images for VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server and PC.
Verizon service targets data-leak protection
04/09/08
Verizon Business Security Solutions this week is expected to announce data-leak protection services designed to watch for
and block unauthorized transmissions of content such as customer records, Social Security numbers, credit-card information
and source code.
Juniper, Microsoft to be among RSA Conference newsmakers
04/07/08
Juniper, IBM and Verizon will be among the big-name companies airing new products and services in San Francisco next week
at the RSA Conference, the annual security industry event that is expected to draw 17,000 attendees and 350 exhibitors.
Cisco and EMC announce data-leak prevention partnership
04/07/08
Cisco Monday at the RSA Conference said it is turning to EMC for core technology that will allow Cisco to gain a footprint
in the data-leak prevention arena.
Seagate unveils self-encrypting disk drive
04/07/08
Seagate Technology says it's adding a self-encrypting capability to its Cheetah 15K disk drive based on a specification promulgated
by the Trusted Computing Group.
HP unveils encryption add-ons for storage products
04/04/08
HP Monday is unveiling add-ons for its storage products that enable automated encryption of data stored on tape drives and
virtual tape libraries.
"Deep Throat Fight Club" to pummel Web filters with porn
04/02/08
Untangle, a company that makes a security gateway based on open source, plans what it's calling the "Deep Throat Fight Club"
in a San Francisco bar to beat on Web filters of competing vendors WatchGuard, SonicWall, Fortinet, Barracuda, Websense and
ScanSafe.
Cisco reinforces physical security family
04/02/08
Cisco upgrades physical-security product line, with the Cisco High Definition 1080P Intelligent Camera for indoor use and
the introduction of the Cisco Physical Access Manager for electronic-access control for existing door readers, locks and biometric
devices.
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