Latest security news.
FBI: Operation Bot Roast finds over 1 million botnet victims, 06/13/07: The Department of Justice and FBI Wednesday said ongoing investigations have identified over 1 million botnet crime victims.
New type of image spam hides in e-mail wallpaper, 06/13/07: A new type of image spam found this week is able to bypass many filters by presenting a message as wallpaper within an e-mail, according to the vendor Secure Computing.
Symantec to offer IT risk-assessment consulting, 06/14/07: Symantec Thursday plans to announce it is offering IT risk-assessment consulting services aimed at giving corporate management a comprehensive report on security gaps and remediation cost analysis.
McAfee readies enterprise e-mail, Web appliances, 06/13/07: McAfee plans to deliver more scalable versions of its e-mail and Web security appliances, designed for enterprise users.
Fortinet boosts security platforms, 06/12/07: New Fortinet gear speeds its multifunction security platforms with the help of a custom network processor.
SonicWall buys Aventail for big SSL VPN gear, 06/13/07: SonicWall is buying Aventail for $25 million for its high-end SSL VPN gear that will make the company more familiar to larger customers.
Symantec enhances backup software, 06/13/07: Symantec has added disk-backup capability to its NetBackup software.
Hawthorn Medical turns to biometrics for network security, 06/13/07: The doctors at Hawthorn Medical Associates wanted something simpler than multiple passwords to get to their online patient records.




