Latest security news.
Report says identity thieves working hand in hand with ‘bot herders’, 03/19/07
The underground economy where criminals sell stolen personal and financial data appears to often rely on network infrastructure supplied by the kingpins of the botnet world, according to Symantec’s biannual Internet Threat Report published Monday.
Intel cracks down harder on desktop security with Weybridge, 03/16/07
Intel is readying the second version of its chip-based vPro security technology for the desktop. The initial version debuted in September amid support from partners Symantec, Altiris and others.
Defending your net, 03/19/07
Futureproof weapons and strategies for accomplishing your security mission.
Mobile device lockdown, 03/19/07
During a home health visit last month in Oklahoma City, a nurse for Integris Health was held up at gunpoint. She escaped unharmed, but was robbed of her company-provided laptop and cell phone. Both devices held sensitive patient data, but Integris wasn’t worried. “All of the sensitive files were encrypted,” says Randy Maib, senior IT consultant at the company.
U.S. lawmakers introduce new spyware bill, 03/16/07
Two U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would impose penalties of up to five years of prison time and fines for spyware activities.
CEBIT – Malware to fight crime? AV companies say no, 03/15/07
What if the good guys started using the tools of the bad guys to catch the bad guys, but other good guys stopped them from doing that?
CEBIT – Symantec CEO: Vendor has ‘conflict of interest’, 03/16/07
It’s a “huge conflict of interest” for one company to provide both an operating platform and a security platform, Symantec CEO John Thompson said during a keynote speech at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany. Although Thompson didn’t mention Microsoft by name, that company’s introduction of consumer and enterprise security products to complement its operating systems could hurt Symantec, which currently tops the security software industry by market share.
