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Security services firm iSEC Partners acquired
- TechTarget 14 Oct 2010 -
ActivIdentity signs acquisition deal
- Editor 12 Oct 2010 -
Qualys buys Nemean Networks for behavior-aware malware detection
- TechTarget 06 Oct 2010
ISEC Partners, a pen-testing and security services consultancy that has been at the forefront of innovative research in the past half-decade, was acquired today by NCC Group of Manchester, England. ...
ActivIdentity, a supplier of strong authentication and credential management products, has inked a deal to be acquired by ASSA ABLOY, the parent company of HID Global for approximately $162 ...
The acquisition expands Qualys’ IDS signatures and increases its threat data. Vulnerability management vendor Qualys Inc. announced the acquisition of Madison, Wisconsin-based Nemean Networks LLC ...
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Apple customers target of convincing Apple Store phishing site
- TechTarget 28 Sep 2010 -
Intel CISO on 'Here you have' worm, spear phishing
- Senior Analyst 16 Sep 2010 -
"Here you have" email worm spreads
- Editor 09 Sep 2010 -
New Windows vulnerability reported
- Editor 09 Aug 2010 -
St. Bernard Software acquires Red Condor
- Editor 04 Aug 2010 -
iPhone jailbreaking exploit sparks mobile security concerns
- Editor 04 Aug 2010 -
McAfee agrees to acquire tenCube for mobile security
- Editor 29 Jul 2010
Phishing site steals Apple ID, password, customer’s name, credit card CVV number and contact details. Phishing sites are quickly rising in popularity, and Symantec warns that Internet users be more ...
BOSTON -- At the Forrester Research Inc. Security Forum 2010 this morning, Intel Corp. CISO Malcolm Harkins spoke to attendees about the chip giant (and soon-to-be McAfee owner)'s security program ...
An old-style email worm was spreading Thursday, antivirus vendors reported. The malware, named "Here you have" for the message it carries in the subject line, includes a link that appears to be a ...
New flaw is a moderate risk and targets the Windows Kernel. Security researchers reported a new Windows vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges on vulnerable machines. ...
St. Bernard CEO says acquisition positions vendor for accelerated growth. Web security provider St. Bernard Software said Wednesday that it acquired managed email security supplier Red Condor. San ...
Jailbroken phones are more prone to security threats, researchers say. The emergence of an exploit used by a website for iPhone "jailbreaking" prompted security researchers to issue warnings about ...
McAfee to offer location, locking and wipe technology via acquisition. In what's turning out to be a busy week for acquisitions in the security market, McAfee on Thursday said it signed a deal to ...
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Black Hat: DHS calls for attitude adjustment
- TechTarget 28 Jul 2010 -
Rite Aid to pay $1 million in HIPAA settlement
- Editor 28 Jul 2010 -
Commtouch to buy Authentium's antivirus division
- Editor 27 Jul 2010 -
Different twist on identity theft
- Editor 23 Jul 2010 -
Poisoned Mel Gibson search results yield fake Adobe Flash installer
- TechTarget 15 Jul 2010
Jane Holl Lute, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said a lot that we've already heard during security conference keynotes. Whether it's the RSA Conference, or ...
Rite Aid, the third largest pharmacy chain in the country, agreed to settle government charges that it failed to protect sensitive medical and financial information belonging to its customers and ...
Commtouch, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based OEM supplier of messaging and Web security, said Tuesday that it inked a deal to acquire the Command antivirus division of Authentium. Commtouch expects to pay ...
A former employee of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center pleaded guilty in an identity theft scheme that has to rank as one of the strangest. Prosecutors said Cam Giang ...
A search for “Mel Gibson tapes” yields plenty of poisoned webpages, according to TrendLabs researchers. People searching for information related to the Mel Gibson controversy will get a startling ...