Security Bytes
Enterprise network security
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McAfee buys DLP vendor Reconnex
- Editor 31 Jul 2008 -
California elections official wins over techies
- Editor 31 Jul 2008 -
Study highlights Web threats
- Editor 31 Jul 2008
The data loss prevention (DLP) market continues to consolidate. McAfee on Thursday said it agreed to acquire privately owned DLP company Reconnex for $46 million in cash. Last year, EMC/RSA Corp. ...
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen spoke to an appreciative crowd at the USENIX Security Symposium this week in San Jose. The state's top elections official earned a long round of applause ...
At the USENIX Security Symposium in San Jose on Wednesday, a Google researcher presented a study on the pervasiveness of drive-by-downloads on the Internet, and the findings were unsettling, to say ...
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Aladdin buys Secure Computing’s SafeWord
- Editor 31 Jul 2008 -
Symantec upgrades NAC with better guest user integration
- TechTarget 29 Jul 2008 -
Emergency fix in the works for critical Oracle flaw
- R.I.S.C. Associates 29 Jul 2008 -
HIPAA violations cost Seattle health care provider
- Editor 24 Jul 2008 -
Study shows most bank Web sites have serious security design flaws
- R.I.S.C. Associates 24 Jul 2008 -
Intel & Symantec tout app virtualization
- Editor 18 Jul 2008 -
Why are security pros dealing with compliance?
- R.I.S.C. Associates 17 Jul 2008
Aladdin Knowledge Systems Inc. agreed to acquire Secure Computing Corp.'s Secure SafeWord two-factor authentication business Wednesday for $65 million. The deal adds to Aladdin's strong ...
The latest upgrade to Symantec Network Access Control (SNAC) significantly improves management of guest users, a prime driver in the NAC market and not a strong suit for Symantec Corp. until now. ...
A dangerous new remotely exploitable vulnerability in one of Oracle Corp.'s key products has prompted the database giant to step outside its normal quarterly patch cycle and publish a workaround to ...
Interesting news on the HIPAA front. Seattle-based Providence Health & Services has agreed to a settlement over HIPAA security and privacy violations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan reveals that 76% of more than 200 bank websites had at least one security design flaw.This is truly shocking news. I had to go back and ...
Intel Corp. and Symantec Corp. executives touted the benefits of application virtualization in a roundtable discussion with reporters Thursday in San Francisco. Virtualization at the application ...
The dawn of the age of IT compliance has had any number of consequences for IT staffs in general, and security teams specifically. Now, instead of simply worrying about whether the network is ...
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SQL injection infects more high profile websites
- TechTarget 16 Jul 2008 -
Report: Breach exposes Justice Breyer’s personal data
- Editor 09 Jul 2008 -
Mozilla aims for Firefox security metrics
- Editor 08 Jul 2008 -
Verisign names new CEO
- TechTarget 07 Jul 2008 -
Barracuda countersues Trend Micro
- Editor 03 Jul 2008
San Jose, Calif.-based Finjan Software Inc. has documented more than 1,000 unique websites falling victim to SQL injection attacks in the first two weeks of July. Ayelet Heyman, a Finjan security ...
The Washington Post reported today that a security breach caused by file sharing at an investment firm exposed the confidential information of about 2,000 of the firm's clients, including Supreme ...
Mozilla is working to develop metrics to measure the security of Firefox. The company has partnered with security researcher Rich Mogull on the project. "We are trying to develop a model that goes ...
VeriSign CEO Bill Roper announced his resignation late last week. He served in the position for only a year. Roper was replaced by company founder and chairman, Jim Bidzos. In a statement, VeriSign ...
Barracuda Networks said Wednesday that it's filed a countersuit against Trend Micro, which filed patent infringement charges against the company with the U.S. International Trade Commission last ...