Raytheon closes acquisition of Oakley Systems
US Government technology supplier Raytheon announced the completion of its acquisition of data-leak prevention company Oakley Systems.
US Government technology supplier Raytheon announced the completion of its acquisition of data-leak prevention company Oakley Systems.
Enterprise IT companies were conspicuously absent from the list of the 10 largest venture capital deals struck during the third quarter, as the growing market for alternative energy and other "clean tech" companies piqued investors' attention.
In a move that illustrates the growing importance of data-leak protection and the commoditization of antispam technology, Clearswift announced a gateway antispam appliance that will be available to existing customers for free.
EBay and PayPal, once the primary lures used by phishers to trick e-mail users into giving up personal information, aren't as popular as they used to be.
Reconnex this week announced an upgrade to its data-leak prevention software and appliance designed to help companies define and protect their intellectual property.
Storm may not be the most creative or malicious piece of malware ever written, but it's on track to become the most productive; threat researchers' recent estimates put the number of PCs it has infected at more than 1 million.
Sophos has enhanced its Endpoint Security and Control product that lets companies block employee use of remote connection tools.
Engate Technology Thursday announced a version of its antispam software that the company says includes the industry's first preemptive protection against phishing attacks.
Secure Computing on Wednesday announced a new version of its Webwasher gateway security appliance that adds features designed to help protect users from the new round of security threats introduced by Web 2.0 applications.
IronPort Systems, a Cisco business unit, announced on Tuesday new data-loss prevention and encryption capabilities for its e-mail security appliances.
August was a busy month for spammers, with junk e-mail levels reaching nearly 70 percent of all messages sent -- despite the quick decline of a new type of spam.
SurfControl on Wednesday announced an upgrade to its e-mail security filter software that adds reputation services and new compliance features, while also easing policy management.
In the first half of 2007, corporate venture-capital groups -- those that are part of a larger corporation, not a private firm -- invested in start-up companies at levels rivaling those reached in 2001.
It appears that PDF spam has had its 15 minutes of fame.
In the month of August to date, there have been 38 malicious-code attacks on instant-messaging networks, double the number experienced in July.