Changing the way security is sold
The way security companies and channel partners sell to enterprise customers needs to change, according to a senior executive with security vendor McAfee.
The way security companies and channel partners sell to enterprise customers needs to change, according to a senior executive with security vendor McAfee.
Privacy concerns over RFID tagging are reaching new heights, with US state legislators introducing and increasingly passing new measures to restrict their use, while employers face a barrage of concern from workers over RFID-embedded identity badges.
A hacker who discovered a recently-patched QuickTime flaw affecting the Firefox browser says he has found an equally serious flaw in Adobe Systems' PDF file format.
Digital rights management (DRM) technology used in MP3s, DVDs, and most consumer software may be violating Canadian privacy laws, according to a new report.
IT security professionals need to take steps to properly manage how employee-owned consumer devices are used in the workplace, analysts warned at Gartner's IT security summit in London this week.
May was not a good month for geeks in Estonia.
A set of newly discovered flaws in components of VMware's virtual machine software has called attention to some of the security risks associated with the practice of running virtual computers on a single system.
Server hosting vendor Layered Technologies admitted this week that hackers broke into its support database and made off with as many as 6,000 client records, including login information that could give criminals access to clients' servers.
In just three years, the bytes of data generated by businesses IT systems and devices, as well as digital cameras and mobile phones, will equal the number of grains of sand on the world's beaches, so says analyst house IDC.
Hackers can wield malicious Windows Media Player files to exploit any unpatched Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability on a PC -- even if the user relies on Firefox, Opera or some other Web browser, a UK security researcher said yesterday.
Attack code that targets Yahoo Messenger has been published on the Internet, a security researcher warned Wednesday, marking the ninth exploit aimed at the popular instant messaging software so far this year.
Brisbane-based distributor, inTechnology, has inked a deal with data protection vendor, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).
More than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a Macintosh computer using a flaw in the system's wireless card, David Maynor has published details of his exploit.
It is essential for any business to have a structured security policy with clear language to address all levels of employees, a Gartner analyst has warned.
Businesses must properly manage IT risks or face heavy damage to their strategic plans and their reputation, analysts have warned at Gartner's IT Security Summit in London.
End users were far less likely to receive malware programs in their in-boxes and far more likely to get attacked as they visited legitimate Web sites over the first six months of 2007, as threats continue to shift from widespread campaigns to distribution via targeted outlets, according to researchers at Symantec.
IBM has reported an increase in malware volume and sophistication as part of its security statistics report for the first half of the year.
Barracuda Networks is getting into the Web application security business.
If hijacked sites and hosting companies that fail to police malware distribution sources represent two of the most serious threats to Internet security, there may be hope for improvement, according to researchers working with Harvard Law School's StopBadware.org.
Officials at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton are looking into how a Fox News reporter acquired a confidential terrorist threat assessment on Chicago over a public file-sharing network.