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Complex Trojans and next generation malware is on the way
While e-mail users may have noticed a significant drop in spam in recent months, cybercriminals are gaining ground with creative new phishing methods and making exploit kits …
Licensing platform on a USB stick
INSIDE Secure and PACE Anti-Piracy announced that the two companies have collaborated to bring to market a portable, convenient, simple to use and robust security device to …
App-blocking whitelisting that complements antivirus software
GlobalSCAPE announced that the company is developing appShield, an new computer security product for home and small business computers. AppShield is based on proven …
Web application scanning on a new level
Qualys announced the release of QualysGuard WAS 2.0 with several major enhancements to help customers catalog their web applications on a global scale and scan them for …
IronBee: Creating an open source web application firewall
Qualys announced IronBee, a new open source project to provide the next-generation of web application firewall (WAF) technology. Led by the team who designed and built …
124 new advanced evasion techniques discovered
Stonesoft announced it has discovered 124 new advanced evasion techniques (AETs). Samples of these AETs have been delivered to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FI), …
SSL and the Internet: Where is it all going wrong?
Making sure that a web site is installed, configured and working correctly can be a daunting job for even the most experienced IT security professional. One of the most …
Unified security engine combines 3 Internet security technologies
Commtouch announced its new unified Internet security solution, which brings together messaging security, Web security and antivirus into a single engine. The unified engine …
Malware and virtual patching info added to QualysGuard
Qualys announced that QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM) now integrates with Trend Micro Threat Intelligence and Trend Micro Deep Security providing customers with live …
Hardware security modules for cryptographic protection
Thales announced that Thales nShield Solo hardware security modules (HSMs) have been integrated into Imprivata OneSign. Designed to protect cryptographic keys and sensitive …
Central management of self-encrypting hard drives
Lenovo and WinMagic announced SecureDoc for Lenovo, a full-disk encryption solution for central management of new self-encryption hard drives that meet the Opal standard …
Week in review: HBGary breach, corporate espionage and 2-step authentication by Google
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Hackers compromised Nasdaq’s network Hackers continue to breach systems of …
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