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Bank of America introduces new online banking security measures
Bank of America is introducing a new security feature to its award-winning online banking service that provides customers with an extra layer of protection against …
Senior FBI leader named new Verizon Chief Security Officer
Verizon today named Michael A. Mason, currently the executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to be the company’s new chief security officer. …
Online Games and Fraud: Using Games as Bait
We all play games. Some play sports, some gamble, and for some people, life itself is a game. Even computer games have become an everyday phenomenon, with millions of people …
Predictions: Mid-year Internet threat outlook
CA issued a report that warns of growing, more complex Internet threats facing home PC users – including targeted identity theft, emerging risks associated with online …
Worm that affects Skype for Windows users
Villu Arak posted the following on the Skype blog: “The new week has started with a bang. And not the kind of bang we like. Skype has learned that a computer virus …
Mobile Malware: Threats and Prevention research results
McAfee released research results on seven targets of opportunity for hackers to attack smart phones based on Windows Mobile, the Microsoft operating system. In the …
First encrypting 1TB desktop PC drive
The Barracuda FDE (full disc encryption) hard drive is the world’s first 3.5-inch desktop PC drive with native encryption to prevent unauthorized access to data on lost …
A Closer Look at the CCNP Video Mentor
We were provided with a copy of the new Cisco Press multimedia publication “CCNP Video Mentor“. As you probably know, Cisco Press on a regular basis releases a …
According to a new report enterprises lack effective risk management
The currently popular silo approach to managing enterprise risk is inadequate because it leaves too many gaps and provides no reliable way to evaluate an enterprise’s …
New Nokia high-end IP Security appliance
Nokia expanded its portfolio of high-performance IP Security appliances with the Nokia IP2450 security platform for firewall/VPN. Benefiting from shared innovations between …
Increased crimeware usage in August
Finjan SecureBrowsing (browser plug-in that adds safety ratings to URLs of search results) has uncovered a growing number of specific cases of crimeware toolkits used by …
Guide to Online Antivirus Solutions Part 6: ESET Online Scanner
Internet connections are getting faster every day, so online antivirus solutions transformed from proof of concepts into actual quality security services. Lately I have been …
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