Wi-Fi chipset revenue to approach $3 billion in 2008
Over the last several years, the market for Wi-Fi chipsets (primary components, not including power amplifiers, LNAs and other external components) has grown from just over $1 …
Critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader
Core Security Technologies issued an advisory disclosing a vulnerability that could affect millions of individuals and businesses using Adobe’s Reader PDF file viewing …
Two new Sourcefire security appliances
Sourcefire announced two new appliances, increasing customers’ flexibility to deploy the exact security solution to meet their specific network demands. With a complete …
StoneGate’s new unified threat management solution
Stonesoft introduced the StoneGate UTM solution for remote locations, further enhancing its solution suite for both physical and virtual environments. Available as an integral …
Samsung ultra-lightweight fingerprint-enabled notebook
AuthenTec’s small form factor AES1610 is integrated as a standard feature on the first Samsung consumer notebook to leverage the convenient security of fingerprint …
IT security threats in wake of financial crisis
EMA has released a new advisory note in which their research director, Scott Crawford, highlights the impact of the current financial industry meltdown, and its implications …
Global RFID market to reach $5.3 billion this year
The worldwide RFID market will exceed $5.3 billion in 2008, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Annual revenue growth will increase over the next five years, …
War driving in Santiago Chile
Between 6th and 11th October, we went war-driving in Santiago, the capital of Chile, with the aim of collecting data on the city’s wifi networks. Why did we choose …
October 2008 malware and spam geographical and vertical trends
October 2008 MessageLabs Intelligence Report highlights the following trends: Geographical Trends: In October, spam levels in Hong Kong fell by 1.4 percent but the country …
New Sprint Secure Web Protection managed service
Sprint announced the availability of Sprint Secure Web Protection, managed service which will include both a network and premise-based solution for customers to choose from; …
TeamViewer Portable for secure remote access from public workstations
TeamViewer Portable is an USB option for professionals accessing confidential information from public computers. The product provides users with secure remote access to a …
Reconsidering physical key secrecy: teleduplication via optical decoding
Researchers from the University of San Diego (Benjamin Laxton, Kai Wang and Stefan Savage) developed Sneakey, a system that correctly decoded keys from an image that was taken …