Protect applications within virtual environments
Check Point announced VPN-1 Virtual Edition (VE). Virtualization of multiple servers into a single appliance creates an entirely new type of environment that requires new ways …
McAfee completes acquisition of Reconnex
McAfee announced that it has completed the acquisition of Reconnex for $46 million in cash. Through the acquisition, McAfee further enhances its position in proactive security …
Microsoft releases .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is a full cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes …
Howard Schmidt becomes the first president of the Information Security Forum
Professor Howard A. Schmidt, the internationally-renowned expert and authority on information security, has been appointed as the first President of the Information Security …
Secure file transfers for IBM z/OS mainframes
SSH Communications Security and Software Diversified Services (SDS), a supplier of TCP/IP monitoring and file transfer solutions for IBM z/OS mainframes, announced a …
Dutch police dismantles Shadow botnet
The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit identified a large botnet when they arrested a 19 year old Dutch man last week. The Unit asked Kaspersky Lab to provide the victims with …
Fake MSNBC news used in the latest spam and malware combo campaign
Sophos reported a new widespread wave of dangerous spam messages that claim to be breaking news alerts from MSNBC. Samples intercepted at SophosLabs have revealed that …
Ten million zombies distribute spam and malware daily
According to a Panda Security and CommTouch report on the current state of spam, on average during the second quarter of this year, more than 10 million zombie computers were …
New generation of mobile biometric ID device
The Morpho RapID 1100 is a handheld biometric device that integrates a digital camera to support facial recognition, a larger screen, a keyboard and enhanced wireless …
Report reveals which piracy groups pose significant threat
V.i. Labs issued a report revealing that piracy groups are fully exploiting security gaps in the common licensing mechanisms used in electronic design automation (EDA), …
All optical 100 Gbps cross connect for test lab automation
MRV announced the Optical Cross Connect 320 (OCC 320), a new high data-rate, all optical physical layer switch as the latest member of its family of test automation products …
Phone-based service fights threats to corporate networks
Positive Networks announced PhoneFactor 2.1, a phone-based, two-factor authentication service which allows companies to rapidly enable two-factor authentication to secure …
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