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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced new solutions and technical integrations with VMware across its product portfolio to provide higher levels of protection for virtualized environments. Together, Symantec and VMware enable SMBs and enterprises to use the benefits of virtualization without compromising protection.
McAfee today announced enhancements to its McAfee® Mobile Security software, providing Android smartphone and tablet owners with additional privacy features that help them ensure apps are not accessing their personal information without their knowledge. This new offering gives consumers access to an added layer of protection to preserve their privacy and protection against financial fraud, identity theft and viruses.
McAfee is expanding its mobile security solution with privacy features to protect Android tablet and smartphone users from apps that may look to access personal information on their devices.
Futura Mobility, an enterprise provider of end-to-end mobile technology solutions, is teaming up with MobileIron, a provider of security and management for mobile apps, content, and devices, to expand BYOD and other enterprise mobility strategies that require ease of management and rich security services.
Whether you are an individual or a company, you should approach online security in the same way that you would approach physical security for your home or business. This guide will de-mystify the technology involved and give you the information you need to make the best decision when considering your online security options.
Symantec EV SSL turns address bars green in high-security browsers for an extra layer of website security that customers can see and trust.
The goal of this white paper is to help enterprises make pragmatic decisions about where and when to use cloud solutions by outlining specific issues that enterprises should raise with hosting providers before selecting a vendor, and by highlighting the ways in which SSL from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) can help enterprises conduct business in the cloud with confidence.
As one of the top cyber crime ploys impacting both consumers and businesses, phishing has remained a consistently potent threat over the past several years.
These resources give Symantec’s analysts’ unparalleled sources of data with which to identify, analyse, and provide informed commentary on emerging trends in attacks, malicious code activity, phishing, and spam. The result is the annual Symantec Internet Security Threat Report.
If you’re an iPhone owner, you may want to use good judgment before responding to any out-of-the-blue text messages in the near future.
Google has redesigned its Wallet mobile payment system with an eye on security. Instead of stashing credit card info on the phone itself, the user’s digits are stored in the cloud. That way, if a phone is lost or stolen, it’s easier to protect the user’s payment information.
Dropbox reports that the recent spam attacks that impacted some European customers occurred when hackers used passwords obtained from outside sites to access some Dropbox accounts. The company promised a new two-factor authentication option and offered other tips.
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As employee access to the Web has become ubiquitous, enterprises are struggling with massive increases in malware as well as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), which can compromise proprietary data. Many of today’s security solutions often offer limited visibility and control over network activity, putting the company at risk.
Facial recognition technology is quickly becoming ubiquitous, used by Facebook, Google, law enforcement, and many other companies and organizations. Lawmakers and regulators are taking notice. “Facial recognition is a very tech-forward technology,” noted the FTC’s Mark Eichorn. “It instinctively raises alarm bells with people.”
The latest version of Android, Jelly Bean, has been strengthened with extra security measures that make it especially difficult for hackers to crack, according to researchers. Those fortifications won’t necessarily prevent rogue app makers from hijacking devices, which has proven a somewhat effective method of attacking the platform. However, other Google efforts in that regard have made a difference.
With a free public proxy, you browse to its Web page and enter the URL of the website you want to visit. The proxy acts as an agent, hides your IP address, and makes the request on your behalf. Thus your browsing is anonymous. However, public proxies are cumbersome to work with because you have two browsing steps for each Web page you want to visit — the proxy and then the website itself.
Millions of passwords/password hashes have been disclosed from websites including LinkedIn, eHarmony, Last.fm, Yahoo Voice and Formspring. It is time to get serious about modernizing the approach that corporations take to password security.
Government officials have become increasingly nervous that their security process is vulnerable, and are now overhauling it.
Cybersecurity company Lookingglass Cyber Solutions is shipping an alert and warning system to suppress threats and protect against network vulnerabilities to enterprise networks as well as to Internet-based connections to partners and providers. The company’s Cyber-Heads-Up-Display (CyberHUD) works with Lookingglass’ appliance-based ScoutVision and cloud-based CloudScout products.
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When a business department contacts IT at 4:30pm on Friday afternoon and wants to find a way to provide a large file to a new contractor, “right now” probably seems more important than “right.”
Disk-based data protection platforms enable large organizations with massive volumes of data to minimize storage costs, reduce risk of data loss and downtime, retain data online longer, and accelerate backup/restore times.
An iPhone hacker going by the name “ZonD” has figured out a way for iPhone users to make in-app purchases without paying a cent. Apple should handle the problem itself, said Thrillcall’s cofounder Chad Taylor. “For the sake of the community, my hope is that Apple can address this systematically without telling each developer with in-app purchases that the solution is simply to validate all receipts.”
An SQL injection gave hackers access to hundreds of thousands of Yahoo users’ email addresses and passwords, which were promptly posted on the Web. Security wonks put Yahoo through the wringer for it, saying SQL injection defense should be part of any decent set of security measures. Meanwhile, the FTC swatted Google, Amazon smartphone rumors bubbled up, and RIM took on an angry crowd of shareholders.
Nearly 443,000 e-mail addresses and passwords for a Yahoo site were exposed late Wednesday. The impact stretched beyond Yahoo because the site allowed users to log in with credentials from other sites.
The most worrying issue for C-level security professionals, and the thing that often keeps them awake at night, is the fear of the unknown. The chief information security officer (CISO) is the person in direct line of fire when security breaches occur, and given the deteriorating state of information security, taking overall responsibility for security-related issues is a perilous role.
Cybercriminals have created a fake Skype app for Android that is really malware in disguise. The idea is to make money by leveraging all the hype surrounding Skype’s mobile growth.
Thousands of PCs worldwide may be unable to access the Internet beginning July 9 unless those machines are rid of the pernicious DNSChanger malware that first surfaced in 2007.
A team of researchers say they’ve found a method for subverting RSA encryption. “This could be a big deal because there may be applications out there vulnerable to this attack,” said John Hopkins’ Matthew Green. RSA, however, contends the danger attributed to the research is being exaggerated.
