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McAfee to buy SafeBoot for $350M Security software vendor McAfee will acquire SafeBoot for $350 million in an effort to expand its large-business product line, the company announced Monday. IT trainer offers master's degree for hackers In an effort to produce the next generation of chief security officers and IT systems defense experts, an online training company is offering a new master's degree program in security science.  October 8, 10:47 a.m. PDT Financial institutions spending on security, governance The Deloitte & Touche annual survey of security practices at 169 financial institutions found that 98 percent of them are spending more on information security this year than last year, and putting a greater emphasis on IT governance. October 5, 3:43 p.m. PDT StopBadware: Trusted Web sites are being hacked and don't even know it It's getting harder and harder to know who to trust on the World Wide Web, according to online safety advocates StopBadware.org. October 3, 4:14 a.m. PDT Cool tools for hacker trackers If you want to keep up with the latest criminal exploits without having to collect malware yourself, take a look at SRI International's Cyber-Threat Analytics BotHunter Malware Analysis Web page. Reporting on information and statistics collected from a research honeynet, the BotHunter Malware Analysis page makes daily infection logs from high-interaction honeypots available for anyone to view. Although the scale of the project and information collected is fairly small, this is a useful site for gaining more insight into crimeware and the world of bots. September 28, 3:00 a.m. PDT Security experts pitch 'culture of data' The companies that are having the most success in advancing their data security efforts today are those that are finding a way to protect sensitive information without getting in the way of business users, industry experts maintain. September 25, 2:53 p.m. PDT FBI investigates Unisys over U.S. government hack IT systems integrator Unisys is under fire for allegedly failing to detect the hacking of U.S. Department of Homeland Security computers, an incident that resulted in data being sent to a Chinese-language Web site. September 24, 8:22 a.m. PDT Microsoft developer: 'Fuzzing' key to Office security A wave of attacks targeting Microsoft's Office 2003 last year taught the company some tough security lessons it's now aggressively applying, a Microsoft software engineer said Friday. September 21, 12:07 p.m. PDT Old hard drives still full of sensitive data Hard drives full of confidential data are still turning up on the second-hand market, researchers have reported. September 21, 10:16 a.m. PDT Security outsourcing on the rise As one of the world's largest outsourcing providers, Wipro Technologies is ramping up its security services business in a big way. September 20, 2:30 p.m. PDT Analysts urge caution as consumer devices enter workplace IT security professionals need to take steps to properly manage how employee-owned consumer devices are used in the workplace, analysts warned at Gartner's IT security summit in London this week. September 20, 8:12 a.m. PDT PayPal claims gains against phishers PayPal security chief Michael Barrett isn't ready to claim a victory in the fight against phishing schemes, but he said that his company is slowly turning the tide using a set of new partnerships and technological means. September 20, 4:23 a.m. PDT Report: VA's IT security still needs work The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has made some progress since a May 2006 data breach, but it has not completed 20 of 22 recommendations from an internal auditor, according to a report released Wednesday. September 19, 10:34 a.m. PDT Group says e-voting paper trail wouldn't improve security Requiring print-outs as a back-up to electronic voting machines would not improve security but would increase costs of U.S. voting systems, according to a report released Tuesday. September 18, 12:55 p.m. PDT Fear of insider threats hits home The more money that companies spend on securing their IT operations from external attack, the more it seems they become aware that the potential threat posed by their own employees remains their most significant risk. September 18, 10:42 a.m. PDT Infrastructure threats: Botnets show DoS who's boss Malware-infected botnet PCs have overtaken DoS attacks as the top security issue facing Internet service providers and other Web infrastructure hosting players, according to a new survey of the organizations. September 18, 3:54 a.m. PDT Symantec: Stolen bank account details fetch $400 online Stolen bank account numbers are commanding the highest price in an underground trade of personal details stolen by hackers, according to a survey released Monday by security vendor Symantec. September 17, 3:51 a.m. PDT Badware hunters tame wild Webmasters, hosts If hijacked sites and hosting companies that fail to police malware distribution sources represent two of the most serious threats to Internet security, there may be hope for improvement, according to researchers working with Harvard Law School's StopBadware.org. September 14, 3:45 a.m. PDT Data explosion shakes up IT In just three years, the bytes of data generated by digital cameras, mobile phones, businesses IT systems, and devices will equal the number of grains of sand on the world's beaches. September 13, 7:54 a.m. PDT Expert do's and don'ts for dealing with data breaches Organizations that experience data breaches must move quickly to assuage the fears of their constituents and go beyond expectations to address the situations effectively, according to those most familiar with the incidents. September 11, 3:45 a.m. PDT Cisco says acquisitions don't impede best-of-breed Cisco executives speaking at the ongoing Security Standard Conference claim that the networking giant hasn't sapped innovation in the security companies it has acquired in its efforts to add to its own expanse of IT systems-defense products, while some customers clearly feel otherwise. September 10, 4:38 p.m. PDT Best of open source in security In areas such as CRM software and portals, open source gained a foothold because users were willing to compromise -- less could be more, because the price was right. In security, open source rushed in because commercial vendors fell down on the job. As security problems in the enterprise outstripped the capabilities of commercial solutions, a number of talented security researchers stepped into the breach via the open source model. September 10, 3:00 a.m. PDT DHS head: Cybersecurity remains a concern Fixing cybersecurity problems in the U.S. is a top priority at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said the agency's leader, but lawmakers didn't focus on the issue during a hearing in Congress Wednesday. September 5, 12:29 p.m. PDT Forrester security show stresses risk management Enterprise security decision makers have long been more likely to be swayed by flashy new technologies than by the notion of comprehensive IT restructuring to protect data and other corporate assets, but the situation is evolving rapidly, according to experts participating in Forrester Research's ongoing Security Forum. September 5, 11:33 a.m. PDT Germany implements security plan to protect IT infrastructure with The German government has agreed to implement a sweeping set of security measures aimed at protecting critical IT infrastructure in the country. September 5, 9:35 a.m. PDT FBI: Enterprises need counterintelligence The Chinese government has denied involvement in a series of hacks carried out against IT systems at the Pentagon in June this week, but the threat of technology-driven espionage has forced the FBI to push businesses and academic institutions to better prepare for such attacks. September 4, 3:45 p.m. PDT Hacks hit embassy, government e-mail accounts worldwide Usernames and passwords for more than 100 e-mail accounts at embassies and governments worldwide have been posted online. Using the information, anyone can access the accounts that have been compromised. August 30, 2:05 p.m. PDT Hitachi and Seagate take one giant leap with laptop drive encryption Now that the capacities of small form-factor drives have hit hundreds of gigabytes, just about any corporate database can easily fit on a laptop. That affordable capacity gives users the opportunity to work outside the office on projects with large data footprints. But it also can expose your company to liability if a storage device holding classified data falls into the wrong hands. August 30, 3:00 a.m. PDT Symantec unveils 2008 consumer security software Symantec launched new editions of its consumer Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security (NIS) software Tuesday, adding new browser defenses for some users in both packages and wrapping features from its new identity initiative into the suite. August 29, 3:36 p.m. PDT Japan military homes, destroyer raided over data leak The homes of several serving members of Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and a destroyer were raided as part of an investigation into a leak of sensitive military data from a computer, Japan's Kyodo News reported Tuesday. August 28, 4:11 a.m. PDT Deja vu: Sony uses rootkits, charges F-Secure A line of USB drives sold by Sony installs files in a hidden folder that can be accessed and used by hackers, a Finnish security company charged Monday, raising the specter of a replay of the fiasco that hit Sony's music arm two years ago when researchers discovered that its copy protection software used rootkit-like technologies. August 27, 5:03 p.m. PDT Intel's vPro chips in more security for businesses With the introduction of its latest vPro microprocessors on Monday, Intel contends it is injecting a heavy dose of new security capabilities for the benefit of business customers and third-party technology providers alike. August 27, 8:00 a.m. PDT Intel adds desktop NAC to latest chips Intel's move to provide new integration with NAC (network access control) tools in its latest vPro desktop processors could provide interesting opportunities for use with the device authentication systems while further strengthening the technology standards it supports, according to industry watchers. August 27, 8:00 a.m. PDT German gov't PCs hacked, China offers to investigate Chinese premier Wen Jiabao described reports of Chinese hackers breaking into German computers as a matter of "grave concern" and said Monday that his country will cooperate with Germany to resolve the matter. August 27, 5:30 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: Information brokers are bungling your data Anybody who requests a background or credit check on you -- or provides them to others -- has a ton of sensitive information about you that (a) may not be accurate and (b) is highly vulnerable to spills. That includes data brokers, credit bureaus, banks, insurance companies, cell carriers, and your employer. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: Zombies abound We are in the midst of a zombie epidemic that shows no signs of slowing. During the second half of July, the volume of spam e-mails containing variations on the Storm worm increased tenfold. The result? A zombie network estimated by IT security company SecureWorks at more than 1.7 million PCs -- big enough to do serious damage to the Net. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT 10 reasons to be paranoid The truth is out there ... and so is your data. And just because there are no virtual black helicopters following you doesn't mean somebody somewhere doesn't have a bead on who you are and what you are doing. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: Your Wi-Fi net is wide open Got a secure Wi-Fi connection? Good for you. But your neighbors may not be so lucky. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: The Feds are on your tail If the National Security Agency is spying on you, you're probably connected in some way to a terrorist investigation -- even if it's just because you invited your neighbor Ahmed over for a barbecue. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: Google knows what you searched last summer Not long ago, Google was the cuddly search engine that could. Now it's a bona fide data monster, and your personal information is its meat. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: Your boss is watching Ever get the feeling your boss -- or your boss's IT department -- is lurking through the network, spying on you? Odds are quite good your instinct is right. And the bigger the organization, the more likely it monitors employees' e-mail, IM, or Web surfing. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: There's a spook in your inbox Remember when the CIA was a dark, malevolent force lurking in the shadows of our lives, tapping our phones, reading our mail, and planting explosive devices in Castro's cigars? Well, they're baaaack. Only now it's the National Security Agency, and they're snooping into your e-mail, cell phone conversations, and Lord knows what else. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: You are your own worst enemy Got a MySpace page? LinkedIn résumé? Facebook profile? August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: Your ISP knows too much If you think Google knows more about you than your parents do, imagine the kind of dope your ISP could drop if pushed to give up the goods. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Get paranoid: Hollywood wants to terminate you No, the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America aren't spying on you. They've got people for that, specifically companies such as BayTSP and SafeMedia, which infiltrate peer-to-peer networks so they can record file swappers' IP addresses and the types and number of files they're sharing. An IP address isn't proof positive of your identity, but it's good enough for most civil suits -- unless, of course, it belongs to a dead person or someone who doesn't actually own a computer. August 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Monster shuts down rogue server after data breach Monster Worldwide, whose job-hunting sites suffered a massive data breach caused by hackers, has shut down a rogue server that had been used to gather personal details of job seekers. August 23, 4:54 a.m. PDT Security SaaS maturing fast Security technologies delivered via the SaaS (software-as-a-service) business model may still be in their nascent stage, but some early adopters are already piecing together multiple offerings to outsource a significant portion of their IT systems defense infrastructure. August 22, 11:06 a.m. PDT Turkish police make arrest in TJX data breach case Police in Turkey have arrested a man allegedly trying to sell data hacked and stolen during the now infamous theft of customer records from U.S. retailer TJX. August 22, 8:38 a.m. PDT Clearswift makes a clean sweep of Web threats Mitigating network-borne threats has been an imperative to companies of all sizes and statures. As if malware and viral infestation weren’t enough, today’s corporations must contend with even bigger bugs, including regulatory compliance, information leaks, and intellectual property theft. August 22, 3:00 a.m. PDT Mobile workers still struggling with security A fair amount of business users remain oblivious or unconcerned about many of the security issues involved with mobile devices, according to a new study published by Cisco and the National Cyber Security Alliance. August 21, 3:08 p.m. PDT Making a case for virtual patching The period during which businesses work to install security patches to protect IT systems from attack undeniably remains one of the most vulnerable timeframes for many companies -- but a recently-launched startup selling a virtual patching alternative claims to have found a solution to the problem. August 20, 2:20 p.m. PDT Your data's less safe today than two years ago Today's electronic world is a risky place for your personal data -- and it's not getting any safer. More than 158 million data records of U.S. residents have been exposed as a result of security breaches since January 2005, according to The Privacy Rights Clearing House, a nonprofit consumer rights organization. August 20, 8:07 a.m. PDT Sourcefire acquires ClamAV open-source anti-malware project Network security specialist Sourcefire announced Friday that it has acquired ClamAV, an open-source gateway anti-malware project whose technologies are used in the products of a number of other vendors. August 17, 8:58 a.m. PDT Diebold fails to sell e-voting subsidiary Diebold has been unable to sell its electronic voting subsidiary, and has slashed its full-year revenue expectations for Diebold Election Systems due to controversy surrounding e-voting security, the company said Thursday. August 16, 8:19 a.m. PDT Government-industry security group expands The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), an IT security standards consortium that includes heavyweights such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and many of the largest government contractors in the world, is looking to broaden its ranks. August 14, 1:15 p.m. PDT Novell buys endpoint security firm Senforce Novell announced on Monday that it has acquired Senforce Technologies, a provider of endpoint and network security tools, for an undisclosed sum. August 13, 9:40 a.m. PDT Data leak products have security risks Companies looking to clamp down on data leaks may be introducing a whole new set of security problems to their corporate networks, researchers from Matasano Security said at the Black Hat conference Thursday. August 3, 2:11 p.m. PDT File encryption dos and don'ts I've been involved with multiple projects with file encryption lately, and even though I've been assisting with data encryption projects for years, I'm still learning something new every day. They say if you don't learn something new each day, then the day is wasted. Me, I'd settle for not looking like a goon in front of the client. August 3, 3:00 a.m. PDT Taunting the CIO The Wall Street Journal on Monday ran a special section whose lead article was headlined "Ten Things Your IT Department Won't Tell You." The image on the section cover showed a white-shirted IT guy clutching a keyboard and a tangle of Ethernet cables, looking straight at the reader, with duct tape over his mouth. August 2, 3:00 a.m. PDT Researchers: Web apps over Wi-Fi puts data at risk Users who access Google's Gmail or the Facebook social-networking site over Wi-Fi could put their accounts at risk of being hijacked, according to research from Errata Security, a computer security company. August 1, 7:12 a.m. PDT Payment card regulations get mixed reviews There appears to be little debate that the payment card industry's latest data security standard is improving the protection of electronic customer records. Some enterprise IT leaders, however, complain that the guidelines remain inconsistent and hard to interpret. August 1, 5:15 a.m. PDT Symantec to deliver messaging, Web filtering services Symantec will follow up the release of its Symantec Protection Network backup service with a range of new SaaS (software as a service) offerings in 2008 and beyond, company executives said Monday. July 31, 12:37 p.m. PDT Apps security to dominate Black Hat Black Hat kicks off this week in Las Vegas with a big shift in focus from Internet viruses to application security. July 31, 3:00 a.m. PDT New 'Glamour' Trojan demands ransom The two most prominent ransomware Trojans of recent times could be the work of the same people, or a related group of criminals, an analysis has suggested. July 30, 7:09 a.m. PDT Take a byte out of ID crime More than a year after President Bush commissioned a task force on the topic, the Department of Justice has finally drawn up legislation to combat identity theft. And if the DoJ's efforts remain consistent with the objectives stated in the task force's strategic plan (PDF), the new bill could in fact mark significant progress in protecting personal identity data. July 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Black Hat spurs Apple to patch iPhone With security researchers set to reveal details of a critical security flaw in the iPhone at the Black Hat 2007 conference next week, Apple Inc. now has fewer than seven days to patch a critical vulnerability in the product. July 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT Recovering from identity theft Our government is working hard to reassure us that identity theft is a figment of our imaginations, but if you’re a victim in one of those not-so-imaginary crimes, there are proactive steps you can take. July 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT McAfee sets Rootkit Detective free On July 26, McAfee will begin offering a new application called Rootkit Detective, designed to detect and remove dangerous rootkit attacks. The software will also help end-users ward off the threats, as well as funnel new intelligence into the company's ongoing research operations. July 25, 1:12 p.m. PDT Dumpster-diving for e-data Dumpster-diving -- going through trash bins in hopes of finding paper records with valuable information like customer names or future product plans -- is alive and well in the age of USB flash drives and portable music players. July 24, 7:53 a.m. PDT Organized crime infiltrates financial IT In Martin Scorsese's hit movie "The Departed," actor Matt Damon plays the part of a mole -- someone who helps his connected mob friends stay a step ahead of the cops by becoming one of the very law enforcement officials assigned to stop them. July 23, 11:14 a.m. PDT Piecing together IBM's security puzzle IBM owns some of the world's leading IT security talent, products, and services, but executives with the massive company say it will likely never aim to become what people might label as a true "security vendor." July 23, 3:00 a.m. PDT Identity theft? What identity theft? Whew! We can relax. July 20, 3:00 a.m. PDT Disney subcontractor caught selling customer data A subcontractor working for a company that processes and fulfills orders for the Disney Movie Club sold credit card numbers and other account information belonging to an unknown number of customers to undercover law enforcement agents. July 19, 11:13 a.m. PDT Pfizer waited six weeks to disclose data breach A letter from Pfizer Inc.'s attorney to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal shows the drug maker first learned of a data breach involving about 17,000 of its employees on April 18 -- six weeks before the company started notifying them of the incident on June 1. July 18, 12:58 p.m. PDT Health experts: E-health records privacy rules needed The U.S. needs new medical privacy rules as the country moves toward greater use of IT to store health records, a group of health-care experts said Wednesday. July 18, 9:01 a.m. PDT Applications security: Cenzic stands alone With a new product fresh out the door and its two largest rivals recently acquired by massive IT bellwethers, applications security testing specialist Cenzic contends that it's ready to reap the rewards of remaining independent. July 18, 4:34 a.m. PDT Government, contractors hit in targeted attack Computers belonging to the U.S. government, contractors, and companies in the transportation industry were hit by a targeted computer attack in July that yielded password information for hundreds of Internet and intranet Web sites, a computer security vendor said Tuesday. July 17, 4:29 p.m. PDT HP's Trusted Hardcopy secures paper documents Hewlett-Packard has developed technology at its lab in Bangalore, India, that secures paper documents against fraud and integrates paper documents with electronic processes by allowing paper to be used as a medium for data transfer. July 13, 5:15 a.m. PDT Anti-phishing techniques for the real world I need to expand my idea of a secure computing ecosystem into the real world. Let me explain. July 13, 3:00 a.m. PDT Mounting scrutiny for Google security Much as the ubiquity of Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office productivity tools has made the software giant a focal point of security research, search giant Google is facing new scrutiny as it diversifies its products and moves further into the business environment. July 12, 4:24 p.m. PDT Reap the rewards of hardware recycling In late 2000, Union Bank of California concluded that it was time to refresh its desktop PCs every four years, based on findings from a PC Total Cost of Ownership Study. This meant that 200 PCs would have to be retired every month. Unfortunately, there was no strategy in place for the task, or even a designated person or department to manage the systems. July 12, 3:00 a.m. PDT Printers get smarter but less secure If you've seen my column photo, you know I like the occasional spoon of sugar in my coffee. (OK, four spoons, so bite me.) Point is, since Brian Chee keeps me well stocked in Hawaiian Kona coffee, I make sure to keep a box of Domino instant-dissolve sugar in the kitchen. Tear off plastic, open little metal spout on side of box, pour sugar, reactivate synaptic functionality — simple. Then some product marketing management wizard apparently decided to fix it. Now the spout is cardboard, no longer firmly attached to the box, and inexplicably blocked by another slab of cardboard that serves no discernable purpose, yet must somehow be removed without dislodging the spout. July 3, 5:50 p.m. PDT PGP NetShare locks down shared folders and files Although I’ve yet to see the one product that can encrypt data on all OSes and media, PGP’s suite of encryption products offers a competitive enterprise solution to protect a variety of content on Microsoft Windows. June 27, 3:00 a.m. PDT A new context for data protection Experts gathered for the ongoing InfoWorld Enterprise Data Protection Forum in New York today said that companies need to get a better handle on all the factors that make their sensitive information susceptible to attack and become more proactive with their overall defensive strategies if they are to improve on their current security status. June 26, 3:31 p.m. PDT Enterprise data protection tools remain nascent Technologies aimed at bolstering enterprise data protection remain tough to manage, but companies can derive significant benefits if they utilize the tools with a pragmatic approach, said security industry experts. June 26, 3:09 p.m. PDT Quickly discover sensitive content Monitoring systems on the central LAN for personal and proprietary data – something industry analysts estimate 86 percent of companies must do to comply with one or more regulations, such as GLBA, HIPAA, and Sarbanes-Oxley – is already an enormous challenge. Then consider the extra complexities introduced as this content sprawls to remote offices and partner locations. June 26, 3:00 a.m. PDT The struggle to protect enterprise data Long ago, when businesses kept sensitive information locked away in file cabinets and safes, it was relatively cheap and easy to store valuable data and control who had access to it. Today, enterprises invest millions in security, storage, and compliance technologies -- all in the name of increasing visibility into where vital electronic information lives and how it is being defended. June 25, 3:00 a.m. PDT Cisco pushes IronPort smarts to firewalls Cisco Systems will begin offering IronPort's security filtering tools to its firewall customers after the networking giant's acquisition of the company closes on June 25. June 22, 10:05 a.m. PDT HP-SPI deal underscores apps security integration Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Web applications security specialist SPI Dynamics on June 19 illustrates a growing demand among enterprise customers to have vulnerability-scanning tools integrated into their software development platforms. June 19, 12:07 p.m. PDT Homeland Security to detail IT attacks Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 20 to discuss the findings of an investigation into the agency's own problems in battling electronic attacks and IT systems intrusions. June 15, 11:26 a.m. PDT Global co-op feeds FBI's botnet fight Officials with the FBI claim that global law enforcement partnerships are playing a significant role in its ongoing efforts to stomp out botnets and other computer-borne crimes. June 14, 3:09 p.m. PDT Diagnosing health care IT A few weeks ago I stirred up a heap of contention with my column “RIP, electronic medical records?” about the battle at Kaiser Permanente over its pioneering health care digitization megaproject. The comments posted on the column by readers were like an instant replay of the finger pointing and armchair quarterbacking that’s apparently been going on inside that organization -- an interesting skirmish that showed the passion flaring on all sides of this issue. June 14, 3:00 a.m. PDT Helping retailers wipe ID data issue When data breach investigator Bryan Sartin gets a call to check into an incident involving customer records loss at a retailer, he knows that the situation most likely involves information that has been lifted from a company's point-of-sale systems. June 13, 8:44 a.m. PDT Experts: Botnets add fault tolerance Security experts contend that a growing number of operators of compromised computer networks (or "botnets") are finding new ways to grow their networks and make them immune to potential shutdowns, including sophisticated fault-tolerance planning to help ensure that their networks can't be easily wiped out. June 7, 12:00 a.m. PDT App developers finally securing code On Aug. 14, IT security training and research authority SANS Institute will convene its inaugural set of exams for software developers seeking to attain its new secure coding certifications. The rise of such initiatives -- and increasing adoption of source code vulnerability scanning tools among internal software development teams -- are finally making a difference in overall applications security, some end users and industry experts contend. June 6, 4:14 a.m. PDT Study: U.S. government still lacking data protection More than half of U.S. government employees unofficially work at home on nights or weekends, raising concerns about the security of the data they're working on, according to a study released Monday. June 4, 12:31 p.m. PDT Microsoft unveils integrated security Microsoft shared details of its long-term security product strategy as part of its ongoing TechEd 2007 training conference on June 4, lifting the lid on plans to deliver an integrated suite of its software by mid-2009. June 4, 7:24 a.m. PDT Spammers' use of AI only just begun Though security industry experts were openly referring to the death of spam several years ago, the arrival of image-based attacks has resulted in a stunning renaissance in the volumes of unwanted e-mail reaching end-users' inboxes. May 31, 5:03 p.m. PDT Attackers get chatty on VoIP The recent spate of malware attacks propagating throughout the user base of the Skype Internet calling system illustrates a broader trend toward cyber-criminals moving to take advantage of VoIP platforms as they become increasingly popular. May 30, 12:18 p.m. PDT Google buys into security, acquires GreenBorder Google has jumped into the anti-malware market, snatching up browser-based security software maker GreenBorder Technologies for an undisclosed amount of money. May 29, 9:32 a.m. PDT > Data management > Security |
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