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- Symantec ships anti-botnet utility
- Symantec has released a new utility called Norton Antibot to help users detect signs of botnet activity on a Windows computer.The tool, available as a free beta download, is a sign that Symantec plans to fit the anti-bot capabilities into its anti-virus product offerings.The move ratchets up the fight against...
- Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Metasploit, Hirings and firings, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Rutkowska launches Invisible Things Labs startup
- Polish hacker Joanna Rutkowska has branched out on her own, launching a new security services startup called Invisible Things Labs. Rutkowska, an elite hacker who specializes in offensive rootkit research, said the new company will focus mainly on operating system security -- system compromises, stealth malware, anti-virus and HIPS...
- Tags: Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat, Hackers, Hirings and firings, Metasploit, Microsoft, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Rootkits, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Symantec vulnerability research founder joins Microsoft
- Katie Moussouris, a pen testing specialist who founded and managed Symantec Vulnerability Research, has left Big Yellow to join Microsoft as a security strategist. Moussouris (right*), who joined Symantec with the acquisition of @Stake in 2004, has taken up an office in the MSRC Microsoft Security Response Center, the Redmond...
- Tags: Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Hackers, Hirings and firings, McAfee, Microsoft, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Spyware and Adware, Symantec, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Joris Evers leaves News.com, lands at McAfee
- CNET News.com security reporter Joris Evers is leaving the journalism field to take a job in McAfees PR department.Evers has confirmed he will join the Santa Clara, Calif. security vendor on May 21 as director of public relations. He joins McAfee at a time when the anti-virus powerhouse is looking...
- Tags: Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft, McAfee, Hirings and firings, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- eEye fires CEO Ross Brown
- eEye Digital Security has shaken up its top management, firing chief executive officer Ross Brown less than six months after promoting him to the top slot.Kamal Arafeh, who previously managed eEyes sales operations, will be the new CEO. The rest of the management team -- CTO Marc Maiffret and...
- Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Open source, Hirings and firings, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Sana Security gets $12M, new CEO
- Sana Security has scooped up $12 million in a fifth round of funding and hired telco crash survivor Don Listwin to take over the corner office. Sana, which excels at behavior blocking software, is banking on the new CEO to find new customers for its Active Malware Defense Technology...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Microsoft, Hirings and firings, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Apple bumper patch vindicates MOAB, MOKB hackers
- When the controversial Month of Apple Bugs MOAB project ended earlier this year, a derisive "that was it?" reaction could be heard coming from the Mac faithful.Outside of a QuickTime code execution exploit which required user interaction, the majority of the MOAB vulnerabilities released dealt with denial-of-service crashes and privilege...
- Tags: Patches, Apple Computer Inc., security, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- McAfee gets fourth CEO in six years
- Looking to recover from a stock-options backdating scandal that ripped apart its management team, McAfee is giving the corner office to EMC executive David DeWalt.The anti-virus vendor said DeWalt, EMCs head of customer operations and content management software, will take over as CEO on April 2. He becomes...
- Tags: McAfee, Hirings and firings, Hackers, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Viruses and Worms
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
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