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- Benchmarking Security Vendor Infrastructure and Stability
- The perception exists that all security vendors and their products are alike, undifferentiated. As part of this study, TBR evaluated six leading security vendors across a number of categories to determine which utilized its security assets, product portfolio, and voice in the industry to best meet customer security needs. The...
- Tags: Technology Business Research, Benchmarking, Security Company, Security
- White papers 2009-07-14
- McAfee fails the Conficker test
- The hysteria over the Conficker worm is reaching a fever pitch, with mainstream media doing their bit to whip Windows users into an unjustified panic. The trouble with virus scares in general is that they do a wonderful job of driving people directly into the arms of rogue security vendors....
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Security Company, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- Secunia launches pay-as-you-go exploit shop
- Danish security research firm Secunia has launched a pay-as-you-go vulnerability analysis service aimed at providing technical details, exploits and proof-of-concept code to security software vendors. The new Binary Analysis Service is billed as a one-stop-shop for indepth analysis of the "worst and most interesting vulnerabilities" affecting widely...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Security Company, Microsoft Corp., Secunia, Binary Analysis Service, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Microsoft aims to close Patch Tuesday vulnerability window
- Microsoft is upping the ante in an effort to head off hackers at the Patch Tuesday pass. Ryan Naraine reports: The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally announced at Black Hat USA 2008 here, will give anti-virus, intrusion prevention/detection and corporate network...
- Tags: Window, Security Company, Microsoft Corp., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move
- LAS VEGAS -- Starting in October, Microsoft will start sharing details on software vulnerabilities with security vendors ahead of Patch Tuesday under a daring new program aimed at reducing the window of exposure to hacker attacks. The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Security Company, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- McAfee isn't "McAfee Secure" or "Hacker Safe"
- McAfee isn't "McAfee Secure" or "Hacker Safe"McAfee not a security companyI've been saying this for a while, albeit mostly regarding Symantec. This still applies to McAfee, though: An antivirus company, does not a security company make.Though still an unpopular idea, the concept of antivirus does not comply with standard, universal...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., security company, security
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Mac users - Secure or smug?
- The accepted wisdom is that Mac users are immune to most of the security afflictions which plague those mere mortals that are still using Windows. But is all this set to change? Is a wave of Mac-homing malware getting ready to flood the Internet? I ask because...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Kaspersky Lab, Security Company, Wisdom, Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Immunity launches exploit for 'unlikely' Windows worm hole
- A workable exploit attack for a TCP/IP vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows has been launched into the wild courtesy of security firm Immunity. On Jan. 17, it became clear that you shouldn't dawdle on deploying Microsoft's MS08-001 patch. That patch, issued Jan. 8, fixed a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Security Company, Microsoft Corp., Exploit, Tcp/Ip, Microsoft Windows, Security, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Images: Dolphin Stadium site hacked
- Hackers reprogrammed the Web site for the Super Bowl stadium so it would automatically load a malicious script, security firm said.
- Tags: Dolphin Ltd., stadium, security company, Super Bowl, security, Web, Web site
- Image galleries 2007-02-02
- The desktop AV debate
- I knew that Jim Allchins comments about allowing his seven year old son to use a Vista box without antivirus software installed would cause a bit of a stir. After all, it goes against the grain. It challenges a way of thinking thats become the norm. Whats...
- Tags: Desktops, PC, software, security, performance, security company, desktop
- Blog posts 2006-11-15
- Microsoft says McAfee 'inaccurate, inflammatory'
- Microsoft says McAfee 'inaccurate, inflammatory'Kernel access sets a dangerous precendentIt is understandable that security companies would gripe about a perceived threat to their revenue stream. However, giving them access to the kernel is threat to users. Anything a security company can do, a hacker can do. Once...
- Tags: Kernel Access, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Corp., kernel, security, security company
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Microsoft sets Vista meeting with security companies
- Microsoft sets Vista meeting with security companiesMicrosoft sets Vista meeting with security companiesMicrosoft should go into the meeeting and then say "PSYCHE!! We were just kidding about making the changes for you. We secured the kernel enough and are not going to make it insecure just so you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., kernel, security company, Microsoft Windows Vista, kernal, security
- Discussion threads 2006-10-18
- From PGP to IdM
- Last week, the PGP Corporation announced plans to enter the identity management market. Interestingly, the company couched this move under the broad term of "deperimeterization." "Deperimeterization" is where "the security emphasis is moved from the edge of the network and onto individual devices, and ultimately to individually encrypted data...
- Tags: deperimeterization, PGP Corp., security
- Blog posts 2006-06-14
- Photo: Thompson at Symantec Vision
- The security company's CEO John Thompson talks strategy to customers at annual get-together.
- Tags: vision, strategy, Symantec Corp., security company, photograph, CEO, security
- Image galleries 2006-05-08
- Photo: Thompson at Symantec Vision
- The security company's CEO John Thompson talks strategy to customers at annual get-together.
- Tags: vision, strategy, Symantec Corp., security company, photograph, CEO, security
- Image galleries 2006-05-08
- Three May Day Launches
- It’s the first of May and the first day out of stealth mode for three start-ups. Two security companies and a security e-zine are celebrating their debuts. In some quarters there is talk that the days of security innovation...
- Tags: e-Zine, ezine, security
- Blog posts 2006-05-01
- Where do security companies go to die?
- Where do security companies go to die?I know Symantec should dieAlong with Microsoft's upcoming security efforts (can you say conflict of interest?). Symantec's offerings bog down a system and are resource hogs. They keep throwing in stuff because, hey, that's innovation. More like reasons they can charge...
- Tags: security company, security, Symantec Corp., Cicso
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Where do security companies go to die?
- I have been spending the last week researching the 80 or so gateway firewall vendors. Contrary to my long held belief that security companies never die I found that a number of these had actually disappeared without a trace. It is not too hard to track down Kavado,...
- Tags: security company, firewall, Spearhead
- Blog posts 2006-03-29
- Image: Web site exploit targets Sony code
- A security firm discovered Web sites designed to exploit security flaws in Sony's rootkit uninstaller program.
- Tags: Web site development, Rootkits, Web technology, Sony Corp., rootkit, security flaw, security company, Web site, security, Web
- Image galleries 2005-11-17
- Image: Web site exploit targets Sony code
- A security firm discovered Web sites designed to exploit security flaws in Sony's rootkit uninstaller program.
- Tags: Web site development, Rootkits, Web technology, Sony Corp., rootkit, security flaw, security company, Web site, security, Web
- Image galleries 2005-11-17
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