Google will pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that argued its Google Buzz social Web service violated users' privacy when it launched in February.
Facebook is rolling out a security control that enables users to remotely log out of an active session from a different machine. The feature extends controls added in May to prevent unauthorized activity.
Security specialist Trend Micro and Dell teamed up to help cost-conscious businesses keep their data safe with the Worry-Free Business Security Services solution.
The disruption of the Pushdo botnet has not stopped spammers, despite nearly two-thirds of the botnet's command and control servers being taken out of commission.
Security researchers at Zscaler say many organizations are leaving themselves open to corporate espionage via the WebScan feature included in HP's all-in-one printers.
Twitter has migrated to OAuth for authentication, meaning third-party apps will no longer have to store and send user credentials over the Internet when the application is used.
Trend Micro is moving ahead with its virtualization and cloud security strategy with new anti-malware technology for virtual environments and encryption key management for the cloud.
News Analysis: Countries from India to the UAE don't like secrets, especially when they're held by their own citizens, but banning BlackBerry is shortsighted and futile.
CA Technologies has agreed to pay $200 million to add Arcot Systems' anti-fraud and authentication technologies to its identity and access management portfolio.
With Facebook Connect being abandoned in its favor, and a new draft specification before the IETF, OAuth is shaping up as the cornerstone of identity management for cloud-based applications and services. eWEEK Labs Senior Analyst P. J. Connolly looks at what's behind the seamless access to services on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
The value of conventional password policies is doubtful; users will always be the weakest link in IT security. Perhaps it's better to add remediation to the existing arsenal of firewalls, strong passwords and VPNs, and admit that your security measures, no matter how closely they adhere to best practices, can be bypassed by a motivated intruder.
Proofpoint's Protection Server operates either as a Web service with nothing to install on the client end or as a hardware appliance that can be installed on the customer's premises.
Software vendors have been making their products more secure and have been providing tools and best-practice guidelines for application developers to improve security.
The 2009 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report offers insider knowledge based on forensic investigations of 90 confirmed breaches in 2008. Now anyone with an hour to spare can look over a beta version of the framework used to collect the data. IT managers and business executives alike can use the newly released Verizon Incident Sharing Framework to begin a security review with the goal of avoiding being one of the statistics in 2010.
VIPRE Enterprise Premium combines high-performance antivirus, antispyware, and a client firewall into a single agent so you get comprehensive endpoint malware protection with low system resource usage.
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