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Microsoft Revamps, Rebrands Sybari Anti-Virus

Less than a year after its acquisition of enterprise anti-virus vendor Sybari Software Inc., Microsoft Corp. is revamping and rebranding the flagship Antigen product...

Check Point Snaps Up Sourcefire

Check Point Software Technologies Inc. is snapping up intrusion prevention and real-time network awareness software maker Sourcefire for a $225 million mix of cash...

Microsoft Enterprise Anti-Spyware Plans Take Shape

Microsoft moved a step closer to becoming a key player in the Internet security business with the announcement Thursday of a new enterprise-class anti-spyware...

Symantec Channel Changes Hands

Symantec Corp.s channel chief, Allyson Seelinger, is stepping down from her post Oct. 14, to be replaced by Julie Parrish, former head of Veritas...

Nematodes: The Making of Beneficial Network Worms

Convinced that businesses will use nonmalicious worms to cut down on network security costs, a high-profile security researcher is pushing ahead with a new...

Kill Pests, Dont Spread Them

The idea of a "good worm" is obviously a tempting one. Youd think that white-hatted researchers would want to be responsible with their clients...

Nokia Taps Symantec for Smart-Phone Security

Security specialist Symantec Corp. Wednesday announced an agreement with the worlds largest cell phone maker, Nokia, to pre-load its Series 60-based smart phones with...

Fake Google Toolbars Go Phishing

An Internet security specialist says a new threat forces computers to install faked Google software, which then goes phishing. Phishing is where e-mails, IM (instant...

Critics Doubt Effectiveness of California Anti-Phishing Law

A law signed late last week by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will likely fail in its goal of deterring online "phishing" attacks that seek...

New Security Threat: Text Messaging

Researchers from the Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Lab of the Pennsylvania State University made public this week some research they have done about...