Monthly Archives: October 2008
Malware E-mails Explode in Q3
Malware-laden e-mail attacks surged during the third quarter of 2008, according to researchers at endpoint security vendor Sophos.Based on the company's latest report, there...
Google Touts Enterprise Search in Forbes Advertorial
Google's enterprise team, which needs to work harder to garner attention in the mammoth shadow of the company's search engine and advertising machines, continues...
Application Whitelisting Accentuates the Positive
In my recent reviews of application whitelisting products from CA and Bit9 I had a chance to work with eWEEK Labs Executive Editor Jason...
Cost of Malware Growing Per Month
A new research report sponsored by messaging security specialists FaceTime Communications indicates that companies are spending more time and money on malware infections and...
Researchers Show PASS Card RFID Vulnerabilities
Researchers at the University of Washington and EMC's RSA Laboratories claim new RFID-enabled border-crossing documents are easily cloned and are vulnerable to being disabled....
Microsoft Urges Patch but Downplays Security Vulnerability Reports
Microsoft is downplaying reports of malware exploiting the critical security hole it patched last week.On Oct. 23, the company released an emergency out-of-band patch...
IBM OEM Deal Brings Tivoli Secure Data Backup to Mac
IBM and Effigent are teaming to bring Tivoli data protection technology to Macs.Under an OEM agreement, Effigent has embedded IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection...
Nokia Is in the Personal ‘Computer’ Business
LONDON-Nokia is in the personal computer business and don't you forget it.Kai Oistamo, executive vice president of devices at Nokia gave a keynote at...
Google Scrambles to Patch Buffer Overrun Exploit in Android G1
The T-Mobile G1 smart phone has not even been on the market for one week, but a security expert has already found a significant...
Is It Worth Sacrificing $300 Million to Go Open Source?
LONDON-What does it take for an established "closed" vendor to shift midcourse and adopt an open-source model? Well in the case of Nokia and...