Brian Prince

UPDATE: McAfee and Adobe Systems are teaming up to bring integrated data loss prevention and digital rights management solutions to market. Details on the new product were scarce, and officials at McAfee said they plan to release more information at Focus 09, its upcoming customer and partner conference in Las Vegas. The idea behind the […]

Microsoft officials announced Sept. 28 that the company’s much-anticipated Security Essentials product will be generally available Sept. 29. The Microsoft Security Essentials freeware is a slimmed-down replacement for Windows Live OneCare, which the company stopped selling retail earlier in 2009. Unlike OneCare, Security Essentials does not deal with firewalls or data backup. Instead, Microsoft chose […]

Cyber-criminals are taking advantage of interest in Apple’s new Multimedia Messaging Service capability for the iPhone by poisoning some of the top related Google results. According to Websense Security Labs, scammers are abusing Google to lure victims to sites pushing rogue antivirus software. MMS is an extension of SMS (Short Message Service). When someone enters […]

In late 2007-early 2008, the cloud computing buzz touched the database in earnest. More than a year later, much of that buzz has died down, as companies continue weighing security, scalability and compliance concerns about pushing their data into the cloud. The market for cloud databases is still in its early stage, but Forrester Research […]

New research from Sophos underscores a growing interest in the Mac among cyber-criminals. In a presentation at Virus Bulletin’s VB Conference, in Geneva, Sophos Labs researcher Dmitry Samosseiko revealed a malware affiliate network offering 43 cents per infected Mac computer. The offer was the work of a larger network of Russian spammers, malware authors and […]

Sometimes being No. 1 isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In this case, Idaho is No. 1 in spam. According to a report from Symantec’s MessageLabs, Idaho tops the list of states receiving the most spam in September. It’s quite a reversal for the state, which in 2008 ranked 44th in spam volume. Today, […]

Exposing How Rogue Antivirus Sites Snag Victims by Brian Prince It Begins With Poisoned Google Searches One of the ways purveyors of bogus antivirus tools rope users in is by poisoning Google search results. In the case here highlighted by eSoft, a search with the terms “nhl all-time scoring leaders” brought back more than just […]

Google hit back Sept. 24 in response to Microsoft’s claims that Google’s Chrome Frame makes Internet Explorer less secure. Google Chrome Frame is an early-stage open-source plug-in that brings Google Chrome’s open Web technologies, such as the HTML5 canvas tag and JavaScript engine, to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. Google introduced Chrome Frame on Sept. 22, […]

A partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project and three prominent technology companies has given birth to a soon-to-be-ready upgrade to the group’s climate change disclosure system. The new system is the result of a relationship between Microsoft, SAP and Accenture and was announced Sept. 24 as debates on carbon emissions play out around the globe. […]

Six Tips for Keeping Enterprise Data Secure in Cloud Storage By Brian Prince Storing data in the cloud has brought with it its own set of compliance and security concerns — something underscored recently by a survey by Unisys. The survey revealed that 51 percent of the 312 respondents cited security and data privacy as […]

UPDATE: There are reports of a new phishing scam making the rounds on Twitter. The attack seeks to steal user credentials by sending tweets out with links to a phishing site. The attack site requests the user’s log-in information; once the attackers have that, they can take over the account of the victim and use […]

McAfee and BMCSoftware have agreed to work together to integrate BMC’s BladeLogic Client Automation with McAfee’s policy and security management products. The idea behind the partnership is to bring enterprise IT operations and security management together to eliminate communication gaps, reduce IT costs and remediate client security violations. As part of the alliance, the companies […]