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As it turns out, stealing credentials is actually the easy part of cyber-theft. The hard part is using them to pilfer bank accounts. Fortunately for phishers, they have no shortage of help in that regard. This ecosystem of hackers, malware writers and money mules was on full display at this week’s RSA Conference, where researchers […]

When it comes to the war on terrorism, not all battles, intelligence gathering and recruitment happen in the street. Some of it occurs in the more elusive world of the Internet, where supporters of terrorist networks build social networking sites to recruit and spread their message. Enter Jeff Bardin of Treadstone 71, a former code […]

Academia, government and the private sector need to come together in the name of cyber-security-that was the message Melissa Hathaway brought to this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. Hathaway is acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security councils, and was tasked by the Obama administration with heading up a […]

Researchers at Finjan have uncovered a massive botnet controlling some 1.9 million zombie computers. The security vendor disclosed the discovery at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. According to reports, the nearly two million bots include machines in 77 government domains in the U.S., U.K. and other countries. The size of the network would make […]

Joe Stewart, director of malware research at SecureWorks, is pushing for security researchers to adopt a concerted, three-pronged effort to take down the Web’s most troublesome botnets. Call it offense in-depth. “If you look at how the criminal considers whether to continue their enterprise or not, they are probably affected by three things: risk, effort, […]

Symantec has acquired Mi5 Networks in a move meant to bolster its Web security portfolio. Mi5 specializes in Web gateway security products. At the center of its technology is its S2 Streaming Engine, which examines Web inbound and outbound traffic for threats. The company most often competed with rivals such as Websense and Blue Coat. […]

Symantec CEO Enrique Salem has three things at the tip of his tongue here at the annual RSA Conference: integration, reputation and systems management. “We’re not tied to [specific] hardware platforms,” Salem said during a closed meeting with the media. “Our goal is to work across all of them. We want to secure your information […]

As analysts debate just how the open-source MySQL database will fit into the Oracle portfolio, Sun Microsystems offered a sneak peak at MySQL 5.4, which brings a series of improvements around performance and scalability. Sun talked up the database April 21 at the seventh annual MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, Calif. Enhancements in […]

EMC’s RSA security division is offering free downloads of its BSAFE Share encryption technology as part of a new initiative targeting software developers. The program is dubbed the RSA Share Project and also includes a new online community meant to provide developers access to support, information and services, officials at RSA told eWEEK. “Basically our […]

Lumension has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Securityworks in a move aimed at expanding its capabilities around compliance and risk management. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. According to Lumension, the acquisition is aimed at bolstering the company’s portfolio of endpoint security tools by adding GRC (governance, risk and compliance) management […]

Has the number of Conficker infections been overhyped? Not necessarily. New research by Kaspersky Lab has put the aforementioned question back in the spotlight. While the Conficker worm generated an intense amount of public interest, the number of computers infected with the newest variant of the worm seems to be relatively small. Kaspersky Lab’s analysis […]

From the iPhone to T-Mobile’s G1, smartphones have become pervasive in today’s enterprises. What are not always pervasive are sound security practices for controlling them. While malware for mobile devices is not especially widespread, hundreds of unique pieces of smartphone malware such as -Sexy View’ have been identified. Then there are the hacks. In a […]