Brian Prince

Researchers at RSA, EMC’s security division, believe the Rock Phish gang has upgraded its infrastructure to improve its ability to launch phishing attacks. According to the RSA FraudAction Research Lab, the Rock Phish group has moved its operations from its traditional botnet to the fast-flux infrastructure of the infamous Asprox botnet. For end users, this […]

Microsoft has announced plans to release four security bulletins next week for its September Patch Tuesday to address vulnerabilities across a number of products, including Windows Media Player and Microsoft Office. In an advisory released Sept. 4, Microsoft officials stated they would release fixes for the flaws Sept. 9. All four bulletins are rated “critical,” […]

A security researcher has discovered a flaw in the beta version of Google’s Chrome browser that can lead to Windows users downloading malicious Java files. According to the ZDNET security blog, Israeli security researcher Aviv Raff has released proof-of-concept code that targets a vulnerability in an old version of WebKit being used by the Google […]

Secure Computing has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Securify in a bid to lead the charge for the next generation of network firewalls. The deal for Securify comes with a roughly $15 million price tag, plus an earn-out of up to $5 million. Securify technology focuses on monitoring and controlling user access to applications. […]

Novell is looking to take on its rivals in the identity and security management space with a new platform of prepackaged products and integration resources designed to help organizations monitor compliance. The company’s approach can be conceived of as a play against its rivals in the identity management and user provisioning markets, including Sun Microsystems, […]

Continuent wants to plug what it sees as a hole in the market when it comes to MySQL replication. Continuent has a long history with MySQL, going back to when Continuent was called Emic Networks and was focused on providing high-availability clustering for the open-source database. Now, Continuent has expanded its open-source stack to include […]

After years of talking up Information On Demand, on Sept. 2 a new phrase came out of IBM’s collective lips-“Information Agenda.” But far from being a change in direction, the latest announcement is about helping businesses better manage and gain deeper insight into data. The initiative shows the maturity of IBM’s Information On Demand strategy, […]

Google has outfitted its Chrome browser with a number of security features designed to help Chrome make a splash in a market still dominated by Microsoft Internet Explorer. But whether or not the features are enough to differentiate Google’s browser remains to be seen. For the most part, Google Chrome follows the footsteps of other […]

In the crowded space that is data warehousing, SenSage is trying to carve out its own niche by leveraging its history in security information management for what it calls the event data warehouse. To hear SenSage tell it, the event data warehouse aims to help enterprises deal with voluminous amounts of event data such as […]

A laptop and an affinity for online gaming-that may have been all it took to introduce a cyber-security threat to a space station. Though NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries remained unwilling Aug. 29 to officially confirm the nature of the worm detected on laptops at the International Space Station, spaceref.com, which broke the story, and other […]

A British man accused by the United States of “the biggest military hack of all time” lost an appeal on Thursday and could be extradited to the United States within weeks. Gary McKinnon, 42, had asked the European Court of Human Rights to block his extradition, complaining that he could face inhumane prison conditions if […]

Much has been made of the new security features in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. As users and testers bang on the beta version of the browser, Microsoft appears to have gotten a lot right when it comes to privacy. In the Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft has added a number […]