Brian Prince

Responding to complaints from Web masters, AVG Technologies is moving to fix a problem with the LinkScanner feature it added to its antivirus software to prevent the component from eating up bandwidth during Web site scans. According to company officials, AVG has already patched the component in the free version of its security software, Anti-Virus […]

Virtualization Security 101 By Brian Prince Virtualization Security 101By Brian Prince Virtualization Security 101 – Segment Virtual Machines Virtualization Security 1011. Segment Virtual MachinesIt’s a good idea to segment VMs (virtual machines) according to the information they handle and their use. (As a general rule, separating resources reduces risk). Any VMs connected to a common […]

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 will put a bull’s-eye on malicious sites courtesy of the new SmartScreen Filter. The feature, revealed July 2, is an answer to the blacklisting features built into Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5, and builds on the Phishing Filter introduced in IE 7 with, among other things, anti-malware support and […]

The folks at WatchGuard Technologies say they have seen the future-and its name is extensible threat management, or XTM. WatchGuard is banking that XTM is the next phase in development of UTM (unified threat management) devices. Essentially, XTM is UTM with a host of new features, including support for VOIP security, event correlation, and application […]

Apple’s latest security update patches 25 vulnerabilities, including five previously disclosed flaws involving the open-source scripting language Ruby. The update issued June 30 includes a number of critical fixes for Mac OS X systems and comes roughly a month after Apple issued a massive update for about 40 vulnerabilities. The previously disclosed flaws in Ruby […]

It’s been a busy day for Internet Explorer security, with researchers warning users of separate vulnerabilities that could leave them open to attack. According to an advisory from Danish security firm Secunia, there is a flaw in IE 7 that can be exploited by attackers to conduct spoofing attacks. The problem lies in a security […]

Symantec officials spent a fair amount of time discussing integration possibilities between their security and storage products during their Vision conference in Las Vegas. Now, two weeks later, the company has taken a step toward that goal by expanding the data discovery technology of its Vontu Data Loss Prevention product. At Vision, Symantec executives said […]

Microsoft is promoting newly released freeware to help IT pros put up a fight against SQL injection attacks. The release of the products comes at a time when news of legitimate Web sites being compromised by SQL injections has become familiar in the headlines. Microsoft announced these products’ availability June 24 in a security advisory. […]

By the time the first player stepped into the batter’s box for the official start of the 2008-2009 Major League Baseball season, MLB Advanced Media had already hit a home run of its own. For the company, spring training meant rearchitecting the MLBlogs Network, the official affiliate blogging site for Major League Baseball. Up to […]

UPDATED: When Fortinet announced it acquired technology from IPLocks June 17, there was talk the move could signal a round of acquisitions around database security. While the verdict on that is not in yet, the database security market is certainly expanding, according to Forrester Research analyst Noel Yuhanna. “The database is a like a bank; […]

Choosing whether or not to go with a remote database administrator to complement or fulfill your data management needs requires careful contemplation. The market for remote database administration is fairly crowded. However, the service does not make sense for every business, and contrary to what is sure to be many people’s first thought, having a […]

When Mozilla’s Firefox 3 hit desktops June 17-to the tune of some 8.3 million downloads within the first 24 hours of its release-it arrived with a number of new security features in tow. However, the browser has already caught its first bug, a non-OS-specific vulnerability rated critical by security vendor TippingPoint Technologies. Though neither TippingPoint, […]