Brian Prince

Microsoft has plugged a number of security holes on this month’s Patch Tuesday, including much-anticipated fixes for a slew of vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Office Excel. The company issued four security bulletins this month, each covering vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely and are rated “critical”-Microsoft’s highest threat rating. According to Microsoft, there are a total […]

Imperva has built a new capability into its database monitoring product allowing users to track changes to sensitive values at the row level. The technology, which the company calls Track Value Changes, is part of its SecureSphere Database Security Gateways software. Meant to track even the smallest changes to database values, company officials are touting […]

One by one, Adam Schafer, a system engineer at Bluefire, demonstrated the attacks, rendering the smartphone in front of him defenseless. In the first, he modified the home page of the device and added a favorite to Pocket Internet Explorer; in the second malware copied and forwarded SMS messages received on the device to a […]

When Microsoft announced it was bringing query processing and storage capabilities into the cloud with its SQL Server Data Services offering, industry watchers took notice. Time will tell, however, whether other major database players will follow suit with offerings of their own. Microsoft’s SQL Server Data Services is not exactly SQL Server on the Web; […]

Webroot Software broke into security SAAS (software as a service) when it merged with Email Systems in November 2007, and now the company is looking to extend that same SAAS approach to the world of Web security as it targets the midmarket. Specific plans include expanding from e-mail security into full-fledged Web security during the […]

Sun Microsystems plans to leverage a combination of partnerships and technology to make headway in the governance, risk and compliance space. As part of the company’s strategy, Sun officials said it will launch a number of identity management offerings in the next 12 months. A key element of the strategy is Sun Role Manager, a […]

Sybase has enhanced the encryption capabilities of its Afaria mobile security technology to improve performance and ease the strain on battery life. Afaria is the security component of Sybase’s Information Anywhere mobile management suite. Aiming to help customers balance their desires for encryption and solid performance, the company rearchitected Afaria’s encryption capabilities to work at […]

GridApp Systems wants to reduce the complexity of upgrading a database to a simple click of the mouse and a few strokes of the keyboard. In its Clarity 4.5 release, GridApp has included technology that company officials said can automate any type of database activity through a feature called Clarity Actions. Clarity Actions creates a […]

Symantec is challenging its security rivals on the encryption front with a new suite of products for laptops, desktops and removable storage devices. Symantec Endpoint Encryption 6.0, launching March 3, is based on technology licensed from GuardianEdge and is divided into two products: the full-disk edition and removable storage edition, which can be purchased separately […]

Officials at VMware said the new VMsafe program is just one of many security initiatives coming from the company in the months ahead. The VMsafe technology, announced Feb. 27, provides a set of APIs for security vendors to use to tap into information in the hypervisor about a virtual machine, and for it to handle […]

The release of SQL Server 2008 may be months away, but that hasn’t stopped database administrators and developers from keying in on their favorite features. For Todd Snyder, a database administrator for Cybersavvy.BIZ’s software development services, the inclusion of IntelliSense in SQL Server Management Studio and collapsible code functionality are a productivity boon for DBAs. […]

Researchers at Finjan have uncovered a database of more than 8,700 stolen FTP server credentials, including passwords, user names and server addresses. The San Jose, Calif-based company revealed the findings in a report released today. The FTP credentials could allow a hacker to compromise servers. According to the company, 2,621 of the stolen accounts are […]