Brian Prince

Oracle has its eyes on its Linux customer base with the beta release of Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems, a new offering within Oracle Identity Management. The Aug. 8 release is meant to underscore Oracles commitment to making Linux deployment easier and faster for users and is designed to make user management in operating […]

Mandiant has released Mandiant Red Curtain, a free malware analysis tool aimed at helping security professionals evaluate files from potentially compromised computer systems. MRC examines executable files to determine how suspicious they are and calculates an overall threat score to establish whether a set of files should be examined further. The tool is aimed at […]

Sybase CEO John Chen remembers the doubts that swirled around his company when it first began to focus on helping enterprises manage and mobilize data several years ago. At the companys annual TechWave conference, Chen assured Aug. 7 attendees that the companys decision was paying off. “Patience is a little bit of a virtue here,” […]

Symantec announced Aug. 6 a comprehensive e-discovery initiative featuring two e-discovery connectors for users of Symantec Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator that provide tighter integration with third-party case management, review and forensics tools. Two e-discovery connectors have been released to partners to provide tight integration with third-party case management, review, analytics, forensics and desktop collection tools. […]

IBM dubbed it the IBM Information Server Blade. It is a marriage of IBMs Blade Server technology and data management software in a bid to offer customers a heterogeneous data integration platform and aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of managing and integrating enterprise data across silos of information. IBM unveiled the product Aug. […]

A new study has put a price tag of more than $7 billion on the financial suffering experienced by victims of Internet fraud and attacks. That is how much Consumer Reports 2007 “State of the Net” survey projects U.S. consumers have lost during the last two years to viruses, spyware and phishing schemes. According to […]

San Diego-based security vendor Websense has deployed what it calls “HoneyJax” across the Internet that attempt to seek out malware, phishing kits and other threats before they snare Web surfers. Websense Vice President of Security Research Dan Hubbard will unveil the “HoneyJax” to attendees of this years Defcon convention in Las Vegas. The name is […]

IBM is buying Princeton Softech, a privately held company specializing in data archiving, test data management, data privacy, and data classification and discovery software. The financial details of the deal, which was announced Aug. 3, were not disclosed. Officials at IBM said the acquisition of the Princeton, N.J. company is a key part of IBMs […]

A resurgence of malware activity in Russia has caught the eye of security vendors. Recently, researchers at Trend Micro have found a Russian server hosting some 400 pieces of malware that may be part of a forthcoming large-scale attack, while at least one other vendor reported that the country has quickly moved back up on […]

Apples answer to the early security threats to iPhone is apparently a lot more than just try to plug security holes—it also uncovers and erases any user modifications to the devices firmware, according to hackers. On iPhone Dev Wiki, a Web site developed by people involved in efforts to unlock the iPhone, when the security […]

A Texas-based startup is shipping a new all-in-one network security testing product. BreakingPoint Systems has released the BPS-1000, a network test system that permits multilayer emulation testing at multigigabit speeds. With the new release, BreakingPoint promises performance, stress, security and conformance testing in a single device. “We support Layer 2 bit blasting, routing, sessions, 20-plus […]

Researchers from SecureWorks have created two new tools to address security issues. They will be presenting the tools at the Black Hat convention, which runs July 28-Aug. 2 in Las Vegas. The first tool, known as CaffeineMonkey, was developed by SecureWorks Ben Feinstein and Daniel Peck. CaffeineMonkey helps IT pros detect Web sites hosting malicious […]