Fahmida Y. Rashid

IBM is beefing up its mobile credentials to help organizations manage the influx of mobile devices into the enterprises as part of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend. IBM rolled out an endpoint manager for mobile devices running Apple iOS, Google Android, Nokia Symbian, and Microsoft Windows Mobile and Windows Phone mobile platforms, the company said Jan. […]

Cyber-security experts are concerned about the prospect of cyber-war and the growing number of cyber-threats, according to a recent report released by McAfee. Over half, or 57 percent, of cyber-security specialists surveyed in the “Cyber-security: The Vexed Question of Global Rules” report said a global arms race is taking place in cyberspace, McAfee said Jan. […]

Despite Symantec’s warning to the contrary, Android.Counterclank is not malware, according to researchers at Lookout Mobile Security. Android.Counterclank is a botlike threat that can receive commands from remote servers to carry out certain actions, as well as steal information from infected devices, Symantec researcher Irfan Asrar wrote on the company’sSymantec Security Response blog Jan. 27. […]

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and other major email providers are committed to stomping out phishing attacks and other email-based Web scams. Major brands, such as Bank of America and Facebook, joined large email providers to announce Jan. 30 the new Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance framework along with an associated working group, DMARC.org. DMARC is […]

McAfee introduced a new version of Mobile Security to protect smartphones and tablets from malicious applications and Web malware. Mobile Security 2.0 offers antivirus, anti-theft services and protection from malicious Websites and applications, McAfee said Jan. 30. The security software also includes online device management where users can remotely wipe data on the device and […]

All the photos, video and files stored on file-sharing site Megaupload could be permanently deleted from its servers sometime this week, according to federal prosecutors. Megaupload contracted with third-party hosting companies to store the actual files that users uploaded to the server. However, those providers have not been paid since the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]

Data privacy dominated security headlines this past week as the European Commission set out to change its 17-year-old data privacy law. The changes would not be applicable to just companies that are based or operate in the European Union, but to every company that does business with an EU citizen. The changes, once adopted, would […]

The idea that IT professionals and business leaders are resisting the consumerization of IT and the trend of bringing your own device (BYOD) to work is myth. On the contrary, more and more people are embracing these notions and trying to incorporate them into the workday, according to a recent study. Several recent reports have […]

Verdasys is moving its data leak prevention portfolio to the cloud to help enterprises protect their data stored on its networks and still reduce costs. The company introduced two new offerings-Verdasys Managed Service for Information Protection (MISP) and Verdasys Information Protection as a Service (IPaaS)-that offer data protection as a managed service, Verdasys said Jan. […]

New data privacy regulations being implemented by the European Union will present serious complications for U.S. companies doing business in Europe, according to an IT security and data privacy executive who took part in a panel at the George Washington University School of Law in Washington, D.C. For example, the 24-hour window for data breach […]

An “increasingly toxic threat landscape” and “unprecedented information growth” boosted Symantec’s fiscal year third-quarter performance as enterprises and consumers snapped up security and storage product bundles designed to protect large volumes of stored data, the company said. The company reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $1.7 billion, a 6.9 percent increase over last year’s third-quarter revenue […]

The saga over Symantec’s stolen code took another twist as the company acknowledged that pcAnywhere customers are at risk for man-in-the-middle attacks and new exploits. The breach actually occurred on Symantec servers in 2006, and attackers stole source code to several Norton security products and the pcAnywhere remote access tool, Symantec confirmed last week. At […]