Matt Hines

McAfee announced on Oct. 3 that it has signed an agreement to acquire Citadel Security Software, which specializes in applications used to mitigate risks posed by software vulnerabilities and monitor IT systems for policy compliance. Under the terms of the deal, McAfee will pay $56 million in cash for Citadel, which is based in Dallas, […]

With rivals complaints over Microsofts move into the security applications space growing louder nearly every day, antitrust analysts said it appears likely that the software giant may soon again be locked in a battle to defend its business practices to government regulators. In Europe, where Microsoft continues to battle with legislators over the terms of […]

Officials at security specialist McAfee said that Microsoft has flatly rejected a series of proposals meant to help ease integration between third-party software applications and the companys next-generation Windows Vista operating system. High-ranking officials with McAfee, a provider of security applications and longtime partner of Microsofts, said that the software giant refused its suggestions for […]

Juniper Networks introduced three new security appliances on Oct. 2, adding unified threat management tools to its existing hardware in an effort to market the gateway devices to branch offices and other remote enterprise operations. The three new products, added to Junipers SSG (Secure Services Gateway) appliance lineup, specifically promise to offer more comprehensive filtering […]

The U.S. Commerce Department on Sept. 21 said that more than 1,100 of its laptop computers were either lost or stolen over the last five years, with at least 249 of those machines confirmed to have held sensitive data. Could an arsenal of thin clients have prevented those mishaps? Proponents of thin-client computing say its […]

Microsofts maiden entry into the anti-phishing space outperforms similar technologies offered by more established security applications providers, according to a new report commissioned by the software company and conducted by researchers 3Sharp. Based on a comparative study sponsored by Microsoft that tested anti-phishing applications from eight different software vendors and online specialists, the malicious Web […]

Malware researcher H.D. Moore, co-founder of the Metasploit Framework, has published software exploit code meant to prove that a vulnerability in Microsofts Internet Explorer browser that he first publicized in July remains unpatched and capable of being attacked. According to Moore, and other security researchers including Copenhagen, Denmark-based Secunia, the IE-borne vulnerability has been confirmed […]

Microsoft made a beta release of its Forefront Security for SharePoint software available on Sept 28, introducing a new version of the security applications built to defend the enterprise content being incorporated into its next generation of Office. The set of anti-virus and content filtering technologies is being pitched by the software giant as a […]

Security software maker Sophos announced Sept. 27 that it is adding a number of so-called application-control features to its flagship anti-virus package in an effort to give IT administrators greater ability to limit access to potentially troublesome programs. The features being injected into Sophos Anti-Virus Version 6, which was first released in June, include tools […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Amazon.coms far-ranging online retail business will continue to serve as its primary money-maker for the foreseeable future, but a collection of Web services applications piggybacked on the infrastructure supporting its consumer sales will become a growing source of income and technical development expertise in years to come, according to Jeff Bezos, the firms founder […]