Matt Hines

Wireless carrier Sprint launched a new set of managed security services for mobile devices including laptop computers that is built around applications provided by software maker Mobile Armor. Labeled as Sprint Mobile Security, the service will seek to provide complete protection for mobile devices, including data encryption and other endpoint defense tools, and will be […]

Security specialists Check Point Software Technologies and chip giant Intel claim that a development partnership between the two firms has yielded significant performance breakthroughs for customers who want to use the two firms products in unison. Through a year-long technology development project launched between the two companies in Israel, where both have research operations, the […]

Experts agree that the most effective way to defeat the current onslaught of technology-related attacks would be to dismantle the economics that back them up. On Sept. 13, a Moroccan court handed out short-term jail sentences to two college-age malware code writers found guilty of launching the Zotob worm virus in August 2005. The conviction […]

Researchers at security software maker Postini said the company detected a significant increase in the number of corporate directory harvesting attacks launched during August 2006. According to Postinis monthly Message Security & Management Update, DHAs (directory harvest attacks), through which criminals attempt to make off with entire corporate e-mail account listings, increased by 30 percent […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the results of its Cyber Storm exercise on Sept. 13, highlighting areas where the government and private organizations must improve their responsiveness to emerging IT-related threats. The agency release a 23-page report on the findings of the simulated IT attack, labeled by Homeland Security leaders as “the largest […]

Security software market leader Symantec and networking giant Juniper Networks announced a new strategic partnership on Sept. 12 aimed at tapping into the two massive companies respective capabilities in defending corporate networks from outside attacks. Labeled by the companies leading executives as a nonexclusive partnership of strategy and direction, the vendors said the primary benefit […]

Cisco Systems introduced a new channel program on Sept 11 aimed at highlighting its partners that have built significant know-how around the planning, installation and support of its security technologies. Under the new initiative, Cisco channel players who meet specific guidelines will be branded with the label of Master Security Specification in an effort to […]

Security applications maker McAfee on Sept. 11 introduced two new packages of tools designed to help ward off threats for enterprise users of mobile devices running Microsofts operating system software. The Santa Clara, Calif., company launched VirusScan Mobile and McAfee VirusScan Mobile Enterprise Edition for the Windows Mobile 5.0 OS, promising protection for mobile users […]

Individuals responsible for spreading nefarious adware and spyware programs are increasingly using legitimate Web sites to deliver their work to unsuspecting users, according to new research published by McAfee. According to a report published by the anti-virus software maker on Sept. 11, adware and spyware brokers are more actively using the affiliate advertising programs offered […]

A handful of the planets largest credit card companies have come together to create a new effort aimed at promoting common data security standards. Backed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International, the new group aims to bolster the security of credit card transactions. The effort was created specifically in […]