Matt Hines

At last years RSA conference, executives with anti-malware specialist Sophos said the company was intentionally flying under the radar as it put the finishing touches on a new integrated security strategy. A year later, the executives said the company is not only putting that plan to work but beating also its larger rivals out of […]

Mcafee is making an initial foray into the emerging data loss prevention software market with the launch of a set of tools to manage the flow of sensitive information across corporate networks and endpoint devices. Built through a combination of internal development and McAfees October acquisition of Onigma, the package, McAfee DLP Host, introduced Feb. […]

The ongoing struggle between botnet operators and the security researchers who look for ways to shut them down is almost as much cloak-and-dagger as it is alerts and software solutions. At the RSA Conference here Feb. 7, two security researchers demonstrated their techniques for catching botnet operators, who use secret legions of infected computers to […]

Now more than ever before, enterprises and organizations such as banks, financial services companies and government agencies are looking for new ways to automate their video surveillance systems to allow for real-time analysis, remote monitoring and other emerging security applications. Networking giant Cisco Systems contends that it can play a major role in this transformation […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The United States government is better suited than ever to defend the nations computing and communications networks, but federal watchdogs will need private industry to lend a hand to keep attackers at bay, according to the first-ever federal cyber-security czar. Addressing a crowded room of attendees at the ongoing RSA Security Conference here on […]

SAN FRANCISCO—A sleek, silver, nearly weightless gizmo that fits in your hand represents the next generation of security for customers of eBays PayPal division. The diminutive machine is a wireless password-generation device that the company plans to begin distributing to its users beginning on Feb. 12 to help its customers further validate the authenticity of […]

Microsoft reported Feb. 8 that it will ship a dozen security bulletins, including five updates meant to fix critical Windows flaws, as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updating process on Feb. 13. The software giant, based in Redmond, Wash., indicated that it will deliver its largest array of security updates in a single month […]

SAN FRANCISCO—A pair of security researchers speaking here at the ongoing RSA Conference Feb. 7 demonstrated their techniques for catching botnet operators who use secret legions of infected computers to distribute malware programs and violent political propaganda. The botnet experts, both of whom are employed by anti-malware software maker FaceTime Communications, based in Foster City, […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Security software market leader Symantec introduced its first network access control package here at the ongoing RSA Conference on Feb. 7, jumping into the expanding device authentication and security remediation arena established by networking giant Cisco Systems. Labeled as Symantec Network Access Control, or SNAC, the product boasts a range of features and support […]

SAN FRANCISCO— Roughly two months after the initial launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft software development leader Ben Fathi said his company is pleased with the security, performance and feedback it has received regarding its newest operating system. Seated in a quiet briefing room removed from the pressing mass of humanity coursing through ongoing RSA Conference […]

An attack, apparently intended to get the attention of the security community, failed in its attempt to bring down, or even slow down, the Internet, analysts say. According to the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the attack was aimed at one of its root servers—the top-level servers that translate requests for names […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft executives Bill Gates and Craig Mundie kicked off the RSA Conference 2007 on Feb. 6 with a keynote presentation emphasizing the need for stronger online identity protection and IT systems access management. Speaking to attendees gathered here for the annual security conference—held at the Moscone Center from Feb. 5-10—the executives sought to highlight […]