Matt Hines

A collection of high-profile organizations including the United States Secret Service and the FBI, along with private companies such as IBM and LexisNexis, have formed a new research center aimed at stopping identity theft. Dubbed CIMP (Center for Identity Management and Information Protection), the effort will be headquartered at Utica College in Utica, New York, […]

Security applications maker Symantec introduced a new package aimed at helping companies prepare for emerging attacks such as so-called zero day exploits on June 28. Tabbed as the Symantec Threat and Vulnerability Management Program, the offering combines elements of the software manufacturers latest anti-virus and network intrusion applications with expertise garnered from its professional services […]

European law enforcement officials arrested three men believed to be behind the creation and distribution of multiple strands of malware code. The three men are also suspected of having operated a so-called botnet network built from the PCs that their viruses infected over the Internet. The British Metropolitan Polices Computer Crime Unit, along with the […]

New research published by the Security Compliance Council contends that very few companies are succeeding in their initial efforts to meet the demands of government IT regulations. According to the report, which is based on interviews conducted with 671 executives working in IT, finance and legal positions at companies located around the globe, only 11 […]

Anti-virus market leader Symantec introduced a new product line on June 26 that promises to address growing fears among consumers over the safety of their personal data when conducting business online. Labelled as Norton Confidential, the package specifically promises to ensure that users information is most aggressively safeguarded during online activities where their data may […]

Over half of all companies doing business in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors have experienced data breaches that potentially exposed their intellectual property or customer information, a new research report shows. According to the report, published by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, not only have many technology providers been hit with the same sorts of data […]

Even as high-profile data leaks grab headlines and compliance auditors begin making their rounds, many chief information security officers are preparing to trim their budgets. According to a new survey of North American CISOs released by New York-based investment bankers Merrill Lynch & Co., enterprises are hoping to throttle down their spending on new IT […]

Microsofts transformation from pariah to trendsetter in the information security sector is slowly beginning to sink in, but users are mixed about hopping on the bandwagon. At the TechEd conference here, the software maker worked overtime to convince the world that security really is its No. 1 priority. So far, with a few rare exceptions, […]

Online payment company PayPal reported that it has fixed a Web site glitch through which the operators of a phishing scheme had been attempting to steal personal data of the companys customers. According to officials for the eBay subsidiary, PayPal updated coding on its Web site to block a vulnerability that phishers based in South […]

The software as a service delivery model is poised for adoption across the security industry, with some hosted applications providers tabbing customers compliance efforts as an emerging driver of the trend. As Salesforce.com has proved in the CRM (customer relationship management) sector, many business customers appear increasingly willing to consider the move to hosted applications […]

Insurance provider American International Group has confirmed the theft of a file server and other hardware that held the personal information of approximately 970,000 potential customers. Company officials said an intruder entered one of its Midwest offices sometime after business hours in late March and walked off with a file server and other equipment, including […]

Malware attacks created using emerging Web development tools such as AJAX are expected to begin showing up more frequently, as writers of malicious code match the skills of their legitimate counterparts. With the arrival of the Yamanner virus targeting Yahoo Messenger on June 13, industry analysts and security software vendors say the era of what […]