Matt Hines

Microsoft has forwarded a cease-and-desist order to VistaTorrent.com, asking the sites operators to stop their distribution of the latest beta test version of the Windows Vista operating system. Company spokesmen noted that it is Microsofts standard practice to stop third parties from unauthorized distribution of its products, as the software giant said it cannot guarantee […]

BOSTON—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 2006 conference here, the software maker worked overtime to convince the world that security is really its No. 1 priority. So far, with a few rare […]

Wireless virtual private network specialists NetMotion Wireless and Padcom announced a deal to merge their businesses June 15, with plans to aim their combined products squarely at enterprise customers. The two former rivals, who will unite under the NetMotion Wireless moniker, say that their proposed marriage will create the largest dedicated provider of wireless VPN […]

CipherTrust launched updated versions of its gateway security appliance on June 15, promising more sophisticated tools for regulating IT compliance issues and scanning images embedded in e-mail messages. Dubbed IronMail 6.5, the gateway security appliance offers two new functional modules for managing compliance and scouring messages for viruses hidden in image files, a tactic commonly […]

A new software startup named Aveksa introduced its first product June 14 with the goal of helping companies automate IT authentication systems management and regulatory compliance work. Labeled as Alexa Compliance Manager, the software promises to centrally monitor the operation of access management tools present in other IT systems and applications, and give companies the […]

Webroot launched the latest version of its enterprise anti-spyware application on June 13, promising a completely revamped software client along with stronger tools for removing rootkits and other malicious programs. The product, Spy Sweeper Enterprise 3.0, offers kernel-level driver protection capabilities to help aid in the detection and removal of increasingly sophisticated forms of spyware, […]

Microsoft released 12 individual security patches on June 13, addressing a handful of critical problems in Windows along with several less serious issues. As previously reported, the software maker distributed a fix for the so-called zero-day flaw present in Microsoft Word and a critical glitch in Internet Explorer that relates to the manner in which […]

Authentication software specialist Courion introduced June 12 a product aimed at helping companies automate the process of defining IT systems access privileges. Dubbed Courion RoleCourier, the so-called roles management solution promises to help simplify provisioning work by allowing companies more leeway to create and manage end-user access roles based on their specific business needs. The […]

Novell publicly launched its open-source identity management project on June 12, aiming to help businesses pull together their various network and applications authentication systems. Dubbed Bandit, the effort is meant to help companies integrate existing ID management tools using an open-source platform developed by Novell and its partners. Users will be able to more easily […]

From the nations largest financial services in-stitutions to the local YMCA, legal and privacy experts maintain that organizations that inadvertently or secretly expose their customers data will increasingly face legal action. On June 6, the Department of Veterans Affairs was hit with two class action lawsuits related to the theft of an employees laptop computer. […]

McAfee announced updated versions of its messaging and Internet gateway security appliances on June 12, along with a set of new features offered in its online applications testing and deployment service. The company said it has improved e-mail encryption and regulatory compliance tools in both its Secure Messaging Gateway and Secure Internet Gateway appliances, in […]

Security applications vendor Exploit Prevention Labs released the findings of a new report that contends that Internet-based threats using so-called zero-day attacks continue to proliferate at a rapid pace. In addition to appearing with greater frequency than ever before, and on a larger numbers of seemingly legitimate Web sites, researchers said that the attacks on […]