Matt Hines

Research In Motion is launching its BlackBerry products in China via a new deal it signed with China Mobile Communications, its first effort to establish its products in the massive nation. The wireless communications device and services vendor said that working with China Mobile, one of the countrys leading mobile carriers, it will first target […]

Anti-virus specialist Sophos has reported the details of a vulnerability in its flagship product line that could leave affected computers open to outside attack. The U.K.-based maker of software used to scan for viruses, spam e-mail and other forms of malicious code said that an independent researcher informed it of the issue, which specifically involves […]

As expected, Microsoft issued patches for two critical vulnerabilities in its software on May 9, including flaws in its Windows and Exchange products, as part of its monthly security update. While the companys latest patch distribution is meant to help Microsoft customers fix several well-known loopholes in its software, the update did not address a […]

An early review of the much-publicized security features due in Microsofts next-generation Windows Vista operating system concludes that the tools may be so unfriendly to users that they delay enterprises move to adopt the new product. In a research report published May 8, analysts at Boston-based Yankee Group said that Microsofts latest attempt to better […]

The it industrys largest players keep baking more defense features into their products—a trend that could accelerate the rapid shifts in a market experts already expect to consolidate. Since January, companies such as Cisco Systems, EMC, Intel and Microsoft have aggressively promoted expanded security in their products. In cases such as EMCs buyout of rights […]

Symantec is relaunching the anti-phishing industry group gained via its 2005 acquisition of WholeSecurity and is promising to sign on some well-known participants, in an effort to bring a more professional approach to the group. Dubbed the Symantec Phish Report Network, the effort builds on the network of companies previously brought together by WholeSecurity to […]

Check Point Software Technologies introduced its newest package of enterprise security applications on May 8, rolling out new capabilities for using so-called unified threat management technologies alongside its existing VPN and anti-malware tools. UTM packages typically include firewalls, e-mail filters, anti-virus software and some network intrusion detection capabilities. The biggest selling point behind such offerings […]

The FIFA World Cup 2006 tournament wont get underway in Germany until early June, but computer virus writers are already attempting to cash in on the planets most popular sporting event with viruses aimed at deceiving eager soccer fans. Researchers at UK-based Sophos released notification of a new attack that infects Microsoft Excel files and […]

The volume of security vulnerabilities discovered in Apples Macintosh platform has increased significantly over the last several years, according to a new report released by McAfees Avert Labs. The security software maker contends that the number of flaws found in the Mac operating system has increased by 228 percent since 2003. While the researchers said […]

Microsoft and Qualcomm have announced a new partnership through which they plan to integrate respective wireless technologies in the name of accelerating smart-phone development. The two market leaders said in a news release on May 4 that they will specifically work on porting Microsofts Windows Mobile operating system onto Qualcomms Convergence Platform MSM (Mobile Station […]

New research indicates that hackers are increasingly turning their efforts toward IM-borne attacks, with experts saying that businesses and end users remain largely ignorant to the growing problem. According to the latest report from anti-malware applications vendor Postini, the sheer volume of instant messaging threats it tracked during April 2006 increased by nearly 25 percent, […]

With industry experts predicting a wave of consolidation across the security applications sector, the continued efforts of the IT industrys largest players to bake more defense features into their products could accelerate the rapid shifts in the market. Since the beginning of 2006, most of the computing worlds largest names have issued new promises of […]