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Security Watch: Acquisitions Aplenty

Last week, the number of independent companies in the security space decreased again as Symantec gobbled up Bindview, and Checkpoint ate Sourcefire, maker of...

Google Plugs Security Flaw in AdWords

Google Inc. has quietly patched a potentially dangerous security flaw in two of its business-facing services after a private security research outfit warned that...

MS-YASS 1.0? (Yet Another Security Suite)

The irony is bitter all around. So many people like to blame Microsoft for the deluge of malware on Windows, and the it does...

To Bundle or Not to Bundle: Thats the Microsoft Security Question

Microsoft Corp. has not yet launched a paid anti-virus product, but questions about software bundling and unfair competition are already swirling in Europe. Rival Symantec...

Microsoft Forms Security Alliance

Microsoft Corp. is at the helm of a new industry consortium aimed at uniting security vendors to work on products standardized on the Microsoft...

Malware Naming Plan Gets Chilly Reception

A discussion of a new system for tracking malicious code introduced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security turned into a contentious argument Wednesday,...

Next MS Patch Day Brings IE, Exchange Updates

It figures to be a busy patch day for Windows system administrators next Tuesday. As part of its monthly security update release cycle, Microsoft Corp....

Microsoft Revamps, Rebrands Sybari Anti-Virus

Less than a year after its acquisition of enterprise anti-virus vendor Sybari Software Inc., Microsoft Corp. is revamping and rebranding the flagship Antigen product...

Check Point Snaps Up Sourcefire

Check Point Software Technologies Inc. is snapping up intrusion prevention and real-time network awareness software maker Sourcefire for a $225 million mix of cash...

Microsoft Enterprise Anti-Spyware Plans Take Shape

Microsoft moved a step closer to becoming a key player in the Internet security business with the announcement Thursday of a new enterprise-class anti-spyware...