March 2, 2008
Vendors crowd to support NAP
By Dave Nixon
Security vendors are lined up to publicize their products’ compatibility with Microsoft’s network access protection. Foundry Networks, McAfee, Symantec, Avenda Systems and a start-up named Napera Networks have all affirmed that their security platforms can plug into NAP, a key security feature of Windows Server 2008.
In the case of Foundry, this interoperability signifies that its [...]
February 4, 2008
Anti-virus Firms to Sharpen Test Procedures
By Dave Nixon
A collection of anti-virus companies and software testers have created a new body with the intention of providing dependable information about the effectiveness of anti-virus products.
The circulation of malware, including viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, and websites exploiting flaws in Internet browsers, is now being pressed by organised crime for financial gain, and poses an [...]
January 31, 2008
Researchers Discredit Microsoft’s Bug Claim
By Dave Nixon
A security researcher has dismissed Microsoft’s assertion that the year’s first critical Windows vulnerability would be “difficult and unlikely” to be exploited by attackers.
On Tuesday, in relation to the TCP/IP flaw spelled out 8 January in Microsoft’s MS08-001 security bulletin, Immunity updated an operational exploit, and published a Flash demonstration of the attack on its [...]
January 10, 2008
Sanford and Coverity: Getting the bugs out of open-source software
By Janine de Blois
In January 2006 funding totalling $1.24 million was announced, provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for the “Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation Open Source Hardening Project “-alternately known as the “Scan Project“.
Working on the project are Stanford University, Coverity, and Systematic. The 3 year grant is divided among Stanford [...]
March 26, 2007
Symantec announces mobile security software
By Janet Harris
Symantec is planning to unveil its first suite of security software for Microsoft Windows Mobile devices - Symantec Mobile Security Suite 5.0 - at the CTIA Wireless show in Orlando.
With Mobile Security Suite 5.0, Symantec aims to provide mobile devices with the same kind of protection it offers to PCs.
Although PC viruses significantly outnumber viruses [...]
March 23, 2007
Symantec reports 48% increase in threats to data
By Janet Harris
Symantec Corp’s Internet Security Threat Report Volume XI, identifies an increase in data theft, data leakage, and the creation of targeted, malicious code designed to steal confidential information for financial gain.
The number of bot-infections increased worldwide by 29% to over 6 million, in the second half of 2006.
Trojan attacks increased by 23% compared with the [...]
March 19, 2007
Symantec warns on public sector security
By Janet Harris
Symnantec highlights an increased threat to public sector security in the latest edition of its threat report which covers the last six months of 2006.
According to the study, a quarter of data breaches involved information held by government or its agencies. The second highest number of data breaches, 20%, affected education, with the health sector [...]
March 2, 2007
New Norton 360 - All-In-One Security
By Janet Harris
Symantec Corporation’s Norton 360 - All-In-One Security product is now available.
The Norton 360 solution includes Symantec’s security and PC tune-up technologies, plus automated backup.
The solution provides antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing, online identity protection, web site authentication, two way firewall and 2GB secured online storage at a suggested retail price of US$79.99 for up to three PCs. [...]
December 5, 2006
Symantec Introduces Windows Vista Security Products
By Brian Turner
Symantec is launching AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.2, a security and backup system for the newly available Windows Vista operating system.
Symantec has already unveiled Backup Exec 11d, which has been under beta since early this year. Backup Exec 11d targets early adopters of the Windows Vista operating system and 64-bit computing and expands the capabilities of [...]
December 1, 2006
Symantec releases Norton 360 security beta
By Brian Turner
Symantec has released Norton 360, which combines PC security and tune-up technologies with automated backup and online transaction security abilities, as a public beta.
Norton 360 is designed to protect users from viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, spyware, adware, hackers and online scams. It provides security during banking and shopping online through identity theft protection. It also [...]