Identity thieves that hit Facebook last week with a new round of phishing attacks are harvesting passwords for profit, a …
Start-up costs slow spread of de-duplication
While data de-duplication is a relatively easy way for companies to consolidate storage systems, the technology has yet to attract …
New zero-day exploit targets Adobe Reader
Adobe Systems Inc. today confirmed that it's investigating reports that its popular PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader, contains a critical …
Spammers seize on swine flu to pitch bogus meds
Spammers have seized on the growing interest in news of a possible swine flu epidemic to hawk fake pharmaceuticals, security …
RSA chief calls for ‘inventive collaboration’ among security vendors
Two years after suggesting that independent security vendors were headed for extinction, Art Coviello, president of RSA, is calling for …
IT trembles over mobile management
There is a widespread lack of confidence among IT professionals in their ability to deliver consistent mobile service levels. Yet …
Botnet operators may be able to profit from Conficker update
An update of the Conficker worm that appeared on PCs last week will likely help its makers do what all …
Conficker botnet could flood Web with spam
Windows PCs infected with the Conficker worm have turned into junk mail-spewing robots capable of sending billions of spam messages …
IT security vendors worth following on Twitter
Enterprise IT companies are setting up Twitter accounts in droves, and security companies are among the most enthusiastic given that …
Conficker’s makers lose big, expert says
The malware makers who crafted Conficker must be extremely disappointed, a security expert said today, and not because the Internet …
EMC announces content archiving, e-discovery applications
EMC Corp. today announced a new family of e-mail archiving and e-discovery applications that can centrally managing multiple content types …
Conficker on April 1st: Eve of destruction or big joke?
Security experts say Conficker.C (also called Downadup) presents a serious threat. Infected machines — said to number from 3 million …
Latest cloud storage hiccups prompts data security questions
The pitch from providers of hosted storage services sounds enticing. Instead of what these providers call the inherent risks in …
Dell challenges HP, IBM with new offerings
Trying to shed its reputation as an inexpensive hardware vendor, Dell is taking steps to sharpen its enterprise offerings so …
In poor economy, IT pros could turn to e-crime
Enterprises increasingly worry that their employees may be more willing to steal data or sell insider knowledge because of the …
Adobe details secret PDF patches
Adobe Systems Inc. revealed today that it patched five critical vulnerabilities behind the scenes when it updated its Reader and …
Managing Macs
Macs as desktops and servers are increasing their penetration in business, even in enterprises. Power users like Mac OS X's …
Conficker’s next move a mystery to researchers
Security researchers are in the dark about what will happen next week when the newest variant of Conficker, 2009's biggest …
Conficker.C variant set for April 1st surprise, CA says
The third Conficker malware variant in infected machines is set to activate April 1, says the director of threat research …
IBM software to ease multivendor security management
IBM is introducing software that lets customers manage multivendor desktop security agents via a single console, affording them a broader …