With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, as well as Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software …
Google unveils touchscreen Chromebook Pixel
Google on Thursday unveiled the $1,299 touchscreen Chromebook Pixel, a pricey slab of hardware that runs Google’s Web-centric Chrome OS, but defies …
Three alternatives to Adobe Reader
Another day, another critical security exploit discovered for Adobe Reader. The PDF software’s near-ubiquitous presence has made it a big, fat, …
Adobe Reader exploit ‘part of cyber espionage operation’
The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that …
Cyber security challenges in 2013
The security issues affecting businesses are similar around the world, writes Florian Malecki, Head of Product Marketing Manager –EMEA, Dell …
Blazing a new trail
Karl Driesen, VP EMEA, Palo Alto Networks
Malnets make the jump to mobile
Today’s mobile spam and phishing attacks will increasingly delivered by mobile malware networks, despite mobile device operating systems being more …
Are 8 Windows more shatterproof than 7?
So far, the evidence suggests Windows 8 has hardly been the gleaming success that Microsoft no doubt hoped it would …
Unstoppable force
When Cisco sold its home networking arm, Linksys, to rival Belkin in January, the firm said that it wanted to …
Linux now available on Windows 8 machines
The Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware …
RSA launches Security Analytics in UAE
RSA last week launched its Security Analytics solution in the UAE, promising to leverage big data in order to provide …
Flash Player vulnerabilities trigger emergency update
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been …
Bit9 chooses Bridge as distributor
Bridge Systems this week announced that it had been chosen by advanced threat protection vendor Bit9 to be a value-added …
2012 ‘year of the exploit’
In a security landscape report released on Tuesday, security software maker F-Secure claimed that 2012 was the “year of the …
Sophos unveils Mobile Control 3.0
Sophos on Tuesday unveiled Mobile Control 3.0, the latest version of its MDM (mobile device management) product for Android-based tablets …
Java for OS X restored
Apple on Friday released its own update for Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s …
HP uses SDN to scale up TippingPoint
HP announced last week that it plans to use its recently unveiled SDN controller to distribute its TippingPoint intrusion prevention …
Kaspersky adds mobile, system management to business security offering
Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday made its bid to reduce the complexity associated with managing IT security processes in corporate environments, …
Cyber criminals ditch PCs for mobile era, according to survey
Cyber criminals have moved beyond the traditional PC, targeting Android, social media and even the Mac OS X with new …
Software reseller pays damages to Microsoft
In February 2012 the Anti-Economic Crimes Department of the Dubai Police carried out an enforcement action against a computer and …