Endpoint Security News
Thwarted by security at enterprises, cyber criminals target SMBs
Big business -- at least a significant percentage of it -- has apparently heeded the decades-long mantra from information security experts, and...
Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo Spring conference
The cool new Internet ideas of yesteryear often create the headaches of today, and some startups at the Demo conference are starting to try to solve...
Check Point harnesses cloud security to deter botnet infections in enterprise
Check Point Software Technologies Tuesday announced a cloud-based threat-detection service that can help to identify botnets in real time and block...
Embedded system security much more dangerous, costly than traditional software vulnerabilities
Experts say embedded device manufacturers too often lack maturity when it comes to designing secure embedded systems.
Weak passwords still the downfall of enterprise security
A recent data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 255,000 people in Utah has once again highlighted the longstanding but...
Do Insecure Open Source Components Threaten Your Apps?
Open Source components are a boon to developers, allowing them to efficiently write code without reinventing the wheel. But since open source lacks...
Review: 7 password managers for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android
1Password and KeePass lead the field in features, flexibility, browser integration, and ease-of-use
Study finds major weaknesses in single sign-on systems
The single sign-on protocols that allow users to sign in to a range of websites with their Google or Facebook accounts suffer from security flaws...
Facebook scammers host Trojan horse extensions on the Chrome Web Store
Cybercriminals are uploading malicious Chrome browser extensions to the official Chrome Web Store and use them to hijack Facebook accounts, according...
Is Application Security the Glaring Hole in Your Defense?
Organizations on average spend one-tenth as much on application security as they do on network security, even though SQL injection attacks are the...
How security can add value to DevOps
Gene Kim, award-winning entrepreneur, researcher and founder of security firm Tripwire, walks us through his vision.
More than half of organizations take months or years to discover a breach, Verizon says
Over 90 percent of data breaches are the result of external attacks and almost 60 percent of organizations discovered them months or years later,...
Making sense of mobile device, app, and information management
As BYOD moves out of basic email access, IT seeks control over apps and data on users' devices. What can IT actually get?
Malware increasingly uses DNS as command and control channel to avoid detection, experts say
The number of malware threats that receive instructions from attackers through DNS is expected to increase, and most companies are not currently...
Cisco takes first step in delivering on SecureX vision
A year Cisco put forward its vision called SecureX about how it would devise ways that its network products, first its firewalls, would be able to...
CA links data-loss prevention to identify management for SharePoint file protection
At the RSA Conference today, CA Technologies put forward product plans for linking its data-loss prevention (DLP) technology with its identity access...
Start-up Click Security debuts with threat-detection product
Start-up Click Security launches today with a threat-detection product that analyzes and correlates intelligence gathered by sensors on network...
Mozilla gives CAs a chance to come clean about certificate policy violations
Mozilla has asked all certificate authorities (CAs) to revoke subordinate CA certificates currently used for corporate SSL traffic management,...
Shylock financial malware back 'with a vengeance'
There are hints in Shylock terminology to suggest it is coming from Russia or the Ukraine. But who is involved and exactly where it is coming from...
How does mobile device management (MDM) work?
Enterprise IT and security teams are stretched thin by the growing number of mobile device types invading the enterprise -- many owned by employees...
Making sense of mobile device, app, and information management
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