Open source solutions company, Red Hat and security company Symantec have launched secure server bundles targeted at the small and medium-sized businesses.

The number of online crime complaints in the US has just crossed one million mark. The Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3) says that it received its 1 millionth complaint last week...

Defence ministers of several NATO countries have called for urgent needs to tackle the threat of 'cyber attacks' after Estonia’s computer networks were severely damaged last month....

Two days after it was reported that Windows operating systems, explorer web browswe and several other programmes had some security flaws, Microsoft Corp. released four critical patches to plug security holes.

In a report that can damage Yahoo’s reputation in the search world, a McAfee study has said that AOL shows most safe search results followed by Google while Yahoo searches are more risky...

Symantec has said that it might compensate Chinese computer users whose systems were crippled by an antivirus update. "We are now focusing on helping our clients restart their computers and will consider other issues once that work is finished," Symantec's Vincent Weafer said...

McAfee CEO has said that information threat dynamics is undergoing a sea of change. Thus McAfee is trying to tackle the issue by having a panoramic view while approaching security risk management. Dave DeWalt was the president of EMC Software Group, but is now part of McAfee...

Microsoft has urged Vietnam's government offices to ink an anti-piracy agreement in order to put a stop piracy. "The agreement demonstrates very strong commitments of the government of Vietnam," Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said. "I see a prosperous future ahead for Vietnam...

Piracy seems to be the ghost in the software industry that many want to get rid off. A new study has shown that 35 per cent of the software installed in 2006 on personal computers globally has been pirated. This leads up to an estimated USD 40 billion in losses...

Microsoft has issued seven advisories, all rated critical, to address 19 security holes in a variety of its products. The patches resolve issues in Microsoft Office products (such as Excel and Word), Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow remote...

The Web today is fast becoming a basic feature of global civilization with some 1.1114 billion people dependant on it for communication, to do business, as a source of information and for social networking purposes amongst others. However, with the Internet being ubiquitous so are the harmful threats...

Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates more than 230 of its patents. Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges that the Linux kernel violates 42 Microsoft patents. Last year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had openly stated that he thinks the Linux operating system...

Microsoft has outlined its vision for integrated security and management solutions and announced delivery of key products under the Forefront and System Centre brands. Microsoft’s Senior Vice President Bob Muglia described how Microsoft was delivering deeper integration with its...

Sun has decided to roll out their encryption key management software interface for free. According to the company, customers who possess units that have the capacity to encrypt data can interoperate with a Sun key management system freely...

The minute Google bought YouTube for USD 1.65 billion, analysts have always smelled trouble. YouTube has been slapped with many a one copyright infringement lawsuits. The latest being the one Football Association Premier League, England's....

Many people in the IT profession are of the opinion that their jobs are at stake in the case of a security breach. Inspite of having this fear they are unable to come up with ways to tackle the issue at hand. "IT departments ... are working endlessly to combat and minimise security issues...

Redmond, Washington based Microsoft has launched the latest version of its new Windows Server technology for public testing, allowing enterprises to evaluate the software and its much-touted security. Codenamed Longhorn, the software has already been through two rounds...

Exploit Prevention Labs researchers have uncovered hard evidence that cyber criminals are using Google AdWords to infect unsuspecting users with malware. Roger Thompson, CTO, Exploit Prevention Labs, said that the company identified exploits posing as legitimate URLs for the Better...

Datacraft has introduced its managed service for Internet Protocol telephony (IPT). Datacraft managed IPT service is designed to provide businesses with the experienced, specialised resources needed to manage and maintain a robust, IP-based voice platform...