Virus and other malware attacks directed against individuals or enterprises are increasingly motivated by financial gain, which has led to a higher number of attacks, which are potentially more dangerous. This escalation of security...

Adobe and Symantec have teamed up to simplify the accessibility of tools to increase PC safety and security for Internet users. Initially, the two companies will offer a complimentary trial and the option of special pricing for the Norton Internet...

The desktop and perimeter anti-spyware solutions market combined is expected to grow from USD 214 million in 2006, to USD 1.4 billion in 2010, according to a new study by The Radicati Group, 'Corporate Anti-Spyware Market, 2006-2010'...

RSA Security has unveiled two new authenticators – RSA SecurID Toolbar Token and RSA SecurID SID900 Transaction Signing Token – which provide businesses and consumers with flexibility and choice in deploying security for online...

Oracle has released a critical security patch to the company's E-Business Suite software. The patch, which was released nearly two months ahead of Oracle's next regularly scheduled security updates, fixes a number of vulnerabilities in the...

IBM has unveiled a new fraud detection capability that monitors users' online transactions for questionable activity. The new solution goes beyond today's traditional identity verification procedures by analyzing users' online behavior to...

McAfee is providing protection from attacks targeting the newly discovered Apple Mac OS X Command Execution Vulnerability and the recent worms targeting the Mac OS X platform, including OSX/Inqtana.a and OSX/Leap...

Sun Microsystems and Aduva, a patch and dependency management company, have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Sun will acquire Aduva. Aduva technology allows enterprises to automate the processes associated with patch...

Security experts announced the discovery of another vulnerability in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It is the third vulnerability found in less than a week. Security and antivirus...

If you are of the many viewing Google's 'Search Across Computers' feature released last week in Google Desktop 3 beta with suspicion, a new post on the official Google enterprise blog tries to put to rest some of the misconceptions about...

Security experts today warned of a Linux network worm that exploits holes in the Mambo content management system and the PHP XML-RPC library. Dubbed Mare.D, the worm leaves multiple backdoors on infected systems. Two of these are connectback...

New research conducted by Current Analysis, Inc. reveals that US enterprises expect the next release of Microsoft’s operating system, Vista, will include a wide range of security functionality. While enterprises indicate that...

iDefense has launched what it calls a "Quarterly Hacking Challenge" that offers monetary rewards for those discovering security vulnerabilities. Going forward, on a quarterly basis, we will select a new focus for the challenge and outline...

McAfee is corroborating its position in integrated enterprise-scale security management and policy enforcement with its latest network access control (NAC) strategy. McAfee NAC is powered by McAfee Policy Enforcer and provides medium to large...

McAfee has partnered with Sony Ericsson to provide mobile security solutions on Sony Ericsson’s new P990i smartphone and M600i. McAfee VirusScan Mobile and...

Symantec has announced that they will be creating a massive security package called Genesis. Semantec has set their goal to 'Security 2.0' which is proposed to be 'a new age of trust...

The Kama Sutra worm, designed to begin deleting files on infected computers this morning, has caused virtually no damage, according to antivirus firms. The worm, also known as Nyxem.E, MyWife...

McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs, and Thompson Cyber Security Labs unite to Establish Industry Standard for Spyware Samples and Testing Method. As a result of this collaboration, enterprise and consumer customers...

An "extremely critical" security vulnerability has been discovered in AOL's Winamp digital media player, relating to the way the software handles filenames that include a computer name. An exploit has already surfaced for the flaw, which affects...

Two decades ago, Brain, the first boot sector virus that infected personal computers via the floppy disk, was detected. While Brain itself was relatively harmless, it marked the genesis of the world of computer viruses. This year marks the...