MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee has tied its next generation of firewall products into its ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) management software. The security vendor has also opened up ePO to integrate third-party partners' products into the management frame. McAfee Firewall Enterprise (formerly Sidewinder), McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center and McAfee Firewall Enterprise Profiler were designed to
EAST LANSING ? Kinetic Wave Power, which harnesses the power of ocean waves to generate electricity, was named the grand prize winner Thursday night at the Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest spring 2009 business-plan competition. Kinetic Wave Power won $25,000. Kinetic Wave Power won the Emerging Business Category, after best five other finalists in the elevator
LANSING - Setting the stage for a more restrained 2009-10 budget, the Senate began passing appropriations bills on Thursday that reflected a tougher line on overall budget cuts, with Republicans aiming to slice 15 percent from the recommendations of Governor Jennifer Granholm. But efforts to pass a budget for the State Police stalled, though a
SEATTLE - Online scammers are targeting people looking for popular topics on Twitter and Google to lure them to Web sites that display fake security warnings and try to sell them antivirus products, PandaLabs reported. This technique isn't new, but seems to be widening on Google and is particularly successful on Twitter where links are
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - On the heels of Symantec's OnlineFamily.Norton, released earlier this year, security stalwart McAfee is jumping into the family protection game with a new home-oriented protection program. Called McAfee Family Protection, the program will offer many familiar tools to parents in the hopes of fostering conversation while protecting children from harm. McAfee
SAN FRANCISCO - Information security managers and executives have long been held accountable for security incidences and breaches, but what about the people who certify or provide the security? In other words, should auditors and managed security service providers be held accountable for breaches that happen after they've signed off on security measures? That is
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft released 10 security updates on Patch Tuesday this week, including critical patches for holes in Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, Office, and Excel. The six critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft software could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a machine, according to the Microsoft security bulletin reported by CNET News.Com. Three
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware has been found on ATMs in Eastern Europe and elsewhere that allows criminals to steal account data and PINs and even empty the machine of its cash, a computer forensics expert said. About 20 ATMs have been compromised in that manner, mostly in Russia and Ukraine, but there are "early indications"
WASHINGTON DC - The Internet might just have gotten a little safer. The Federal Trade Commission has shut down Pricewert, which allegedly recruits, participates in spam, child pornography and other harmful electronic content. The FTC complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, resulted in the court
WASHINGTON DC - Defcon founder Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, is one of the newest members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. The HSAC members will provide recommendations and