MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Mozilla has released the first alpha version of Firefox 3.6, a browser with speed improvements and new features the organization hopes to finalize faster than its predecessor. "Unlike the year that passed between Firefox 3 and Firefox 3.5, we expect that this 3.6 release will be released in a small number
ASHBURN, Va. - Federal agencies now have more tools from Verizon Business to manage network access, protect critical assets, help prevent insider security threats, and help the agencies comply with federal security regulations. Verizon Business announced Aug. 10 that it is offering Symark PowerSeries security access-management software and applications, integrating those security capabilities for UNIX/Linux
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Phishing attacks rose 52 percent in July while spam as a percentage of all e-mail stayed about the same compared with the previous month, according to the latest reports from Symantec that tracked spam and phishing activity for the month. With some fluctuations, spam averaged around 89 percent of all e-mail
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has been hacked, sort of. Actually, the Google Apps account used by Twitter employees was hacked, which led to the deeper compromise of the Twitter corporate network and the unauthorized release of data regarding the company's growth plans and credit card numbers of several employees. It's believed that a hacker named
SAN FRANCISCO - CEOs and their senior executives don't see eye to eye on key security issues, according to a new survey. Many CEOs don't consider their own companies vulnerable to security attacks and are confident in their ability to combat those attacks, says a survey released Wednesday. However, those findings contrast with the opinions
SAN FRANCSICO - The Symbian Foundation has acknowledged that its process for keeping malicious applications off Symbian OS-based phones needs improvement, after a Trojan horse program passed a security test. The botnet-building Trojan, which calls itself "Sexy Space," passed through the group's digital-signing process, Symbian's chief security technologist Craig Heath said Thursday. Heath said the
ROCKVILLE, Md. - The North American managed security services market experienced 12 percent growth in 2008, with revenue reaching $1.06 billion during the year. According to Frost & Sullivan, the market segment will continue to grow to $2.4 billion in 2015. Five key factors are driving the market to grow in a fairly solid way,
SAN FRANCISCO - The guidelines will likely be seen as a welcome relief to some who have complained that the main body of the PCI security standard is too ambiguous. Security service providers and enterprises that deal with sensitive credit card information received valuable wireless security guidance last week with the publication of a new
YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan University's Center For Regional and National Security has been reappointed as a Center of Academic Excellence through 2014. The news came from CeRNS' Skip Lawver, Associate Professor, College of Technology. Who also said the NSA certified several CeRNS programs as meeting the 4011 and 4012 training standards for information security professionals
SAN FRANCISCO - Most people may think they're smart enough not to answer an obvious spam message. But is that really the case? Almost one third of consumers questioned admitted answering e-mails they suspected were spam, says a survey released Wednesday by the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group. Among those who responded to spam, 17 percent