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McAfee taps Intel for high-throughput intrusion-prevention
McAfee is taking advantage of its new owners by rolling out a high-throughput intrusion-prevention system (IPS) family built on Intel technology.
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McAfee splashes $389 million for Stonesoft's firewall knowhow
Another independent security firm has been swallowed by the expanding McAfee empire with the news that Intel?s security play has agreed to pay $389 million (£250 million) in cash for small but innovative Finnish firm Stonesoft.
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Intrusion Prevention Systems fail to spot AET attacks, University study finds
Many big-brand Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) consistently fail to block attacks that target vulnerabilities in web-based applications using Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs), a University of Glamorgan study has found.
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Cybersecurity strikeback will strike out in the private sector
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.
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Companies experience a malware event on their systems every three minutes, report says
Organisations face malware-related events that bypass traditional defense technologies on their networks every three minutes, according to a new report released Wednesday by security vendor FireEye.
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File-sharing, video and social apps are tiny threat, Palo Alto finds
Social networking, file sharing and video applications are not the major security risk many admins believe them to be despite living up to their reputation as major bandwidth hogs, firewall firm Palo Alto has discovered.
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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S and ThinkPad Helix hybrid tablets announced
Lenovo continued its deluge of new Windows 8 product offerings at CES 2013, with key additions to its line of Windows 8 hybrid laptops, including a smaller IdeaPad Yoga 11S. These new laptops follow up on the company's earlier announcements of touch-based additions to its IdeaPad and ThinkPad clamshell line.
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Palo Alto Networks unveils virtualised next-gen firewalls for VMWare platforms
Palo Alto Networks Tuesday unveiled the first virtualized version of its next-generation firewall, server-based software intended to run on the VMware platform to allow security managers to set up firewall application-layer controls in virtual machines (VM).
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Critical flaw found in software used by many industrial control systems
CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows potential attackers to execute sensitive commands on the vulnerable devices without the need for authentication, according to a report from security consultancy Digital Bond.
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Open DNS resolvers used to amplify DDoS attacks, hide original source
Open and misconfigured DNS (Domain Name System) resolvers are increasingly used to amplify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to a report released Wednesday by HostExploit, an organisation that tracks Internet hosts involved in cybercriminal activities.
