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McAfee LiveSafe integrates cloud and Intel chip security in one product
McAfee has announced LiveSafe, a premium software and security service it believes can shore up the failing edifice of antivirus protection using a mixture of encryption, cloud storage, password management, authentication and malware defence for PCs, Macs, tablets and smartphones.
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CA Technologies buys Layer 7 for API insights
CA Technologies is acquiring Layer 7 Technologies, a purveyor of tools for managing and securing application programming interfaces (APIs).
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Intel acquires Mashery for planned services suite
Intel has purchased Mashery, a provider or API management tools, in the chip maker's latest move to expand into software and services.
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Samsung makes next move to challenge BlackBerry Enterprise Server
As Samsung seeks to challenge the dominance of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server platform in the business market, it has now struck a mobile device management technology deal with Absolute Software.
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Russian coder caught boasting about creating Flashback Mac Trojan
Prominent security blogger Brian Krebs has traced a Russian coder who appears to be happily taking credit for the most successful example of Mac OS X malware in history, last year's infamous Flashback Trojan.
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Rising cyber-nationalism leads to amplified cyber-mistrust
Though once a rare topic, today the air is filled with accusations of state-sponsored cyber-espionage and break-ins as the governments of US, China, Russia, Israel, India and Iran, among others, can be heard calling foreign cyberattacks a threat.
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Cisco adds app performance to branch routers
Cisco this week extended the software capabilities of its ISR branch routers with previously separate security and application performance features, including WAN optimisation.
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Enterprises are failing to tackle targeted network attacks
Large companies expect more protection from their existing security tools than they are capable of, according to research, which also found that almost three quarters (72 percent) of European enterprises have suffered a targeted attack on their networks.
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Mobile malware still small, but 'malnets' to rise up
Mobile device operating systems are still more secure than those of desktop or laptop computers. But today's mobile spam and phishing attacks will increasingly be delivered via mobile malware networks.
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Cisco pushes ahead with context-aware security vision
Cisco made two significant security announcements at its Cisco Live conference in London this week, reiterating its commitment to offering an integrated platform for defence, discovery, and remediation of threats.
