Kaspersky's exploit-proof OS leaves security experts skeptical
While there is a need for a more secure operating system for industrial control systems, experts say a U.S.-built OS would be preferred
Taylor Armerding | 19 Oct | Read more
While there is a need for a more secure operating system for industrial control systems, experts say a U.S.-built OS would be preferred
Taylor Armerding | 19 Oct | Read more
Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab will reportedly leave the anti-piracy lobby group for software companies, Business Software Alliance, over its position on US piracy laws.
The hackers behind the Duqu botnet have shut down their snooping operation, a security researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 01 Dec | Read more
A new Android Trojan program that poses as an SMS management application is sending text messages to predefined premium-rate numbers in Europe and Canada, according to security researchers from Kaspersky Lab.
Lucian Constantin | 29 Nov | Read more
Security vendors are behaving like "charlatans and scammers" by peddling antivirus apps to protect consumers from smartphone malware, Google's open source champion Chris DiBona has said in an uncompromising attack on the industry.
John E Dunn | 25 Nov | Read more
The hacker group behind Duqu may have been working on its attack code for more than four years, new analysis of the Trojan revealed Friday.
Gregg Keizer | 12 Nov | Read more
According to figures released recently by Kaspersky Lab, 1300 IT pros were asked about IT risks and security spending. Among large companies, the average security budget is $3.35 million, according to Kaspersky's data.
Joan Goodchild | 12 Oct | Read more
Countries need to take steps to upgrade critical infrastructure for protection from attacks by cybercombatants or rival countries conducting cyberwarfare, security experts said at a panel discussion this week.
In one of the bigger security news stories Microsoft struck a blow against an emerging botnet called Kelihos by using a legal tactic to take down the botnet's domain names.
Ellen Messmer | 01 Oct | Read more
MD5 hashes, still a common method for securing login passwords, are no longer an adequate defence against hackers, according to Kaspersky Lab analyst Evgeny (Eugene) Aseev.
Stilgherrian | 09 Sep | Read more
Kaspersky Lab plans a significant push into the enterprise security market with its new Endpoint Security 8.0 and Security Center 9.0 products for Windows, according to senior executives addressing partners and media at a preview event in Kuala Lumpur today.
Stilgherrian | 08 Sep | Read more
The impact of the breach of Dutch Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate authority (CA) DigiNotar has widened as Dutch authorities confirm its own certificate program was compromised in the attack, likely meaning a massive clean up job for its websites.
Besides the fraudulent security certificates Dutch authority DigiNotar issued for Google.com, more were made for Yahoo.com, Mozilla.org, torproject.org, wordpress.org and an Iranian blogging platform, Baladin, according to a Dutch report.
VMware yesterday said it has added more security vendor partners to its vShield product-development program in which security firms work with the company to develop data protection specifically designed for VMware's flagship <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102510-burning-questions-virtualization-storage.html">virtualization</a> platform, which today is vSphere 5.0.
Ellen Messmer | 01 Sep | Read more
Hackers have obtained a digital certificate good for any Google website from a Dutch certificate provider, a security researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 30 Aug | Read more