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Sourcefire Uses Big Data Analytics To Stop Malware
Cyber security vendor Sourcefire’s latest product uses big data analytics methods to search data to discover patterns in malware attacks and intervene to stop them. The release of FireAMP comes the same week that Cisco Systems released its fourth-quart…
Security 2012 Outlook: Brace For New Types Of Attacks
Each time enterprises manage to thwart one type of cyber attack, the criminals develop a new strategy. A recently released security forecast from Cisco Systems identifies the new threats to watch out for in 2012. Meanwhile, a security industry educatio…
Security 2011: Attack Of The Human Errors
Some household names in enterprise and consumer technology suffered the embarrassment of having been hacked by cybercriminals in 2011. RSA, of all companies — the IT security division of EMC — had to admit that its two-factor SecureID protection tech…
Palo Alto Networks Introduces Next-Generation Firewalls For Branch Offices, Apple Devices
Palo Alto Networks, which earlier this year launched the PA-5000 series of next-generation firewalls, has introduced the new PA-200, which protects branch offices and home offices as well as the bigger models. It has also upgraded its GlobalProtect tec…
Don’t Get Snagged By Spear Phishers
For one growing security concern, basic security systems and good user awareness may not be enough to keep users and businesses protected. In some of the recent cases of spear phishing, even trained security personnel were tricked into surrendering per…
Search Engine Poisoning: One More Thing To Worry About
A report from security firm Blue Coat Systems identifies a rising threat to computer users in the enterprise and in the home: Search Engine Poisoning (SEP), in which Web pages delivering a malware payload are made to look like legitimate pages and incl…
Cisco Study Shows Mass Phishing Attacks Down, Targeted Attacks Up
New research released by Cisco Systems shows a steep decline in the number of mass spam or phishing attacks by cyber criminals but a disturbing rise in the use of targeted phishing attacks that are more sophisticated and, for the criminals, more profit…
Former CA Security Business Emerges As Standalone Company
CA technologies sold off its Internet security business unit to the venture capital firm Updata Partners, which formed a new company called Total Defense that officially opens its doors Monday. Total Defense will focus on selling malware protection and…
