Web Security
109 Stories
Mozilla: Chrome Frame is the wrong answer
News Better for users to upgrade browsers than hybridize Microsoft IE and Google Chrome, which can confuse users about Web security, Mozilla's engineering chief says.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Plug-in, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, performance, Web
S'pore revs up again for F1 night race
News Singapore's F1 track features several alterations this year, but race teams have suited up with new tools to support backend IT systems and communications.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Data Management, Race, SingTel, Storage, AT&T Corp., telephony, team, car, Mobile platforms/communications
Malware boosting rise of cybercriminals
Insight perspective Internet users worldwide make 100 million visits to malicious URLs each month, marking "Web security pandemic", says MessageLabs executive.
Tags: Security, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Victim, Site, Domain, Search Engine, COM, computer, Advertisement
Symantec acquires Mi5, expands security offerings
News Company has bought Web security appliance maker Mi5 and plans to announce two new enterprise suites at the RSA conference.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Acquisitions, Malware, Security, client system, Mi5 Networks, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition, RSA Security Inc., Web security
Poll: IT managers unsure over Web 2.0
News Overconfidence and confusion over what constitutes Web 2.0 pose threat to organizations' online security, says security company Websense.
Tags: Security, Web 2.0, IT Manager, Survey, Tool, Australia, Websense Inc., Web security, Canada, Web 2.0
Security companies Marshal and 8e6 to merge
News Combined company aims to offer protection for corporate and Web-based e-mail, instant messaging, and Web surfing.
Tags: Security, Mergers, Acquisitions, 8e6 Technologies, Web security, e-mail, IM, monitoring, Internet, Web Surfing
Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash
News Attackers turn unpatched bug in Flash into an exploit to drop Trojan on computers in latest attack on Adobe software.
Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Exploit, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Web Browser, Zero-day Bug, Symantec Corp., Adobe Acrobat, researcher, trojan horse
Microsoft takes aim at fake antivirus program
News As part of Patch Tuesday Microsoft adds a fake antivirus program to items targeted by its Malicious Software Removal Tool.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Microsoft Windows, Malware, Security, Malicious Software Removal Tool, Password, antivirus, computer, malicious software
HP offers free security tool for Flash developers
News Some 35 percent of nearly 4,000 Web apps developed with the Flash platform violate Adobe's security best practices, according to Hewlett-Packard.
Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Macromedia Flash Player, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Tool, Developer, computer, security tool
Finjan offers free SecureTwitter browser plug-in
News New SecureTwitter plug-in can protect people from worms, Trojans, and other malware attacks spread through Twitter, Gmail, MySpace, and other sites.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Twitter, Site, Finjan Software Inc., Plug-in, Web Browser, Social Media, question mark, Web browser plug-in, Facebook
Facebook retools password resets, addresses app
News In response to concerns, social network changes the way it resets passwords and asks the developer of Photo Stalker to inform users that it doesn't violate privacy guidelines.
Tags: Data security, E-mail Address, Password, photograph, e-mail, Facebook, CAPTCHA, CNET Networks Inc., Web Site, Web
Why your business should embrace Web 2.0
Insight Web 2.0 technologies can be a boon to businesses--find out how in this excerpt from Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom by Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet advertising, Wiki, Tool, Enterprise 2.0, Harvard Business Review, Alvin Toffler, social networking, vision
Cisco finalizes IronPort acquisition
News Networking company has bought Web security firm IronPort, but the acquisition could lead to conflict with Cisco's partner Trend Micro.
Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, Antivirus software, Acquisitions
Survey: Web-based malware puts corporations at risk
News One-quarter of IT administrators surveyed say data has been compromised by a Web-based threat and one-third cite employee use of social networks and other sites at work.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Web 2.0, Web sites, Malware, Survey, Video, Webroot Software Inc., social networking, Web application
MessageLabs to buy OmniPod for IM security
News Acquisition of hosted secure enterprise instant messaging provider is MessageLabs' ticket into the instant messaging security fray.
Tags: Network security, Instant messaging
