MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee has tied its next generation of firewall products into its ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) management software. The security vendor has also opened up ePO to integrate third-party partners' products into the management frame. McAfee Firewall Enterprise (formerly Sidewinder), McAfee Firewall Enterprise Control Center and McAfee Firewall Enterprise Profiler were designed to
FERNDALE - Robert Buxbaum of Oakland County's REB Research & Consulting company has been awarded an SBIR Phase 1 grant from the Department of Energy to research new, high temperature materials for use in Fourth generation nuclear power plants that could burn waste generated by other nuclear reactors. The primary material used in current nuclear
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft confirmed that it is planning for Windows 7 to hit retail shelves and start showing up on new PCs on October 22. To reach that milestone, Microsoft plans to wrap up development of the operating system by the middle or end of next month, Senior Vice President Bill Veghte said in
SAN DIEGO - Security firm Websense has put out an advisory warning Web site owners about malicious code that redirects surfers to seemingly safe sites. About 40,000 Web sites appear to have been compromised with rogue JavaScript code that redirects Web surfers to a fake Google Analytics site, after which they get passed onto a
SEATTLE - Online scammers are targeting people looking for popular topics on Twitter and Google to lure them to Web sites that display fake security warnings and try to sell them antivirus products, PandaLabs reported. This technique isn't new, but seems to be widening on Google and is particularly successful on Twitter where links are
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - On the heels of Symantec's OnlineFamily.Norton, released earlier this year, security stalwart McAfee is jumping into the family protection game with a new home-oriented protection program. Called McAfee Family Protection, the program will offer many familiar tools to parents in the hopes of fostering conversation while protecting children from harm. McAfee
SAN FRANCISCO - Information security managers and executives have long been held accountable for security incidences and breaches, but what about the people who certify or provide the security? In other words, should auditors and managed security service providers be held accountable for breaches that happen after they've signed off on security measures? That is
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft released 10 security updates on Patch Tuesday this week, including critical patches for holes in Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, Office, and Excel. The six critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft software could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a machine, according to the Microsoft security bulletin reported by CNET News.Com. Three
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware has been found on ATMs in Eastern Europe and elsewhere that allows criminals to steal account data and PINs and even empty the machine of its cash, a computer forensics expert said. About 20 ATMs have been compromised in that manner, mostly in Russia and Ukraine, but there are "early indications"
WASHINGTON DC - The Internet might just have gotten a little safer. The Federal Trade Commission has shut down Pricewert, which allegedly recruits, participates in spam, child pornography and other harmful electronic content. The FTC complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, resulted in the court