McAfee, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned MX Logic, Inc. for approximately $140 million in cash at closing, with an earn-out of up to an additional $30 million in cash if certain performance targets are met. MX Logic is a global provider of cloud-based email and Web security and email archiving and continuity services. The acquisition of MX Logic ought to provide McAfee with the industry’s most comprehensive cloud-based security portfolio (Security-as-a-Service, SaaS) and adds more than 40,000 Customers, four million end users and 1,800 partners. more…

Researchers at Bitdefender have detected a new wave of spam attacks focused around the release of the latest Harry Potter movie ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’. The new wave of malware downloads the Rogue Trojan, deals serious damages to computers and steals credit card information from computer users who attempt to watch the movie free online. more…

In these challenging times when money is tight and cyber-risks are increasing, information-security and risk professionals have an important duty to simultaneously improve security, while reducing costs. This year’s Gartner Information Security Summit – 21-22 September, Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, UK – ought to emphasise the role of the increasingly specialised individual practitioner. more…

Digital certificates provide two factors to build trust online: the strength of the encryption and the visual assurance of authentication. Stronger encryption enhances protection because it’s harder to break. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recommends that site owners upgrade to 2048-bit digital certificates (2007 NIST standards). “Comodo’s 2048-bit digital certificates are now the most trusted on the market,” said Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo. “Comodo’s 2048-bit root is now more ubiquitous, even than Verisign’s. And, Comodo’s 2048-bit certificates operate with major browsers, even when our competition’s do not.” more…

CoCoSys Endpoint Security

CoSoSys has been recently selected by the Bronx-based non-profit organization Astor Services For Children & Families to protect its network from threats embedded in portable storage and lifestyle devices. Astor has selected the Endpoint Protector solution (we reported) to increase its security and protect their network from both inside and outside threats and to comply with specific regulations of the State of New York. more…

Security vulnerabilities within Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Flash Player have been detected which are getting actively exploited – manipulated PDF channel malware into computers – on the net currently. According to a security advisory Adobe is currently investigating the problem and plans an update for the 30th of July. more…

Nextier Networks today announced the immediate availability of a new class of Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) appliances: The Compliance Enforcer appliance leverages Nextier’s DLP algorithms with semantic DNA analysis for advanced accuracy, automated security policy management and compliance reporting in a single, centralized console. Companies ought to reduce data security and compliance administration and enforcement from weeks to minutes while minimizing data breaches and internal malicious threats. more…

Protegrity today announced the release of the Protegrity Data Protection System (DPS) 5. DPS 5 offers enterprises proactive risk-adjusted data security strategies that balance business needs and security/compliance demands. As complete enterprise data protection platform Protegrity DPS 5 secures data at the application, file and database levels according to an enterprise’s own security policies. Protegrity’s central key manager ought to manage encryption key lifecycles across all protection points, across platforms, enterprise wide. more…

Trendnet TV-IP600W

Torrance, California based Trendnet International Inc. USA introduced the new wireless controllable Internet camera server TV-IP600W into the market. The device offers pan (312° (-156° to +156°) side-to-side), tilt (115° (-45° to +70°) up-and-down) and zoom controls and delivers a high resolution (up to 640 x 480 pixels @15 fps) MJPEG stream with up to 30 fps (max. 320 x 240 pixels).

Users can manage the camera and watch video sequences over the Internet. The camera’s wireless module offers a connection speed of up to 300 MBit/s (IEEE 802.11n) which maximizes the available bandwidth for video streaming and security applications. more…

Symantec has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the 2009 Magic Quadrant for Storage Resource Management (SRM) and SAN Management Software (Valdis Filks and Robert Passmore, June 22, 2009). A well implemented SRM solution protects stored informations and guarantees the integrity of all saved data even in case of disaster. more…