A summer of security consolidation continued today with news that Computer Associates has bought privately owned vulnerability management firm Pest Patrol for an undisclosed all-cash sum. Simon Perry, VP security strategy at CA, told silicon.com...
Perry said the difficulty in exactly defining spyware was one reason why the company often referred to certain programs as pests. He added that CA used the term 'pests' as an umbrella phrase to cover around 30 types of annoying programs.
So Overton's words will come as a surprise to many. And it's not just the bookmakers who are paying up, Overton said, explaining that one compelling incentive employed by the criminals is to ensure their ransom demands undercut the cost of...
Presenters urged greater concentration on preventing and going after generators of spam content, rather than just keeping spam email from entering users' in-boxes. Though researchers are just scratching the surface of spam prevention, progress has...
First, the use of disparate fluids, powders or other materials to build explosive devices really is chemistry 101 and shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone. For sure the reaction of the government and its servants was fast, conclusive and...
Fundamentally, prevention is cheaper, and less damaging to your reputation than cure, and the best path to prevention is operational excellence. Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying some new technology.
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