McAfee picks up DLP maker Reconnex for $46 million

Dan Kaplan August 01, 2008

McAfee filled out its data-loss prevention (DLP) portfolio on Thursday with the $46 million acquisition of Reconnex.
 

Motorola acquires wireless security maker AirDefense

Dan Kaplan July 29, 2008

Telecommunications firm Motorola has acquired AirDefense, provider of wireless LAN security.
 

Sophos bids to acquire endpoint encryption firm

Dan Kaplan July 28, 2008

Endpoint security stalwart Sophos has bid to acquire Germany-based encryption provider Utimaco Software for more than $340 million.
 

BlackBerry maker fixes PDF flaw that could crash server

Dan Kaplan July 21, 2008

The maker of popular BlackBerry mobile devices has patched a hole in its Enterprise Server that could have allowed hackers to take control of affected systems.
 

BlackBerry advises blocking PDFs until flaw is fixed

Dan Kaplan July 16, 2008

A major vulnerability in the BlackBerry Attachment Service could result in a takedown of the enterprise server that supports the popular mobile device.
 

As businesses weigh adoption, new iPhone plugs 13 flaws

Dan Kaplan July 11, 2008

With the much anticipated release Friday of version 2.0 of the iPhone comes patches for 13 security holes.
 

Sun, Apple offer security updates

Dan Kaplan July 10, 2008

Sun Microsystems has issued fixes for a number of vulnerabilities in its Java offerings, while six flaws in AppleTV were patched.
 

Vendor IT security software revenue increases

Dan Kaplan June 17, 2008

Fueled by continued compliance demands and an evolving threat landscape, global software security revenue totaled $10.4 billion last year, a jump of nearly 20 percent, an analyst firm said Tuesday.
 

AT&T management staff data on stolen laptop

Dan Kaplan June 04, 2008

An undisclosed number of management-level workers at AT&T have been notified that their personal information was stored unencrypted on a stolen laptop.
 

Startup offers solution to "cold boot" hack

Jim Carr May 14, 2008

A startup vendor of security software says it has a solution to the so-called "cold boot" encryption vulnerability uncovered by a team of Princeton researchers in February.