Matt Hines

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Speaking to a packed auditorium of graduate students here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina told the group of future business leaders that issues of ethics will be among the hardest they tackle during the course of their careers. On tour to promote her […]

Microsoft contends that its partners should embrace the security features being added to its Vista operating system instead of complaining about them, but software makers including Symantec and McAfee said that the company’s mandate for new product innovation only benefits its own interests. At the crux of the dispute is Microsoft’s contention that controversial security […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Amazon.com’s far-ranging online retail business will continue to serve as its primary money-maker for the foreseeable future, but a collection of Web services applications piggybacked on the infrastructure supporting its consumer sales will become a growing source of income and technical development expertise in years to come, according to Jeff Bezos, the firm’s founder […]

Attacks that capitalize on vulnerabilities in popular Web browsing software and targeted malware and phishing efforts dominated the first six months of 2006, according to Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report. Published on September 25, the twice-yearly analysis highlights continued growth of the browser vulnerability issue, finding that 69 percent of all the new threats […]

A litany of new security applications and services were among the many new products rolled out in connection with the ongoing Interop New York conference, being held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center Sept. 18-22. Among the security industry players introducing new software at the conference was StillSecure, a software maker in the NAC (network […]

Researchers at security software maker Postini said the company detected a significant increase in the number of corporate directory harvesting attacks launched during August 2006. According to Postini’s monthly Message Security & Management Update, DHAs (directory harvest attacks), through which criminals attempt to make off with entire corporate e-mail account listings, increased by 30 percent […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the results of its Cyber Storm exercise on Sept. 13, highlighting areas where the government and private organizations must improve their responsiveness to emerging IT-related threats. The agency release a 23-page report on the findings of the simulated IT attack, labeled by Homeland Security leaders as “the largest […]

Symantec introduced an updated version of its legal discovery suite on Aug. 21, promising new features that further streamline companies’ abilities to meet information reporting demands spurred by lawsuits and other mandates. Dubbed Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator 6.0, the product is meant to integrate with the data storage and lifecycle management applications sold under the […]

Oracle released an updated version of its user authentication package on Aug. 16, adding a range of tools gained via the company’s acquisitions and its work to build additional security measures into other products. The database giant says that the updated authentication suite—called Oracle Identity Management 10g Release 3—better addresses the end-to-end process of creating, […]

AOL’s internal mistake that led it to release detailed keyword search data for roughly 658,000 of its users is being highlighted by at least one Washington legislator as a chance to inject new interest into a consumer privacy bill before Congress. Massachusetts Rep. Edward J. Markey, the senior Democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee […]

Businesses that use gateway security appliances to protect Research In Motion’s BlackBerry communications servers could be subject to attacks based on the planned release of exploit code by a high-profile malware researcher. According to a warning released by network security applications and device provider Secure Computing, organizations with their BlackBerry servers installed behind their gateway […]

LAS VEGAS—When Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative in 2002, many industry watchers doubted the seriousness of the software giant’s pledge to improve the security of its products. As the company prepares to release its Vista operating system in 2007, attendees of the Black Hat security conference said that they’re now convinced the company has […]