News Byte
Lauren Goode in News on April 25 at 10:23 am PT
Facebook has partnered with a handful of antivirus software vendors to add their security services to its URL blacklist system, meant to protect users against spam and malware. Six-month antivirus software licenses from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos and Symantec will also be available to Facebook’s 900 million users for free.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 23 at 8:36 am PT
What’s the creator of the once-controversial Pretty Good Privacy encryption program doing now? Winning awards and launching new ventures.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 6 at 7:07 am PT
While the Stuxnet worm was seen as difficult to make, inherent weaknesses found in widely used industrial control computers make attacks like that surprisingly easy to carry out, new research says.
News Byte
Kara Swisher in Enterprise on January 16 at 12:19 pm PT
Symantec said it had acquired LiveOffice, a privately-held cloud-based archiving company, for about $115 million. The security software company said the “acquisition will extend Symantec’s intelligent information governance offering to the cloud, providing customers choice between on-premise, cloud or hybrid delivery of Symantec solutions.” (Yes, the company actually said that.)
Voices
Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on December 20, 2011 at 12:31 pm PT
If I say “cloud computing,” what companies come to mind? Amazon’s Web Services? Google’s cloud-based collaboration tools, Google Apps? How about Microsoft?
Voices
Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on October 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT
The classic comedy “Trading Places” explores what happens when people from completely different walks of life switch places. In the technology world, we are witnessing a similar swap.
Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2011 at 12:01 am PT
Change is certainly afoot inside Yahoo.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 23, 2011 at 5:35 am PT
The summer that flash memory began to transform the data center continues as Pure Storage unleashes an all-flash storage array.
Liz Gannes in Social on May 10, 2011 at 11:08 pm PT
Following Symantec’s discovery that old Facebook code was exposing user data through thousands of the site’s apps, Facebook said it will require all its developers to implement a more secure combination of HTTPS and OAuth 2.0 by October 1 of this year.
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Ben Rooney, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 11, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
Consumers using Facebook and other social media sites, or using mobile devices, are among the key targets of malware according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report published by anti-virus company Symantec.
