Vulnerability disclosure gap causes cyber crime opportunity: Lumension 

Vulnerability disclosure gap causes cyber crime opportunity: Lumension

In Applications - 15 October 2010 2:20 PM
CTO calls for vendors to cooperate on patch releases.
Antivirus programs only detect 18% of zero-day malware 

Antivirus programs only detect 18% of zero-day malware

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 11 August 2010 2:06 PM
Malware writers still ahead of the game.
ZDI bug bounty program imposes fix deadline for vendors  

ZDI bug bounty program imposes fix deadline for vendors

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 4 August 2010 12:39 PM
31 high-risk vulnerabilities on waiting list.
Anti-spam vendors sail through Virus Bulletin tests 

Anti-spam vendors sail through Virus Bulletin tests

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 6 May 2010 12:04 PM
MessageStream, Vipre and modusGate miss the cut.
Four charged in ticket hacking 'conspiracy' 

Four charged in ticket hacking 'conspiracy'

In Web/client - By Greg Masters, 2 March 2010 1:39 PM
Wiseguy Tickets used hacking techniques to get tickets to major events.
Microsoft knew about IE flaw for months 

Microsoft knew about IE flaw for months

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 25 January 2010 9:57 AM
Told in September.
Third of anti-virus vendors fail to protect Vista 

Third of anti-virus vendors fail to protect Vista

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 5 August 2009 9:43 AM
Security vendors fail customers.
CEO accuses vendors of using scare tactics and publicity-seeking gimmicks to stand out 

CEO accuses vendors of using scare tactics and publicity-seeking gimmicks to stand out

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 4 February 2009 10:44 AM
PineApp CEO Rakash Gupta has criticised security vendors for pulling out all the stops to raise awareness of the latest threats and make them stand out from the crowd.
Latest VB100 malware test brings good news 

Latest VB100 malware test brings good news

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 4 December 2008 9:29 AM
The latest VB100 malware test from Virus Bulletin has proved good news for security vendors, all but two of which passed the latest edition of the noted antivirus test.
Security vendors warn of Christmas e-crime spike 

Security vendors warn of Christmas e-crime spike

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 3 December 2008 9:44 AM
The IT security vendor community came out in force today to warn consumers and corporate web surfers that internet criminals are likely to double their efforts over the ...
Security giants propose new testing standard 

Security giants propose new testing standard

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 12 November 2008 10:59 AM
A group of leading security firms has proposed a new standardised system for testing security software.
Security vendors look to web services 

Security vendors look to web services

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 10 September 2008 8:15 AM
Security vendors are turning to web-based services in an attempt to 'keep up with the bad guys'.
Microsoft opens up to security vendors 

Microsoft opens up to security vendors

In Applications - By Rosalie Marshall, 8 August 2008 10:48 AM
Microsoft launches Active Protection Programme and an Explotability Index.
Second tier vendors to challenge McAfee, Symantec on endpoint security 

Second tier vendors to challenge McAfee, Symantec on endpoint security

In Web/client - By Richard Thurston, 6 June 2008 10:22 AM
AVG, BitDefender, Kaspersky and Sophos are making inroads into the market share of the endpoint industry leaders, largely on the grounds of using less processing power, a ...
Email security vendors see PDF spam spike 

Email security vendors see PDF spam spike

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 16 July 2007 10:31 AM
Email security vendors reported a spike in PDF spam this week that, because of the size of the messages, increased global spam traffic by as much as a third.
Major antivirus vendors fail quality test 

Major antivirus vendors fail quality test

In Applications - By Tom Sanders, 12 June 2007 11:43 AM
Kaspersky, F-Secure and Grisoft stumped by Virus Bulletin 100.
Web security vendors wage patent war 

Web security vendors wage patent war

In Risk - By Clement James, 4 June 2007 10:13 AM
Finjan and Secure Computing engage in tit-fot-tat legal spat.
Image spam levels fluctuating, say vendors 

Image spam levels fluctuating, say vendors

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 8 May 2007 9:48 AM
The most recent monthly spam report from Symantec saw a decrease in image spam — a technique using embedded images to bypass phishing filters — that had been growing in ...
Vendors time updates for end-of-month Vista release 

Vendors time updates for end-of-month Vista release

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 18 January 2007 6:34 PM
Top security vendors will release updated versions of their products to coincide with the consumer launch of Microsoft's new Vista operating system, the software giant and ...
Vista Launch: Most vendors come up empty at Windows release 

Vista Launch: Most vendors come up empty at Windows release

In Applications - By Ericka Chickowski, 4 December 2006 9:30 AM
As Microsoft trumpeted the business release of its Vista operating system lat week security vendors scrambled to offer third-party anti-virus software for the new Windows ...
Watchdog names and shames 'badware' vendors 

Watchdog names and shames 'badware' vendors

By René Millman, 23 March 2006 12:38 PM
The Stopbadware Coalition, which takes aim at malware, spyware and adware, published its first report naming the programs it believes computer users should avoid installing.
Linux vendors on alert as flaw found in KDE 

Linux vendors on alert as flaw found in KDE

By William Eazel, 25 January 2006 10:53 AM
Linux vendors have issued a warning about a potentially serious security hole in the KDE desktop environment, affecting a number of Linux distributions that use the software.
Cisco, vendors scramble to fix VPN vulnerablities 

Cisco, vendors scramble to fix VPN vulnerablities

By Frank Washkuch, 15 November 2005 10:23 PM
A vulnerability in virtual private networks (VPNs) from several large vendors could leave large parts of the internet open to denial of service attacks, numerous software ...
IM vendors warn of Skype growth 

IM vendors warn of Skype growth

By Ron Condon, 16 February 2005 1:07 AM
The rapid growth in use of the free Skype voice-over-IP service could open up companies to severe security breaches, vendors warned at the RSA Conference.
App security vendors issue challenge 

App security vendors issue challenge

By Marcia Savage, 8 November 2004 11:09 PM
A group of application security vendors is challenging Check Point Software Technologies, Symantec, and others to submit their products to an independent application security ...
Vendors struggle to cope with WLAN security threats 

Vendors struggle to cope with WLAN security threats

By Robert Jaques, 29 September 2004 11:28 AM
The market for wireless local area network (WLAN) security technologies is growing "phenomenally", but vendors are struggling to keep up with the fast-moving nature of WLAN ...
Virus vendors twiddle thumbs 

Virus vendors twiddle thumbs

By Dan Ilett, 30 June 2004 11:55 AM
Business has been quiet for anti-virus firm Trend Micro as it reported that the spread of computer viruses has slowed down.
Security vendors launch industry association 

Security vendors launch industry association

By Marcia Savage, 25 February 2004 8:22 PM
Twelve major Internet security vendors launched the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) Wednesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Lights are on for security vendors 

Lights are on for security vendors

By Dan Ilett, 6 January 2004 11:56 AM
Security distributor equIP is opening a technical assistance centre to help its resellers and customers economize on support costs
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