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M86 Security Takes on Bigger Vendors
Just a few weeks after a name change and a little under 11 months after a merger between Marshal and 8e6 Technologies, M86 Security has high aspirations to take on major security players such as Websense and McAfee in the secure Web gateway market with the help of a new slate of products and a…
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Password, ID Stealing Malware Volume Jumps 400%
Clampi, the Trojan that Secure Channel wrote about yesterday, is a fine example of why we’ll never see another Code Red, Nimda or LoveLetter virus again. The intent of malware is no longer to cause mass service disruptions, but rather to steal as much information as possible without getting detected. Trojans, worms, viruses and rootkits…
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Eight Steps to Securing Unstructured Data
As your customers continue to leverage mobile devices and laptops within and outside of their environments, many of them have experienced unparalleled productivity within recent years. But with these gains come significant risks. As IT assets become scattered to the winds, so too does the valuable data that these assets carry. According to the Aberdeen…
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Xceedium Moves to Channel-Only Sales Model
The leadership at Xceedium is pinning its hopes on security channel providers seeking to fill in gaps within their access control portfolios with a move this week to a channel-only distribution model. The Jersey City, N.J.-based security niche player primarily focuses on offering a client-based product that allows organizations to track, audit and control user…
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Clampi Trojan Renews Assault on Bank Accounts
Sporadic reports are surfacing that the authentication credential stealing Trojan Clampi is regaining momentum and poised to begin a new round of stealthily siphoning cash from the bank accounts belonging to compromised users. Clampi—also known as Ligats, Ilomo and Rscan—was first discovered in January 2008. The Trojan targets machines running nearly all versions of Windows…
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Seagate Releases Self-Encrypting Drive Option for Enterprise Disk Portfolio
Seagate Technology this week released to the channel a new option to add full disk encryption to enterprise-class hard drives. Designed to offer a cost-effective means for highly regulated enterprises in such industries as health care and finance to comply with security mandates, Seagate’s Secure Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) technology has long been an option within…