Kordia has partnered with Blue Coat Systems to launch a new cloud-based web security solution for businesses to meet the challenges of today's changing application and media consumption patterns, and dynamic web-based threat landscape.
Phandroid has announced that a hacker has recently accessed its user database, making off with usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords—and the problem looks like it could affect all of its one million-plus users. More »
Japanese internet hosting company Ride has completed implementation of New Zealand's SMX Cloud email security solution, provisioning 40,000 new users at 7,000 companies around Japan.
Following in the footsteps of USB flash drives that have shrunk to meer slivers of plastic, Eikon's new Mini biometric fingerprint reader is barely noticeable as it hangs off your laptop. And the convenience of not having to remember passwords will cost you just $10. More »
Yahoo has just released its Axis extension—a visual search tool that links across desktop and mobile devices—but sadly, there's a hitch. During the release, Yahoo managed to leak a private security key in its Chrome version, that could allow anyone to create malicious plugins masquerading as...
Cloud-based email security provider SMX has signed a licensing and support agreement with Revera, a leading New Zealand-owned data centre and computing infrastructure provider.
The security company blocked more than 5.5 billion malicious attacks in 2011, an increase of 81 percent over the previous year. In addition, the number of unique malware variants increased to 403 million and the number of web attacks blocked per day increased by 36 percent.
There have been plenty of attempts to make ATM skimmers look realistic—including 3D printing—but this is perhaps the best yet. Reported by Krebs on Security, you would have to be an expert to spot it. More »
The spread of existing and emerging fungal diseases in plants and animals poses a threat to global food security and biodiversity, according to a new study whose authors suggest halting fungal rot in the most important crops could feed an extra 600 million people a year...
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McAfee has announced a new agentless deployment option for McAfee Management for Optimised Virtual Environments (MOVE) AV solution which provides comprehensive defenses against all types of physical and virtual attacks through a single high performance console.
Vodafone New Zealand says managing smartphones and tablets in the workplace is about to get a lot easier with the introduction of Vodafone Secure Device Manager.
business installation or download? I'm looking at business apps for iPad and need suggestions for one that can be used to secure Internet browsing and online transactions in a business or enterprise environment. If you have experience with any such apps in your own work environment, then please...
iPad (extension of cloud computing)? I'm keen to know if cloud computing with the iPad can be extended to Internet security as well, or is VPN a better option?
Apple's iBooks have always been protected from running on unauthorized devices thanks to the company's FairPlay DRM. That is, until Requiem version 3.3 decided to throw a cow over iBook's walls. More »
The money of the future won't be cash, or even sliding plastic—it'll just be a wave of the hand, we're all told. RFID-enabled credit cards sound great, but add an unprecedented theft risk. So how about an on/off switch? More »