Larry Barrett

Where is the enterprise heading? Cloud computing is one clear trend; more more automated data centers is another. As Datamation reports, Hewlett-Packard is making a big push into both these markets, but not without fallout. HP hopes its layoff of 9,000 employees will help it to better compete against traditional IT services rivals like IBM, […]

It’s become an all-too-familiar story. A small data device containing personal records grows legs and walks off, putting the identities of thousands of people at risk. Despite the constant fear of nefarious hackers, human error is all-too-often the real culprit. eSecurity Planet has the here-we-go-again details. More than 5,200 current and former employees working for […]

Phishers don’t play favorites and their latest intended victims are the men and women in uniform. As eSecurity Planet discovered, several clever phishing traps have popped up online in the past year with almost the exact same look and feel of a pair of popular credit unions primarily used by folks serving in the U.S. […]

Symantec is known for being acquisitive, but in this case, it decided to buy in rather than buy out. It’s taken a stake in Mocana, a firm that specializes in cloud-based security for a wide variety of electronic devices, not just PCs. eSecurity Planet has the complete list. Symantec continued its recent spending spree this […]

Big Blue is determined to make its LotusLive collaboration and social networking applications popular in the enterprise. This latest deal will merge its e-mail and Web conferencing tools with Ariba’s Commerce cloud for lead generation, spend management and sales through online channels. As Datamation reports, these additional collaboration features are designed to make it easier […]

Xerox’s Affiliated Computer Services has introduced an on-demand service that will help companies figure out the services they need and the up front costs, and fully integrated with other ACS cloud products. Datamation has a look. Xerox-owned Affiliated Computer Services this week became the latest IT services company to debut an enterprise service that blends […]

Facebook members are on the lookout for another malware ploy this week that uses what appears to be an unsolicited video titled “Distracting Beach Babes” to infect users’ PCs with adware. This latest example of socially engineered malware preys, obviously, on users’ interest in attractive women as well as their naivety to download a file […]

The Internet might be better off for this one. A federal judge has ordered the permanent closure of 3FN, a so-called “rogue” Internet service provider that has operated under many names under the aegis of the holding company Pricewert. The order brings to an end the Federal Trade Commission’s longstanding efforts to taken down 3FN. […]

Database and enterprise software giant Oracle this week snapped up Secerno, a smaller player in the area of database firewalls — an increasingly critical security niche. Database security is consistently in the spotlight thanks to frequent, high-profile breaches that cost companies critical business and consumer data. Not surprisingly, securing these databases is a top priority […]

Symantec has been on a shopping spree of late, but with the purchase of VeriSign’s Checkmark, the security vendor broke from its usual mold. The $1.28 billion purchase separates VeriSign from its signature authentication technology, commonly used for verifying online payments, and boosts Symantec’s profile in the e-commerce and enterprise security arenas. VeriSign, meantime, stands […]

When you think of countries that are notorious for creating and hosting malicious Web sites and content, the short list usually includes Ukraine, China, Vietnam and, of course, the U.S. But as eSecurity Planet discovered, South and Central American countries like Honduras and Argentina are hosting and serving up malware as a much higher percentage […]

Cyber thieves have become distressingly good at exploiting current events to lure people into their traps. The latest scam involves the interest surrounding the finale of the TV series “Lost.” And perhaps not too surprisingly, the use an old mechanism for infecting the computer, a bogus antivirus program that doesn’t find malware, it is malware. […]