Larry Barrett

LAS VEGAS– Scareware, those applications embedded in unsolicited e-mails or hidden away in corrupted banner pop-up ads warning users that their PCs are under attack and require the software hawked in the warning, is big business. So big that federal and state law enforcement officials as well as legitimate software companies and independent security experts […]

The FBI on Wednesday rounded up 33 of 53 U.S.-based defendants named in an indictment returned last week by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, culminating more than two years of legwork investigating a sophisticated phishing operation designed to steal personal information and then use it to rip off banks. Dubbed Operation Phish Phry, […]

LAS VEGAS — McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt shared the stage with former Secretary of State and retired four-star Gen. Colin Powell for a joint keynote address here Wednesday. The two delved into the exponential growth in malicious code affecting Web sites, the next generation of security applications to combat them and the unintended consequences of […]

EMC, the subject of dueling and conflicting Wall Street reviews in recent weeks, got a bit more positive reinforcement Tuesday when Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes boosted his 2010 profit forecasts from $0.99 a share to $1.05 a share and upped his 12-month price target to $21 a share. EMC shareholders responded by pushing the […]

IBM today unveiled the latest component in its aggressive cloud-computing strategy with the launch of what it’s calling the Smart Business Storage Cloud, a private cloud-based storage and archiving application for enterprise customers. Since June, IBM has made several key cloud-based product and strategy announcements designed to differentiate itself from the likes of Amazon, Google, […]

IBM on Tuesday announced the release of a new version of its flagship Lotus Notes collaboration software that supports the iPhone’s built-in e-mail client software and lets users incorporate their Notes contacts and calendar with other iPhone applications. IBM (NYSE: IBM) already provides support for the full spectrum of mobile devices including RIM’s BlackBerry, Nokia’s […]

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today rolled out Enterprise Single Sign-On Anywhere (ESSO), a new on-demand application suite designed to let enterprise customers simplify the way they manage and protect and share data within and outside the enterprise. Enterprise IT departments charged with managing thousands of separate user names and passwords for all the disparate applications used […]

With its launch next week of LotusLive iNotes, IBM clearly believes it will become a legitimate threat to Google and its popular Apps Premier suite for enterprise customers that need low-cost, cloud-based business applications that — above all else — are reliable. LotusLive iNotes, detailed on a relatively new IBM Web site, will cost $36 […]

Malware, phishing sites and phony antivirus software programs are not only proliferating at a record pace but becoming more sophisticated each day — to the point that going online is now more risky than ever before. That’s according to the latest data security report released this week by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). The group, […]

Facebook on Thursday was hit with yet another spyware attack. This time hackers managed to crack the security captchas — the words or letter combinations that users are asked to retype when registering — to create new Facebook accounts designed to steal users’ account and personal information. Roger Thompson, chief of research at AVG Technologies, […]

Oracle on Wednesday unveiled the latest release of its PeopleSoft Enterprise suite, including Human Capital Management 9.1, PeopleTools 8.50, Learning Management 9.1 and Enterprise Portal 9.1. Company officials said the refreshed application suite incorporated new features and functionality designed to accommodate the end user, empower upper management and reduce the total cost of ownership for […]

IBM on Wednesday debuted a new managed telepresence service for companies that want to take advantage of Cisco’s high-definition video and voice-conferencing technology, but don’t want have to deal with all the pesky maintenance and support issues the high-end equipment requires. Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) TelePresence suite — which can range from a single camera and […]