Security software showdown! 9 antivirus suites empirically tested

If you're like a lot of people, when it comes time to renew your security software, you may ask yourself, "Do I really need to upgrade to the latest version?" The answer is yes. Keeping up-to-date is generally a good idea, as new threats surface constantly. And if you value mobile security or use a social network, this year's crop of security suites is worth paying attention to. An increasing number of security suites...

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HP offering data-breach response and remediation services

HP today announced data-breach remediation services intended to help organizations prepare for an incident related to data loss that would require fast response to meet both legal and digital forensics requirements. "It's not if, it's when a breach occurs," said Andrzej Kawalec, global chief technology officer at HP Enterprise Security. [ Symantec CEO on reorg: "Our system is just broken" ] HP's services from...

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Logitech introduces Mac-based video surveillance

Logitech on Wednesday introduced new software that turns Mac computers into video surveillance command centers. Once installed, the Logitech Alert system can be viewed on a variety of devices. Logitech Alert Commander for Mac allows users to tie six Logitech Alert security cameras into a single HD dashboard, viewed live or in playback, giving them full surveillance over households and small offices. (Users...

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Skype disables password reset after security flaw exposed

Microsoft has disabled the option for users to reset their Skype passwords after security experts uncovered a serious flaw in the software that allowed anyone who knows your email address to hack your Skype account. The vulnerability allowed people to sign up to Skype with email addresses already in use by others and then force password resets for accounts associated with that address in order to gain access to your account....

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DHS aims to hire 600 cybersecurity pros -- if it can find them

The Obama administration is hoping to make good on its promise to create new jobs -- in this case, 600 of them in cybersecurity. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, acting on the recommendation of the Homeland Security Advisory Council's Task Force on Cyberskills, said at a Washington Postcybersecurity forum that DHS wants to hire at least 600 cyber experts, analysts, IT specialists and...

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Shareholders kept in the dark on data breaches

It happened more than three and a half years ago. So it presumably would be old news that Chinese hackers broke into soft drink behemoth Coca-Cola's computer systems and stole confidential files relating to its effort to acquire the China Huiyuan Juice Group for $2.4 billion. But it is just coming to light now, through a report earlier this week in Bloomberg Businessweek. The story said the FBI contacted Coke executives...

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