Jaikumar Vijayan

The dramatic growth in the volume of computer viruses and spam e-mail is continuing to push demand for products that can filter and block...

Private messages exchanged using corporate BlackBerry wireless devices may not be quite so private after all. In fact, even the so-called PIN messages that many users thought were untraceable can be logged. The lack of BlackBerry privacy became clear in a lawsuit filed in Toronto this week by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank submitted scores of BlackBerry e-mails and PIN messages as evidence that several former executives took confidential information from the company and tried to recruit others while they were still employees of the bank.

The emergence of two new variants of a worm that targets smart phones could signal the beginning of more attacks against such devices, said the security software vendor that discovered the threats.

Microsoft said it acquired New York-based Giant Company Software Inc. for an undisclosed amount and plans to use the company's intellectual property and technology assets to provide Windows users with new tools for protecting their systems against spyware.

Worms, viruses and Trojan horses will remain a top security concern for the coming year, according to executives attending the CSO Interchange forum in...

Will jointly deliver products designed to help companies filter out Internet attacks before they reach servers and other corporate systems, the two firms announced Tuesday.

Several industry groups are researching grid security as more companies begin looking at grids as a way to improve resource utilization and computing power.

Deploying a grid infrastructure can help companies dramatically improve hardware utilization rates and boost computing power. But the massive resource aggregation and wider end-user access enabled by grids also have the potential to magnify security risks, implementers say.