Month: April 2011

The issue caused quite the controversy among users, as it could only be exploited if an attacker was able to get access to the computer. And with access, come all kinds of power including the ability to snag files directly from the local computer.

That update is now available in form of an experimental Dropbox 1.2 build for all supported desktop operating systems. Cautious users may consider waiting for the final release of Dropbox 1.2 before updating to the new version.

It took Dropbox less than two weeks to develop the means to protect the configuration files and databases on the local system.

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/04/28/dropbox-1-2-experimental-build-fixes-security-issue/

The issue caused quite the controversy among users, as it could only be exploited if an attacker was able to get access to the computer. And with access, come all kinds of power including the ability to snag files directly from the local computer.

That update is now available in form of an experimental Dropbox 1.2 build for all supported desktop operating systems. Cautious users may consider waiting for the final release of Dropbox 1.2 before updating to the new version.

It took Dropbox less than two weeks to develop the means to protect the configuration files and databases on the local system.

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/04/28/dropbox-1-2-experimental-build-fixes-security-issue/

“In any space there are some large outcomes, and that’s true for security as well, but you’re not going to see tons and tons of them,” Asheem Chandna, a partner at Greylock Partners, stated at the ITSEF lunch.

The vast majority of the 950 companies in the security industry in the United States are capitalized under US$5 million, and there are probably “fewer than 5 or 10 percent of them that are above $50 million,” said Maria Kussmaul, a founding partner at America’s Growth Capital.

Venture capitalists are putting their money in other areas such as social networking, mobile and green technology because they can get a higher possible rate of return, SINET’s Pflaging told TechNewsWorld. As proof, they point to fewer homeruns and the fact that many IT security firms plateau at $20 million to $30 million, Pflaging added.

“To me, the bigger issue, which hasn’t been well-discussed, is the trend towards more security M&A from the system integrator community, especially those SI companies with a government focus,” SINET’s Pflaging stated. Large IT manufacturers such as HP (NYSE: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) will battle their former government channel partners such as SAIC and Raytheon to provide IT security to the government sector, he said. “As someone who sits as a trusted advisor to many in the security space, I can say that the M&A activity in 2010 and a greater awareness of the importance of cybersecurity at the national level has created more interest in finding the next generation of breakout security companies,” Pflaging remarked.

Investment in security technology is beginning to grow because of a combination of major platform shifts, the increasingly sophisticated threat landscape, and increased regulatory compliance being demanded by governments.

“VCs are beginning to move aggressively to invest in the sector given the high-profile cases of intellectual property theft such as the RSA hack and Aurora, cyber attacks such as Stuxnet, identity theft such as those that hit Heartland Payments and TJ Maxx, and cyberwarfare such as the Georgia conflict,” Yepez stated. “We are going from about 2.5 billion devices connected to the Internet today to about 50 billion by 2020, and this “translates directly in vulnerabilities and IT security-related risks,” he explained.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72322.html?wlc=1303999908

Usually, cellphone companies have to restore service after disasters like hurricanes by sending in their own trucks that act like mobile cell towers. But AT&T’s new product would let first responders such as police and emergency workers immediately control where they have coverage.

One of AT&T’s options is a unit that packs into a suitcase, with a satellite dish carried separately. The Remote Mobility Zone can handle 14 simultaneous calls, and data at less-than-broadband speeds.
The cost of the units will range from $15,000 to $45,000, AT&T said Monday, plus some monthly fees.

Like other carriers, AT&T also sells “femtocells,” even smaller cellular antennas that users can place indoors.

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_260809/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=wGBw0elc