For Brussels this technology tax is just one option given imminent change in the way the European Union budget is formed.
http://www.viruslist.com/en/news?id=187762489
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McAfee Reveals ‘OneCare’ Competitor
“We know from our research and relationship with millions of consumers that PC security is confusing and complex to them,” said Marc Solomon, Director of Product Management, McAfee Consumer. “With the launch of ‘Falcon’ this summer, we have integrated into our award-winning products powerful, yet easy to use protection that addresses both existing and emerging threats.
Falcon will work with non-Internet Explorer browsers like Firefox and has a better-designed interface with easy access to advanced options. Other improvements: protection against rootkits, anti-phishing heuristics, detection of malware within images, scanning of USB devices such as thumb drives, home-network protection, and automated local backup.
http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=33349
Securify Updates Network Monitoring Appliance
Giving customers the ability to abandon the process of studying network security logs and more rapidly identify truly dangerous behavior is just what companies are looking for today, specifically as their networks become more widely distributed among geographies and end-user communities, said Steve Woo, vice president of marketing for Securify.
The device, which comes in three models with 100MB, 400MB and 1GB link capacities, also boasts enhanced content filtering and behavior controls that add the ability to monitor end-user activity within Web-based applications, by both protocol command and by tracking URLs. The devices allow the company, which has been using Securify technologies for roughly one year, to provide carriers and other customers with detailed security reports that ultimately help it sell its own services, he said.
Securify’s appliances compete against similar hardware from Checkpoint Security and Mazu Networks.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1969322,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
Symantec squashes antivirus bug
It was discovered by rival security vendor eEye Digital Security Inc. and first disclosed last Wednesday (See “Researchers find flaw in Symantec antivirus.”).
The patches are for English language versions of Symantec’s products only, and a Symantec spokesman could not say when the complete line of products would be patched.
Symantec did not release many details on the flaw, but eEye has warned that it is the kind of vulnerability that could be used to build a self-replicating worm attack, similar to the Blaster and Slammer outbreaks of 2003.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9000809&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8
Bank buying its customers antivirus software
http://www.xatrix.org/article.php?s=4393
MicroWorld Futuristic Network Firewall
eConceal is a comprehensive network firewall developed to prevent unauthorized access to a computer or network connected to the Internet. It enforces a boundary between two or more networks by implementing default or user-defined Access Control Policies or Rules. These rules function as filters by analyzing data packets to see if they fulfill the filter criteria and then allow or block the traffic accordingly.
‘Stealth Mode’ option is a powerful feature that allows you to surf the Internet invisibly, without letting other online users see you. “eConceal empowers you with a multi-layered protection by Application Level filtering, Packet Level filtering and Stealth Mode,” said Govind Rammurthy, CEO, MicroWorld Technologies. Internet Services option of eConceal gives you Total Content Security with Website Filtering and Pop-Up Blocking.
In Enterprises, system administrators can ensure that access to offensive, pornographic and non-productive websites are blocked completely to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
Initially, the network firewall will be launched in three versions- eConceal Standard, eConceal Pro and eConceal for Servers.
http://www.it-observer.com/news/6366/microworld_futuristic_network_firewall/