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Symantec: Our security savvy will beat Microsoft

Posted on May 8, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

It’s not the first time that Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec has thrown down the gauntlet to Microsoft. Last month, Thompson branded the software giant a “Johnny-come-lately” into the security market. At the same time, he underlined that Symantec was setting its horizons to be a provider of all-around system protection, as opposed to a seller of antivirus software and other defense tools–a message Thompson also stressed at the Vision event.

In his remarks, Thompson also drew attention to Microsoft’s security record. It has come under criticism in the past for the flaws in its software. “We will make sure we utilise the strength of our global brands. Symantec is synonymous with security. Microsoft is synonymous with a lot of things, but security is not one of them,” he said. He added that Symantec would spend more on marketing, and added that it was not a “foregone conclusion” the Microsoft would “win” in the security marketplace. The company will also put resources into protecting customers with Microsoft systems.

“Our belief is that the Windows environment needs to be protected like any other. Tightening the (Microsoft) stack will be an important investment in the coming year,” Thompson said. He hinted that Symantec would give details about its marketing plans during its March quarter earnings call, scheduled for Tuesday.

Andy Buss, an analyst at U.K.-based IT consultancy Canalys, predicted that Microsoft’s planned security tools would have a fair impact on the consumer antivirus market but doubted whether businesses would adopt the products as readily. “Enterprises tend to chose proven technologies, are more conservative and are prepared to pay for the service,” he said. Buss added that Microsoft doesn’t have a track record of providing an integrated product lineup for the whole of the enterprise, and said there was a particular gap in its tools to manage and respond to virus outbreaks. “These are areas where Microsoft’s competitors can make hay,” he said.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6069941.html

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First results from Cyber Security Standards

Posted on May 8, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

The ISA-99 Part 1 standard, ‘Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems: Concepts, Terminology and Models,’ will define the concepts, terminology, and models of industrial automation and control systems security, establishing the basis for the remaining standards in the ISA-99 series.

The ISA-99 Part 2 standard, ‘Establishing an Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security Programme’, will provide guidance for developing a programme for the security of industrial automation and control systems.

http://www.processingtalk.com/news/isa/isa215.html

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US Data Breach Notification Law Unlikely This Year

Posted on May 5, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

The bills differ in several ways, including varying requirements about when a breached company should notify customers and whether consumers should be able to freeze their credit reports following a breach. Beyond the confusion about the differences in the bills, five congressional committees have claimed jurisdiction over some of the data breach bills.

Two data breach notification bills have passed through Senate committees and are awaiting action on the Senate floor, and two other bills are awaiting action on the House floor.

Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat and early advocate for a national data breach notification law, said he’s still hopeful a law will get through Congress this year, but others are less optimistic.

Both the House and the Senate have targeted Oct. 6 to adjourn for the year, giving lawmakers about a month to campaign for the November general elections.

http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=20859

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McAfee Launches VirusScan For Mactel

Posted on May 5, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

“As more companies deploy Mac systems running on the Intel platform in mixed environments, the risk of infection will most likely increase,” said Eric Winsborrow, McAfee’s vice president of marketing, in a statement. To bolster that take, McAfee on Thursday released a report that outlined a 228 percent increase in the number of Macintosh vulnerabilities from 2003 to 2005. Even so, the number of Mac-targeting viruses since 1987 — just 76 — is dwarfed by 160,000+ aimed at Windows during the same period.

Still, McAfee believed the alarm should be sounded. “The availability of Mac exploit code on the Internet makes it an open target for the same types of malware currently plaguing the Windows world,” Winsborrow claimed.

http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EFSNVFDLZZ4XKQSNDBOCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=187200766

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3 Microsoft Critical Patches to be released on Tuesday

Posted on May 5, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

All supposedly critical. 2 Windows, 1 Exchange. They will require a reboot.

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Virus levels remain flat for April

Posted on May 4, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

Until now Netsky has remained in the number one spot, demonstrating as SoftScan pointed out in February that users need to check and clean their machines, since the high percentage rate is not down to new infections. However financial motivation has once again proved too much temptation for hackers and phishing is now in the number spot.

Viruses accounted for 0.55% of all email traffic in April. The top five virus families for April were:

1 phishing 42.60%
2 netsky 28.49%
3 mytob 13.24%
4 html.iframe 5.00%
5 nyrem 4.57%

http://www.net4now.com/isp_news/news_article.asp?News_ID=3561

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