The co-founder of security firm Webroot Software has apparently gone missing in Hawaii.
Steven Thomas reportedly vanished from his hotel room in Waikiki on 30 June. Family and authorities fear that Thomas, who is bipolar, may have been delusional or suicidal at the time of his disappearance.
Thomas co-founded WebRoot in 1997 in Boulder, Colorado. The company [...]

Security site Check Point has issued a set of updates which correct a compatibility issue with the latest Microsoft security update.
The company has posted updated versions of its ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, Pro, Antivirus, Anti-Spyware and Basic Firewall offerings.
The updates correct an error caused by the latest Microsoft security update. One of the four bulletins [...]

Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE:4704), a global leader in Internet content security, spyware protection and virus scan solutions, announced today a core set of software and hosted medium business security solutions, all tailored to focus upon issues such as Web threats, employee/company privacy, data leak prevention, email archiving, virus scan, spyware protection, and content filtering. Based [...]

Channel Data, the distributor of Cyberoam identity-based unified threat management appliances, has released the latest version of Cyberoam firmware, designed to offer greater control over web surfing activities in corporate and education environments.Mike Hamilton, Channel Data MD, says users will now be able to block access to more than 500,000 dubious websites hosted over the [...]

The Calyx Group has deployed an email and website security system for the Irish Stock Exchange that will guarantee the flow of information free from the intrusion of spam or spyware.Since 1793 the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has been providing for the trading of equities and government bonds and also in the listing of investment [...]

Cyber-crooks are using new technologies and reinventing forms of social engineering to ensnare consumers and businesses, security experts warn.
Trend Micro’s latest Threat Roundup and Forecast 1H 2008 found an upswing in web threats, but a steady decrease in adware and spyware generated by outdated methods which can no longer compete with high-level security.
Social engineering tactics [...]

Last month MySpace won the largest anti-spam payout ever made totalling US$234 million. Now the social network can add another US$6 million to their haul.This latest judgement is against Scott Ritcher based on spam he sent to users on MySpace back in August 2006. The lawsuit was started in January 2007 and went into arbitration [...]

Popularity - the elusive Holy Grail sought by many a geek during the school years. In that social setting, you paid a price for not being popular. The irony is that in today’s technology setting the reverse is true: being popular often paints a target on your back - just ask Microsoft and the thousands [...]

from the that-doesn’t-sound-good deptPoliticians have been pushing for an anti-spyware law for quite some time — mostly because it’s the sort of thing likely to draw headlines that make the politicians look good. However, it’s widely acknowledged that such laws aren’t at all necessary. Anti-fraud laws can mostly take care of the problem cases out [...]

The Federal Trade Commission this week told the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that it favors legislation granting it new powers to seek civil penalties in spyware cases.The federal agency said it wants authority to assess monetary penalties when other enforcement options–such as seeking consumer redress, or making the operators give up [...]