IBM is offering a cloud-based managed service for mobile devices that will let IT managers exert management and security controls over devices based on Apple iOS, Google Android, the RIM BlackBerry, Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile. The service relies on an IBM software agent being installed on each device intended…
Panda detects 200 millionth piece of cloud-based malware
Collective Intelligence, the engine for internet security created in 2006 by Panda Security’s malware research laboratory, recently processed its 200 millionth malware file via the cloud. CI uses the internet “community” – users of Panda’s free CloudAntivirus, along with other companies and collaborators – to locate malware. The company says…
Panda process 200 millionth piece of cloud-based malware
Collective Intelligence, the engine for internet security created in 2006 by Panda Security’s malware research laboratory, recently processed its 200 millionth malware file via the cloud. CI uses the internet “community” – users of Panda’s free CloudAntivirus, along with other companies and collaborators – to locate malware. The company says…
Panda Security pinpoints 200 millionth piece of cloud-based malware
November 11, 2011, 1:43 PM — The good news is that Collective Intelligence (CI), the engine for Internet security created in 2006 by Panda Security’s malware research laboratory, recently processed its 200 millionth malware file via the cloud. That’s also the bad news. CI uses the Internet “community” — users…
Palo Alto gives firewalls a cloud-based anti-malware sandbox with WildFire
Network security company Palo Alto Networks on Monday introduced a new anti-malware product for on-premises firewalls known as WildFire, which vets new and unknown files in a virtual sandbox to see if they’re a new piece of malware, and then creates a distributable signature if they’re determined to actually be…
Palo Alto gives firewalls a cloud-based anti-malware sandbox with WildFire
Network security company Palo Alto Networks on Monday introduced a new anti-malware product for on-premises firewalls known as WildFire, which vets new and unknown files in a virtual sandbox to see if they’re a new piece of malware, and then creates a distributable signature if they’re determined to actually be…
Raytheon hit by cloud-based phishing attack
Defence company Raytheon has revealed that it was the victim of a cloud-based attack for the first time, with the incident occurring just last week. It was a spear phishing attack where an email was sent to employees at the company, asking them to access an application through a certain…
Quake-prone Japanese area implements cloud-based disaster system
The disaster management system in Japan’s central Shizuoka Prefecture is based on Force.com, Salesforce.com’s platform-as-a-service offering A coastal region of Japan due for a major earthquake and possible tsunamis has implemented a cloud-based disaster management system run by Salesforce.com. Shizuoka Prefecture, on Japan’s eastern coast in the central region of…
Symantec cloud-based service hunts down ‘rogue certificates’
Symantec has introduced a cloud-based Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center to keep track of SSL server certificates used by an organisation. The service works with an on-premises software component that can help IT managers seek rogue SSL certificates and check when internal certificates expire. “Every SSL certificate comes with a shelf…
