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McAfee Takes on Cross-Device Security

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McAfee Takes on Cross-Device Security

Intel and McAfee unites PC and mobile device security in LiveSafe, a cross-platform security suite combining cloud-based storage with biometric authentication and other security technologies.

The service protects PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets against malware and spam, secures devices against loss or theft (with remote device tracking, locking, wiping and data recovery from a single online console), and handles passwords through the SafeKey manager.

It also offers data storage with Personal Locker, a Dropbox-style cloud-based service for Read more...

McAfee Buys Stonesoft

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McAfee Buys Stonesoft

McAfee bolsters its "Security Connected" initiative as it acquires Finland-based next-generation firewall (NGFW) vendor Stonesoft for $389 million in cash.

Stonesoft makes software-based cyber security solutions handling information flow and simplifying security management, with a portfolio of NGFWs, evasion prevention systems and SSL VPN solutions designed for enterprise customers of all sizes. 

A number of Stonesoft products have military operations-- making the acquisition subject to Finnish laws governing transfer of Finnish companies to foreign ownership-- and rumour has it the US military is one of company's 6500 global customers.  Read more...

Quantum Network Ticks On in Government Lab

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Quantum Network Ticks On in Government Lab

The secretive Los Alamos National Laboratory claims it cracked the secret behind running quantum networks-- and doing it so successfully it has had a flexible quantum network running for 2.5 years. 

Described as the secret sauce behind the ultimate in cryptography, quantum networking relies on the theory stating that the act of observing a quantum object (such as a photon) changes the object in question. This makes potential hackers detectable, and any cryptographic keys unusable. 

The idea is hardly new. Commercial quantum cryptographic systems are already available from firms such as ID Quantique and MagiQ. However such systems can only send messages from A to B over a single cable, since the routing a message to locations C, D, or E involves some reading of the message, therefore changing it. 

However the Los Alamos National Labs team has an alternative solution, one supposedly both easier and cheaper to implement-- network-centric quantum communications (NQC). Using a hub-and spoke approach, a central hub (dubbed "Trent") decodes an incoming message, transmits it to a new spoke, re-encodes it and fires it off.  Read more...

Google Joins FIDO Alliance

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Google Joins FIDO Alliance

Google moves forward in the war against the password and joins the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, the organisation for a standards-based online security and authentication. 

Joining the search giant in the FIDO board are semiconductor vendor NXP and input device CrucialTec. 

Formed by Lenovo, PayPal, Nok Nok Labs and Validity on July 2012, FIDO aims to replace passwords with an approach to online security covering everything from biometrics and voice and facial recognition to USB security tokens, NFC, Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and one-time passwords. 

The ultimate goal is to develop an extensible and easily upgradeable open specification allowing interactions within a single infrastructure.  Read more...

Barracuda Intros Application Delivery Controller

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Barracuda Intros Application Delivery Controller

Security and storage solution maker Barracuda Networks announces a new Application Delivery Controller (ADC)-- an integrated single platform combining load balancing with application acceleration, control and security. 

The Barracuda ADC carries up to x32 1GbE ports and x8 10GbE ports and secures applications against attacks at both network and application layers, including OWASP Top-10 attacks such as SQL injection, cookie tampering and session hijacking. 

"Until now, customers wishing to both secure their applications and optimise performance have Read more...

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