Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security vendor Qualys has just announced a Business Edition of their free BrowserCheck web browser vulnerability assessment tool. Browser security has increasingly become a more pressing issue for organizations of all sizes, and this latest Qualys tool provides some business-friendly features that administrators should find useful....More

Security vendor Sophos has come up with some tips for avoiding Mac malware and scareware, specifically variants of the infamous MacDefender scareware....More

According to a security researcher at Symantec, some Facebook applications are inadvertently revealing personal user information to third parties. Symantec security researcher Nishant Doshi posted details of the vulnerability in the Symantec Security Response blog yesterday....More

Earlier today at the Symantec Vision conference in Las Vegas, Symantec announced the public beta program for Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 (SEP12) and the upcoming release of Symantec Protection Center 2.0 (SPC2)....More

Microsoft has detailed the contents of yesterday's "Patch Tuesday" release, a massive security update that includes a grand total of 17 Microsoft security bulletins covering 64 separate security vulnerabilities....More

Samsung is being accused of pre-installing a commercial key-logging app called StarLogger on multiple Samsung laptops. At press time it was unclear how large the scope of the keylogger distribution is and which specific Samsung laptops include the software, but it is clear that yet another corporation has received a black eye by not being mindful of consumer privacy....More

Some of the biggest improvements to IE9 came in the form of security and privacy improvements, with the three most significant being enhanced memory protection, improved defense against social-engineering attacks, and a new "pinned sites" features that add multiple security improvements....More

One of the most compelling (and arguably overlooked) bits of news from last month's RSA Conference was the arrival of IronBee, an open-source web application firewall (WAF) sensor unveiled by cloud security vendor Qualys....More

The 2011 RSA Conference is almost over, and I’ve managed to take a few pictures of the show during our visit to San Francisco. I thought you might enjoy seeing some of them, so I’ve posted them below. RSAC: 2011 RSA Conference Photos VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Attending the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week? Share your thoughts by adding a comment to this blog post or continuing the discussion on Twitter. Read: More Security News and Articles Follow Jeff James on Twitter at @jeffjames3 Follow Windows IT Pro on Twitter at @windowsitpro...More