A new report released today by IT security giant McAfee indicates that while organizations see the potential value of Web 2.0 tools, decision makers continue to debate whether to use them in the workplace.

After meetings at NATO and the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe on cybersecurity, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III detailed the Defense Department’s new cybersecurity strategy at a Brussels gathering sponsored by the Security and Defense Agenda this week.

The Baltimore City Grand Jury has indicted Walter Powell, former head of management information systems at the Baltimore Substance Abuse System (BSAS), for numerous counts of computer network intrusion. It is the first “cybercrime” indictment filed by the Forensic Investigations Unit of the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office.

One third of small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experienced a malware or virus infection via social networks through July of this year, and 23 percent actually lost sensitive data via these networks.

Norton 2001 received high marks in a third party product comparison tests but scored highest in false positives as well.

Software enables organizations to dynamically secure Linux-based cloud servers using existing Active Directory infrastructure.

HyTrust today announced beta availability of a new, cloud-oriented security appliance, HyTrust Cloud Control, designed to work in tandem with VMware vCloud.

Security experts find it hard to believe that the incident which led to the Pentagon’s recognizing cyberspace as a new “domain of warfare” could have really happened as described.

These new devices are designed to provide clean wireless connections through integration with a collection of existing SonicWALL products: Gateway Anti-Virus, Intrusion Prevention, Anti-Spyware and Content Filtering.

Afilias today announced that it will deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSECs) across its registry platforms, signing 13 more top-level domains (TLDs) and increasing the total number of DNSSEC deployments among domain registries to 39.

Report indicates a significant switch in the tactics of cyber criminals, with at least one major gang shifting its entire focus away from phishing to Zeus malware.

McAfee this week issued a “call to arms” to the IT security industry with the publication of a report that advocates a more proactive approach to security in a number of areas, many related to the sharing of data. We interviewed Dave Marcus from McAfee Laboratories, to get more detail.