Mike Lennon

For more than 15 years, Mike Lennon has been closely monitoring the threat landscape and analyzing trends in the National Security and enterprise cybersecurity space. In his role at SecurityWeek, he oversees the editorial direction of the publication and is the Director of several leading security industry conferences around the world.

Twitter Enables Option for HTTPS by Default

Twitter Enables Option for HTTPS by DefaultFollowing a trend in allowing users to automatically utilize the secure HTTPS protocol when accessing Web based services,...

March 16, 2011

Massive Influx of Scams Surrounding Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami Expected

Today’s tragic events of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting Tsunami, as sad as it is, is a dream for scammers and fraudsters around...

March 11, 2011

Inventor of SecurID Token Breaks Company out of Stealth Mode

The inventor of the popular SecurID security tokens used for two-factor authentication, now owned by RSA, has come public with his latest endeavor, focused...

March 8, 2011

Malvertising Spikes in Q4 2010, Average Campaign Lifetime Declines

According to recent statistics coming from Dasient, a firm that helps discover and combat Web-based malware, “malvertising,” a growing method used to distribute malware...

March 8, 2011

Google Responds with ‘Remote Kill’ to Remove Recent Swarm of Malicious Android Apps

Following the recent malware infection of over 50 apps from the Official Android Market last Tuesday, Google, after initially removing the apps in question...

March 6, 2011

Palo Alto Networks Targets Data Centers and Remote Workforce with New Products

Palo Alto Networks, the company best known as being an early innovator in next generation firewalls, today announced a series of product updates and...

March 2, 2011

Google Acquires Malware Analysis Tools Provider, Zynamics

Google has acquired Zynamics, a small company based in Germany that provides software analysis tools to help with malware analysis using reverse engineering. Though...

March 1, 2011

Zscaler Releases Free Browser Plugin to Combat Fake and Hacked Sites

Zscaler today released a free Firefox plugin designed to help protect users from fake and compromised online storefronts.

March 1, 2011

Internet Grows to More Than 205 Million Domain Names, More TLDs Coming

According to a report from VeriSign today, 2010 closed with a base of 205.3 million domain name registrations globally across all Top Level Domains...

March 1, 2011