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 founder and director of several leading cybersecurity industry conferences around the world.

Autonomy Scoops up Digital Assets from Iron Mountain

Autonomy Corporation, with dual headquarters in Cambridge, England and San Francisco, California, announced that it would acquire certain assets from Iron Mountain's digital division...

May 16, 2011

Zeus Source Code Leaked: Is This Really a Game Changer?

Earlier this week, news broke that the source code for the Zeus Toolkit, arguably the most significant tool being used by cybercriminals this decade,...

May 13, 2011

Increasing SSL Traffic Challenging Enterprise Security Efforts

Enterprises Blind to up to 36% of Their Network Traffic, According to Recent Study

May 11, 2011

Android Sees 400 Percent Increase in Malware, Says Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks released the results of a global mobile threat study this week, showing a significant rise in threats to mobile devices. The report...

May 11, 2011

Are Recent Botnet Takedowns Triggering Cybercriminals to Move Operations to Canada?

New Research Shows Cybercriminals Moving Operations to Canada

May 10, 2011

BreakingPoint Helps Customers Measure Virtualized Infrastructure Performance

New Solution Helps Provide Visibility Into the Performance and Scalability of Virtualized Infrastructures Making the announcement surrounding the Interop conference taking place in Las...

May 9, 2011

Network Firewall Vendors Address TCP Split Handshake Vulnerability

Back on April 12, 2011, a report from independent security testing organization NSS Labs, warned of a vulnerability affecting industry-leading firewalls, including a sneak...

May 9, 2011

Symantec Announces Updates to Data Management, Protection and Endpoint Security Solutions

Symantec Announces Updates Including Endpoint Protection 12, Protection Center 2.0, and Enterprise Vault 10

May 6, 2011

RIM Launches Solution To Secure and Separate Work and Play

BlackBerry Balance Helps Unify Work and Personal Use of BlackBerry Devices without Compromising Company Security or Personal Privacy

May 2, 2011

Sony Battens Down the Hatches for PlayStation Network, Hiring CISO

Following a cyber attack that resulted in the personal information of more than 75 Million PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers falling into the hands...

May 2, 2011

Cybercriminals Using Osama Bin Laden’s Death to Spread Malware

Today we have another major news event for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Following the successful operation by U.S. forces to kill Osama bin...

May 2, 2011

Security and Privacy Fears Hurting Online Marketers

Users Cite Online Privacy and Security Fears as Top Reasons for Not Clicking Online AdvertisementsOnline security and privacy fears seem to be having a...

April 29, 2011

Yankees Spill Info of 20k Season Ticket Holders

An off-field error by a Yankees season ticket representative lead to a spreadsheet containing the personal information on more than 20,000 New York Yankees...

April 28, 2011

Use of Subdomains Leads to Increased Uptime for Phishing Attacks

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) released a new report at its conference taking place this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, revealing that use of...

April 28, 2011