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• McAfee rethinks consumer security service delivery

  McAfee, part of Intel, today announced a profound shift in how it distributes and prices its consumer security products by introducing LiveSafe, a service that combines anti-malware plus a score of other capabilities, such as anti-theft protection and a so-called "safety deposit box" in the cloud that can only be accessed by means of the user's face or voice biometric.

• Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage

  Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition.

• Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A

  Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the mobile market.

• McAfee taps Intel to offer high-throughput intrusion-prevention system

  McAfee is taking advantage of its new owners by rolling out a high-throughput intrusion-prevention system (IPS) family built on Intel technology.

• McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft

  McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday.

• Trend Micro seeks to make Amazon Web Services more secure

  Trend Micro today announced a slate of cloud-based security services that it says protect servers for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers.

• McAfee spots Adobe Reader PDF-tracking flaw

  McAfee said it has found a vulnerability in Adobe Systems' Reader program that reveals when and where a PDF document is opened.

• McAfee offers one-time passwords for single sign-on cloud service

  McAfee Thursday announced it’s providing a one-time password function as part of its Cloud Single Sign On service for more securely provisioning and de-provisioning hundreds of cloud-based services for enterprise use.

• Malware-detecting 'sandboxing' technology no silver bullet

  The security technology called "sandboxing" aims at detecting malware code by subjecting it to run in a computer-based system of one type of another to analyze it for behavior and traits indicative of malware. Sandboxing -- one alternative to traditional signature-based malware defense -- is seen as a way to spot zero-day malware and stealthy attacks in particular. While this technique often effective, it's hardly foolproof, warns a security researcher who helped establish the sandboxing technology used by startup Lastline.

• Researchers uncover vSkimmer malware targeting point-of-sale systems

  A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee.

• Where do Cisco's network security plans go from here?

  Despite its leadership position in most enterprise security product areas, Cisco faces a number of technological and competitive challenges to stay out in front.

• Security appliances are riddled with serious vulnerabilities, researcher says

  The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have serious vulnerabilities, according to a security researcher who analyzed products from multiple vendors.

• 'Sandboxing' leader FireEye seen moving toward an IPO

  Though still privately held, FireEye is getting plenty of attention right now because its anti-malware sandboxing technology is something a number of other vendors want to emulate -- and FireEye's growing commercial success is inching it toward possibly going public later this year.

• McAfee acquires ValidEdge sandboxing technology

  McAfee yesterday said it has acquired the ValidEdge anti-malware sandboxing technology from LynuxWorks in order to add a new type of malware detection to its network and endpoint products. The first integration of sandboxing into its product line is expected in the second half of this year.

• McAfee enhances its business security management and SIEM products

  McAfee is enhancing its business security platform by adding near real-time querying capabilities to its ePolicy Orchestrator software and by integrating it with its security information and event management (SIEM) product to automatically initiate endpoint security policy changes.