Dell admits installing security hole on laptops, apologizes, offers fix
Dell acknowledges the root certificate it installed on its laptops was a bad idea and has issued instructions on how to remove it.
Tim Greene | 24 Nov | Read more
Dell acknowledges the root certificate it installed on its laptops was a bad idea and has issued instructions on how to remove it.
Tim Greene | 24 Nov | Read more
At least some Dell laptops are shipping with a trusted root certificate authority pre-installed, something that those who discovered the CA are comparing to the Superfish adware installed on Lenovo machines that left them open to man-in the-middle attacks.
Tim Greene | 23 Nov | Read more
Attacks against industrial control systems doubled last year, according to a new report from Dell.
Maria Korolov | 18 Apr | Read more
Popularity of technique grows as a way of beating firewalls without SSL inspection
John E Dunn | 15 Apr | Read more
Facebook still tops among teens... Oz launches video platform with revenue share... Microsoft lays groundwork for payments... and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 09 Apr | Read more
Security vendor Malwarebytes has flagged the Dell System Detect tool as a potentially unwanted application after older versions of the program were found to put computers at risk.
Lucian Constantin | 06 Apr | Read more
Attackers could have remotely installed malware on systems running a flawed Dell support tool used to detect customers' products.
Lucian Constantin | 25 Mar | Read more
More Andoid devices get Microsoft apps... Top EU court hears challenge to data exchange deal... Facebook to host content for media groups... and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 24 Mar | Read more
Dell is getting deeper into the business of securing corporate networks, releasing a new integrated security suite based on encryption technology it acquired when it purchased Credent in 2012.
Joab Jackson | 11 Mar | Read more
Where can you buy a PC without the bloatware, shovelware, or adware that's characterized Lenovo's Superfish fiasco? Microsoft has an answer for you: its little-known Signature Edition laptops.
Mark Hachman | 21 Feb | Read more
Infects 55,000 hosts, says Dell SecureWorks
John E Dunn | 31 Jan | Read more
Controllers not using multi-factor authentication at risk
John E Dunn | 16 Jan | Read more
An open industry alliance of 150 members that includes many of the world's biggest vendors -- but notably, not Apple -- released specifications Tuesday that promise to secure online communications without using passwords.
Matt Hamblen | 10 Dec | Read more
Despite broad progress around the introduction of new security tools and architectures, IT decision-makers still see security as the biggest barrier to increasing their investment in mobility, cloud computing and big-data technologies, according to new research from Dell.
David Braue | 06 Nov | Read more
Do independent security tests make or break products? Normally not but the latest assessment of next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) by testing firm NSS Labs will make mixed reading for some of the products with one – Palo Alto's PA-3020 – described as "below average" with a rating of "caution".
John E. Dunn | 02 Oct | Read more