Kaspersky Lab Expands Partnership with Juniper Networks

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aspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software, announced today that its cutting-edge antivirus technologies have been integrated into Juniper Networks' SRX-Series Services Gateways and J-Series Services Routers.

The antivirus filter is an essential component of any network protection system. The decisive factors in the selection of Kaspersky Lab were the Company’s unrivalled experience and reputation as a leading supplier of licensed antivirus technologies, an excellent service record, reliable protection and ease of integration.

The Kaspersky Lab antivirus technologies integrated into the SRX-Series Services Gateways and J-Series Services Routers provide an unsurpassed level of protection against all types of malware, such as viruses, Trojans, worms and rootkits. The embedded solution scans files of various formats, including those that pose the greatest ongoing threats.

Implemented as a component of Juniper’s Unified Threat Management (UTM) technology, the Kaspersky Lab antivirus solutions are available in two versions – Full AV (the full-fledged antivirus solution) and Juniper Networks ExpressAV (antivirus protection with SafeStream data-flow scanning technology, better suited for high-speed, low-latency networking devices).

Red Hat Collaborates with HP on SOA Solutions To Bring Value To Customers

LAS VEGAS, NV - June 17, 2009 - Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced an optimized solution developed with HP around Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance. The JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform has been optimized to be governed by HP SOA Systinet software. With the addition of HP SOA Systinet, customers have an opportunity to drive revenue, remove costly errors and respond to market changes when they automate business processes through a deployment on JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform.

New BlackBerry Tour Caters to Globetrotting Users

Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) announced on Tuesday that its new BlackBerry 9630 Tour world phone will hit the shelves this summer.

What's really new about it is that it supports 3G EV-DO networks in North America, as well as 3G UMTS/ HSPA and quad-band EDGE/ GPRS/ GSM networks abroad.

Blackberry Tour Smartphone

Other features -- the built-in camera, the preloaded DataVIZ Documents To Go, the GPS and access to social networking services -- are similar to the features available in most of the newer BlackBerry devices.

Sprint (NYSE: S) and Verizon have already committed to carrying the 9630.

Shuttle Launch Delayed 3 Weeks by Hydrogen Leak

(The space shuttle Endeavour won't be able to launch until July 11 at the earliest due to a persistent leak in a hydrogen tank. Engineers will begin investigating the problem, but the setback has caused the launch to miss a window of opportunity -- an unfavorable sun angle will remain until next month. The problem puts further pressure on the tight 2010 deadline NASA is under to finish its final eight shuttle flights.)

For the second time in four days, a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak forced NASA to delay shuttle Endeavour's launch to the international space station, this time until July at the earliest.

Launch officials waited almost an hour after the leak appeared during fueling, trying to fix it through remote commands, before calling off Wednesday's pre-dawn launch.

The leak occurred in the same place as one that cropped up Saturday: in the hydrogen gas vent line that hooks up to the external fuel tank. A similar problem stalled a shuttle flight three months ago.

"We're going to step back and figure out what the problem is and go fix it," said deputy space shuttle program manager LeRoy Cain. "And then we'll fly as soon as we're ready to safely go do that."

Software Update Teaches Old iPhones New Tricks

(Apple rolled out its iPhone OS 3.0 software update Wednesday through iTunes. The software brings new features like landscape typing and copy and paste to the handsets. Other features like MMS and data tethering are technically enabled with iPhone OS 3.0; however, AT&T will not support those capabilities for some time.)

As expected, Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone OS 3.0 software update was made available to users Wednesday morning.

The software contains dozens of new features -- some of which may appear incidental for most users and some of which have been hotly anticipated.

That latter category would include copy and paste functionality as well as the ability to use landscape typing mode -- as opposed to portrait -- in all applications, not just Web browsing. These, plus global search or Spotlight, have come to be downright demanded by iPhone users, even casual ones, Patrick Gilbert, president and CEO of 4SmartPhone, told MacNewsWorld. "By far these features make it a better device."

Altogether, there are more than 100 new features in the iPhone 3.0 software package.

Friend or Fraud? Security and Social Networks

(Social networking sites like Facebook must maintain a certain degree of openness in order to attract users. Who wants to use a site where you have to unlock so many doors in order to communicate with someone? However, that openness must be balanced with security. Scammers and phishers are happy to take advantage of trust and friendliness in order to score a buck.)

Back in January, friends of Seattle, Wash., resident Bryan Rutberg were stunned when they read e-mails from his Facebook account accompanied by his photo. In the messages, Bryan appeared to claim he was in big trouble and that he needed their help.

At least one friend wired him money. However, Rutberg wasn't really in trouble and was in no need of assistance -- his Web page had been hijacked by cybercriminals.

This is just one of the cyberscams that have hit Facebook, the world's leading social networking site.

Zombie attacks on sale for a fiver

Researchers at security firm Finjan said on Wednesday that they have uncovered an underground botnet-leasing network where cyber criminals can pay $5 to $100 to install malware on 1,000 PCs for things like stealing data and sending spam.

The Golden Cash network, dubbed "Your money-making machine" on its homepage, sells access to botnets comprised of thousands of compromised PCs to cyber criminals for custom malware spreading jobs, according to issue two of the Cybercrime Intelligence Report for 2009.

Here's how it works: a cyber criminal creates a botnet by hiding malicious code in a legitimate website that is used to turn web surfing PCs into zombies. The code, typically an iFrame, points the PCs to a separate website where they are then infected with a Trojan backdoor that reports back to the Golden Cash command and control server.