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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InMobi, the largest independent mobile advertising network, announced today that engineering leader, entrepreneur and investor, Mike Abbott, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), an investor in InMobi, has joined the company's board of directors. Abbott is intimately involved with company direction and acts as a strategic advisor on key strategic initiatives. (Logo:...

CARY, N.C. and NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --StraTech, a brand of Midas Medici Group Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MMED), announced that Symantec recognized the company as East Region Partner of the Year at Symantec's annual partner conference. StraTech was acknowledged for its investment in Symantec solutions and dedication to selling Symantec's solutions, as well as its overall performance in revenue, deal registration, technical and marketing investments, certifications and...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Earlier this year, the Iranian nuclear program was attacked by a powerful and targeted form of cyber weaponry known as the Stuxnet Trojan. Then in May, a cyber-surveillance tool called Flame was uncovered and was later called "the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed" by researchers at Kaspersky Labs. It was later discovered that US military and intelligence agencies – including the CIA and NSA – had worked together with...

OPSWAT's latest report includes market share of antivirus products in North America and worldwide and features a new section with usage data for leading antivirus products. San Francisco (PRWEB) September 11, 2012 OPSWAT released their quarterly antivirus market share report today, featuring a new section covering antivirus product usage. The report compares the most popular antivirus vendors and products in North America and worldwide, as well as Windows operating system usage in...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The group which unleashed the Hydraq or Aurora Trojan horse against Google and 34 other companies in 2009 has also been linked to attacks that have compromised systems at defense contractors, human rights organizations, and other groups, according to one computer security firm. In a report released on Friday, Symantec officials revealed that they had been monitoring the group's activities and discovered that they had used "a...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Insiderslab.com has issued insider trading reports and Equity Research for the following companies: Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), VeriFone (NYSE:PAY), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), and Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100419/HKM001LOGO ) (Read full report by clicking the link below, you may need to copy and paste the full link to your browser.)...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online You’ve no doubt heard the countless warnings about cyberattacks and have been admonished towards better Internet security protocols. The threat is very real, and the risks are higher than one may imagine. Today, one anti-virus and security tools maker has released a plethora of information detailing the very real threat of cyberattacks with some sobering statistics. According to Symantec, makers of Norton Anti-Virus and other...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online With a new Windows operating system due out in October, one security company has already announced their latest security tool designed for Microsoft’s latest offering. Norton 360, Norton Anti-Virus and Norton Internet Security are each designed to match the new UI in Windows 8 and protect PCs from not only common virus attacks, but also newer threats, particularly those found on social networking sites and in the cloud....

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) today released the findings of its annual Norton Cybercrime Report, one of the world's largest consumer cybercrime studies. The study is aimed at understanding how cybercrime affects consumers, and how the adoption and evolution of new technologies impacts people's security. With findings based on self-reported experiences of more than 13,000 adults across 24 countries, the 2012 edition of the...

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Corporate Endpoint Server Security Solutions markets. The global market for Corporate Endpoint Server Security Solutions is projected to register US$875.9 million by 2018, primarily driven by growing instances of security breaches, hacking and malware attacks on corporate endpoints, and the immediate need to ensure safety of IT infrastructure. Growing adoption of advanced technologies such as server virtualization and cloud...