Archive for the 'Laptop Security' Category

Asustek has released details of the ASUS P80 business laptop, featuring a 14-inch display and Intel’s new Anti-Theft technology.

The ASUS P80 comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo or Pentium CPU, up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, up to 320GB of hard drive space, and a DVD burner. The P80A and P80Q models include the Intel GMA X4500MHD (with HD decoder) and X4500M integrated graphics respectively, whereas the P80Vc has the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 512MB dedicated GPU.

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Yoggie Security Systems today launched the Gatekeeper Pico for Mac and Gatekeeper Card Pro for Mac, the “world’s first miniature hardware internet security devices for MacBooks and Mac desktop computers”.

The devices provide 12 internet security applications on a dedicated hardware. Security functions in the Gatekeeper for Mac products include integrated stateful inspection firewall, Snort intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems, Sourcefire VRT certified Snort rules, Kaspersky anti-virus and anti-spyware, Mailshell anti-spam and anti-phishing, SurfControl Web content filtering, adaptive security policy, multi-layer security agent, Layer-8 security engine, and VPN client (Card version only).

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Phoenix Technologies today announced it is working with Fujitsu to enable remote disk control and disk data protection for laptops equipped with Fujitsu’s new full disk encryption (FDE) 2.5″ 7,200rpm SATA hard disk drives.

With Phoenix FailSafe technology, the notebook owner can remotely disable the Fujitsu FDE drive in the laptop, thus ensuring “failsafe” protection against data theft and personal information loss, Phoenix says.

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Intel Corp. and its partners are working on security technology for notebooks called Anti-Theft Technology (ATT), the chip maker announced this week.

“Intel Anti-Theft technology is set to become available in laptops towards the end of 2008. According to the company, the technology will be able to disable system from working, disable data access and protect hard disk drive (by encrypting all the data),” X-Bit Labs reports.

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Sprint and Alcatel-Lucent have announced the SprintSecure Laptop Guardian service for corporate users, which enables 24/7 notebook computer security through remote monitoring, location, and locking if a laptop is lost or stolen.

The solution utilizes a unique Mobile Broadband connection PCMCIA card that serves as a two-factor authentication device.

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Sophos’ security experts have disclosed details of a worm called LiarVB-A that copies itself onto removable drives, such as USB Flash memory and optical devices, and also spreads itself via network shares.

The worm is not designed to generate income, contrary to the most of the malware. Instead, LiarVB-A attempts to spread information about Aids and HIV reportedly.

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Yoggie Security Systems today announced Yoggie Pico, a miniature computer contained in a USB stick, aimed to provide Internet security protection for notebook and desktop PC users.

“For the first time users can access 13 security applications on a miniature computer contained in a USB stick. Uniquely, the Yoggie Pico, a full and robust Linux based computer, offloads all security applications onto the USB stick allowing Internet traffic to be screened before it executes on the laptop or PC and only once it has been cleansed is it allowed to enter the computer,” the press release says.

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Dell Inc. is now offering the Computrace LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection service to its notebook PC buyers.

Absolute Software, the maker of LoJack for Laptops, explains that LoJack software installed on your computer works behind the scenes to silently and securely contact its Monitoring Center, and if the laptop is stolen, reports its location using any Internet connection. The Recovery Team then tracks your computer’s location and partners with local law enforcement to get your computer back.

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BitForensics has announced “the world’s first laptop hardware keylogger. The “KeyCarbon Raptor” card records all typing on a laptop keyboard, plugs into the Mini-PCI slot of a laptop computer, and stores captured keystrokes on the onboard 256MB MicroSD card.

KeyCarbon Raptor keylogger can be used for eliminating fraud, as well as a data backup against theft or system failure. In addition the card is used to create an audit trail in banks, stock trading floors, accountancy firms and corporations. The card is also used as an investigative tool by government agencies worldwide, BitForensics says.

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Dell and Absolute Software have teamed to provide laptop PC theft recovery services for Dell’s U.S. consumer customers, the PC maker announced.

The move makes Dell the first PC manufacturer to deliver a higher degree of peace of mind by combining theft recovery measures with accidental damage protection, the press release says.

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Intel released a security update for its Intel 2200BG and 2915AVG Pro/Wireless Network Connection Hardware device drivers and PROSet management software on laptops to help protect against serious security vulnerabilities. An attacker, within range of the Wi-Fi station, can exploit these vulnerabilities to lead to remote code execution and system control, Laptop Logic published.

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Data loss prevention company Sun Star announced that it has make available a team of specialists to address the concerns around backing up data for laptops. “The announcement of Wells Fargo’s loss of client data following the disappearance of a laptop on a cargo plane has many businesses concerned about safety”, Sun Star published.

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The increasing incorporation of technology into daily life has spawned hands-free cell phone devices, hand-held and laptop computers and, more recently, wireless networks in such public places as restaurants.

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Tugboat Enterprises Ltd has launched its latest product Nauticus to protect laptop owners in case of theft of laptop computers and notebooks. The launch comes hot on the heels of a report released January 27 by security giant Symantec that the average business computer holds information worth about $1 million, that most corporate executives do not have a proper back up system in place, and that about 50 percent of companies experienced theft of a laptop or mobile data device in 2005 alone. www.tugboatenterprises.com/Nauticus/index.asp

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