Teradata has digged deep to acquire Aster Data Systems to improve its big data analytical capabilities

Google has acquired German security specialist Zynamics for its software analysis tools

Facebook is still considering developer access to private information but is improving its permissions screen

Gartner analysts predict growth and consolidation for the data-warehousing market in 2011

An anti-gay US church has faked a letter threatening a DDoS attack, purporting to be Anonymous hacktivists

Microsoft has confirmed it is investigating a possible zero-day vulnerability that affects Windows

Dell and Damballa discussed the growth of toolkits and pay-per-install botnet growth at the RSA Conference

For Trend Micro, Symantec and Hewlett-Packard, virtualisation is a focal point at the RSA Conference

German researchers have discovered a way of stealing passwords from any device running Apple iOS

A survey found that 50 percent of all organisations are losing track of encryption keys and digital certificates