Microsoft is working on its own file-sharing application, code-named Avalanche. Unveiled at a Microsoft open house by its United Kingdom researchers in Cambridge, the project is the company's own take ...

As many organizations still grapple with adopting and enforcing acceptable cloud use policies, shadow IT instances continue to rise. It's forcing IT security to fight risky apps like a game of whack-a ...

Eric Trexler joined Forcepoint in January 2018 as vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales. In this role, Trexler is responsible for all domestic and international sales ...

Attempting to deny the undeniable has become the accepted practice for many file-sharing companies especially as it relates to the ability to filter. As the former CTO of one of those companies, I ...

File sharing sites simply change their protocols every so often, and end users can employ tools like proxy servers to overcome traditional defenses. Moreover, applications and user behaviors ...

It's nothing that hasn't been said before but yet another survey today highlights the alarming lack of controls inside organisations for stopping the use of peer-to-peer file-sharing applications by ...

A recent report from Ponemon Institute shines light on the lack of oversight IT security leaders have over the file sharing practices within their own company. Based on a survey sponsored by ...

The recent announcement by the FTC that sensitive information from nearly 100 organizations had been compromised through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks underscores the risks of this technology.

A lawsuit filed this week in Alameda County, Calif., Superior Court alleges that Comcast Corp. intentionally interferes with Internet file sharing and blocks or slows some applications to a “mere ...

File-sharing through the dozens of software piracy mills on the Internet and well-known peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa, Morpheus, iMesh, eDonkey, Gnutella, LimeWire and Grokster accounts for ...

There are a variety of reasons you may want to block ports on your router in order to stop file sharing. Whether you are worried that individuals on your computer network are using file sharing to ...

I want to preconfigure Symantec Client Security to block common file sharing applications for our company laptops. You can do this by specifying "Prules" as long as I have an executable name to tie it ...