InfoWorld

VeriSign introduces e-mail, antiphishing services

New services from Internet infrastructure company VeriSign Inc. will help businesses fight unsolicited commercial (“spam”) e-mail, computer viruses and a form of online fraud known as “phishing,” the ...
InfoWorld

Critics raise security concerns about VeriSign service

WASHINGTON – VeriSign Inc.’s Site Finder service has caused problems with the way some e-mail and other Web applications function and collected more information about Web surfers than some other ...
The Business Journals

Verisign's Internet security powers may be stretching too far

I’m not one of those people who live in fear of Big Brother. Some would think me naive because I don’t worry that the National Security Agency is monitoring my emails and texts. Maybe ...
Washington Technology

VeriSign buys iDefense

VeriSign Inc. has acquired Reston, Va.-based security intelligence firm iDefense for about $40 million in cash, said officials with Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign. iDefense provides intelligence ...
Washington Technology

Symantec makes $1.3B play for VeriSign's security biz

Continuing its buying spree, Symantec Corp. has agreed to acquire VeriSign's identity and authentication business, which includes SSL Certificate and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services, for ...
Reuters

CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Symantec to buy VeriSign security business

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 (Reuters) - Symantec Corp agreed to buy VeriSign Inc's widely used technology for securing payments over the Internet as part of a deal worth $1.28 billion, the companies said on ...
RFID Journal

VeriSign Plans RFID Security Enhancements

This article was originally published by RFID Update. January 27, 2005—VeriSign will probably announce enhancements to its RFID technology at the EPC Developer’s Conference to be held in Chicago this ...