Yahoo!, Inc. and McAfee, Inc. announced a partnership to deliver a safer Web search experience through Yahoo! Search. Launching in beta today, the new SearchScan feature by Yahoo! Search, powered by the award-winning McAfee® SiteAdvisor® technology, provides always-on alerts to users for "risky" sites with security concerns such as spyware, adware and other malicious software that can infect and damage a user's PC.

Acunetix, a pioneer on web application security scanning technology, has announced that the sophisticated SQL injection attacks recently launched on the websites of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the UK's Civil Service and the United Nations could have been prevented with the use of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner.

ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of Web Security-as-a-Service today announced that for the second year in the row it has received the SC Magazine Europe 2008 award for ‘Best Content Security’ beating out finalists including MessageLabs, McAfee, Secure Computing and Websense.

IT security solutions provider GlobalSign announced on Monday it is including its SSL Secure Site Seal service for free with its range of SSL services.

GlobalSign SSL Secure Site Seals help websites educate their visitors on the security technology they employ to protect against phishing attacks and the compromise of personal information. Based on customer feedback, the company says it has made significant aesthetic enhancements to support multiple seal designs, sizes and formats.

More than 20,000 Web pages infected on hundreds of Web sites had been discovered by the researchers from the McAfee Inc. security company. It looks to be a coordinated effort run out of servers in China.