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Global security spend to hit $10.5bn

News B is for Botnets Increasing competition in certain segments, such as antivirus and email security, from large market entrants, such as Microsoft and Google, will also force prices down and impact overall revenue growth over the next few years...

Tags: smes, security

[28 Apr 2008]

Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds

News B is for Botnets Threats circulated via email, on the other hand, appeared to have cooled off during the first quarter of this year. According to Sophos, only one in 2,500 email messages contained malware - 40 per cent fewer than 2007, where one in...

Tags: malware, email, web, security

[24 Apr 2008]

Beware the insider security threat

Beware the insider security threat

News B is for Botnets Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all manner of threats ranging from botnets to metasploit attacks. Mike Roberts, IT director at private Harley Street hospital The London Clinic...

Tags: insider, security

[17 Apr 2008]

FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat

Comment It will be botnets. The marketing of cyber crime in general and botnets in particular is a growing threat. We are concerned we do see that because botnets are by nature a force multiplier. People are not doing the basics, using antivirus software...

Tags: security, malware, cyber crime

[15 Apr 2008]

PayPal wages war on phishing

News B is for Botnets But Barrett said other measures are needed such as email certification. PayPal has brought in a number of tech solutions including digital email signatures - something that the company now does with 100 per cent of its outbound...

Tags: certification, education, isps, paypal

[11 Apr 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News B is for Botnets Sensitive data refers to contact information for a person, such as an email address or home number, as well as the web surfing habits of that person. The group - which includes the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children Now, and...

Tags: myspace, facebook

[10 Apr 2008]

Stopping Zombies, Botnets, and Other Email-borne Threats

whitepaper This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable.

Tags: protection, computers, spam, send

[08 Apr 2008]

Stopping Zombies, Botnets, and Other Email-borne Threats

whitepaper This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable.

Tags: spyware, threat, send, spam

[08 Apr 2008]

How to detect data leaks

Comment B is for Botnets DLP tools incorporate a wide range of modules to protect sensitive data across the corporate infrastructure, including monitoring and protecting network gateways, email, end points and storage.

Tags: security, data protection, data leaks, comply

[19 Mar 2008]

Facebook ups privacy and says it wants to Chat

News B is for Botnets For example, a user could hide or show private information, such as email address and phone numbers, from friends or groups using the classifications "Friend of Friends", "All Friends", "Some Friends", or "Only Me".

Tags: facebook, im, social networking, controls

[19 Mar 2008]

Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life

Photo This is the Storm virus which has formed one of the largest ever botnets with around two million computers compromised by it. This pretty vision is Netsky - a worm that consistently poses a threat via email traffic.

Tags: art, viruses, messagelabs, phishing

[06 Mar 2008]

How the good guys fight the security arms race

News B is for Botnets Those threats from things like botnets that once might have been a silly academic exercise have become a real issue. B is for Botnets A content-based approach looks at the data and recognises how it can be adequately protected...

Tags: data loss, rsa, data security, sending

[15 Feb 2008]

Google Apps hosts one big team talk over the web

News B is for Botnets Google Apps Team Edition is a free service that lets people within the same email domain collaborate easily with Google Apps, a package that includes Calendar, Docs, Talk and Start Page.

Tags: google, microsoft, apps, administrator

[07 Feb 2008]

Google launches online security tools

News B is for Botnets The tech works with any email system, including Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange and Novell Groupwise. Google has launched a range of web-based security applications for email filtering, encryption and archiving.

Tags: web, google, saas, security

[05 Feb 2008]

Happy 10th birthday Mozilla - there's a bug in your cake

News B is for Botnets The code became the basis of the Mozilla Suite, which comprises the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email application. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: mozilla, birthday, firefox, suite

[25 Jan 2008]

Brunel University uses spam filter to fight cyber bullying

Case Study B is for Botnets Based in the west of London, the university is one of the main higher education centres in the city and uses a distributed email system. In 2005 a young Korean student complained she was being harassed by someone sending out...

Tags: bullying, email, brunel, college

[11 Jan 2008]

'Big Brother IT' fuels workplace stress

News B is for Botnets Do you know who has been reading your email? Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus C is for CMA D is for DDoS E is for Extradition F is for Federated identity

Tags: privacy, surveillance, stress, work

[08 Jan 2008]

Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam

whitepaper Download this paper to learn about Symantec's approach to solving the problem of image spam, botnets and other threats. Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six...

Tags: anti-virus, image, spam, emails

[12 Dec 2007]

Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam

Comment As outlined in the first article of this special report there are millions of infected computers forming botnets, whose primary purpose is to spew out countless messages urging us to buy Viagra, or providing the latest 'hot tip' in shares.

Tags: spam, filtering, botnets, security

[10 Dec 2007]

Hedge fund manager in £3.5m IT deal with Savvis

News B is for Botnets The company will host all of Augustus' business applications, including trading, customer services, email, order management and finance. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: financial services, disaster recovery, hosting, business continuity

[06 Dec 2007]

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