expert messaging security
Cisco's collaboration launch squares up to Microsoft, IBM
News PostPath and Jabber, two recent Cisco acquisitions, will be built into WebEx Connect for email and instant messaging in the coming months, McConnell said. McConnell said: "It's a major launch for us, including a... [25 Sep 2008]
How closely are you monitoring?
Comment Management and control sessions can be easily analysed to look for after-hours access that doesn't match normal usage patterns," Potter says, adding administrators might be surprised to find out how much peer-to-peer and instant... [10 Dec 2007]
TechNet Webcast: Implementing Application Security - Part II: Configuring Exchange Server 2003 to Improve Messaging Security (Level 200)
White Paper The attendee of this webcast will learn expert techniques for hardening the Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 environment and protecting the communications in this second webcast in the three-part "Implementing Application... [01 Aug 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment Unlike major instant messaging applications, which do support logging and filtering, the closed nature of Skype means it is impossible for third party applications to interface with Skype. An independent test in 2005 by... [02 Apr 2007]
Sales people are 'demons' of tech security
News Sales staff aged between 26 and 35 tend to take a multitasking approach to email, instant messaging, VoIP and the internet - increasing the likelihood of malware and fraudsters getting onto the company network, according... [29 Mar 2007]
Microsoft gets ahead of itself with WMF patch
News Additionally, instant messaging worms, Trojan horses and spammed emails with malicious image attachments have surfaced, according to experts. One security expert applauded Microsoft for... [06 Jan 2006]
Yahoo! dating site has security issues
News In the age of instant messaging and email, answers to such questions are often easy to obtain with a bit of social engineering, said Bennett Haselton, a freelance programmer and internet free-speech advocate in Seattle... [21 Dec 2005]
MSN-Yahoo! IM love-in could spread worms
News But the partnership has a flipside, an instant-messaging security expert said. Jon Sakoda, chief technology officer at messaging security company... [13 Oct 2005]
Email encryption guru dabbles with VoIP
News Most popular instant messaging applications also have VoIP capabilities. The security expert said while his prototype can be used to make calls, it still has some problems to be ironed... [27 Jul 2005]
'Expect an IM worm rampage'
News The number of instant messaging worms is on the rise - but users should expect only a short-lived surge before tech administrators act against IM in their companies, a security expert... [19 Apr 2005]
Hackers learn to attack networks with IM
News Security experts have discovered an instant-messaging tool that could change the way denial-of-service (DoS) attacks are performed. Combining the open-source tool nmap - a program that discovers devices... [12 Oct 2004]
Windows JPEG worm spreading over AOL IM
News Next week, Microsoft is launching a beta version of its instant messaging product, MSN Messenger. Antivirus expert Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure yesterday warned that the JPEG exploit can also dodge... [01 Oct 2004]
Mobile collaboration going nowhere - for now
Comment Web conferencing, application sharing and instant messaging (IM) are the closest to real-time, synchronous collaboration that we have. While web applications vendors struggle with these challenges, mobile instant... [14 Jun 2004]
IM spam: A threat or a storm in a teacup?
News Spam that targets instant messaging users is on the rise, but analysts say the problem won't be as disruptive as unsolicited email. As spammers face legal action from the Can-Spam Act, they are expected to turn their... [02 Apr 2004]
Who knows more about your network - you or the cyber-criminals?
News Two technologies which perfectly illustrate the threat of human error and the security flaws inherent in new technologies are instant messaging and file-sharing or peer-to-peer networks. With instant... [30 Apr 2003]
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