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Junked: Is this the end of spam and spoof email?
News Other advocates so far include anti-spam vendors and frequent email senders: AOL, Cox Communications, EarthLink, IBM, IronPort Systems, Trend Micro and VeriSign. A key internet standards body has given preliminary... [23 May 2007]
Cisco grabs IronPort for $830m
News Cisco has acquired internet gateway security company IronPort for $830m. Cisco plans to expand its product range by integrating technologies from IronPort that complement its existing switch and router... [05 Jan 2007]
Spammers dust off their botnet passports
News Jason Steer, senior technical consultant at IronPort, said: "All major anti-spam vendors have seen a large upturn in spam message volumes over the past couple of months. Criminals who remotely infect PCs for the purpose... [26 Jul 2006]
Spammers now own email's dirty reputation
News Companies such as Habeas and Return Path are stepping in with reputation services, hoping to make money by placing paying customers on "safe" lists and providing information about bad emailers to ISPs and sellers of email security... [26 Jul 2006]
More security industry consolidation
News To date CipherTrust is probably best known in the industry for its litigation rather than its technology, having fought rivals CyberTrust and IronPort over claims of trademark infringement. The continued consolidation in... [12 Jul 2006]
Virus alert: Nyxem set to spring on 3 February
News It is thought to have infected more than half a million PCs and security vendor Ironport warned on Thursday that these machines are now hard-coded to propagate the virus on 3 February. But Ironport... [27 Jan 2006]
Was your business at risk for 56 days this year?
News Security appliance vendor IronPort has hit out at some of the biggest names in the security industry, claiming businesses were left exposed to the worst viruses of the year for a total of 56 days while antivirus vendors... [19 Dec 2005]
"Toothless" online safety drive 'will fail without ISPs'
News Matt Peachey, regional director at email security firm IronPort, told silicon.com the joint public and private sector initiative is fatally flawed until it resolves the lack of ISP involvement. The latest UK... [25 Oct 2005]
Spam blacklisting for one million Telewest customers
News At the time, Matt Peachey, MD of IronPort, whose Senderbase system revealed the extent of Telewest's spam problem, told silicon.com: "The ISPs know they're spamming but they're reluctant to put things in place which... [10 May 2005]
CIOs asking if it's time to outsource security
News Matt Peachey, European director of Ironport, told silicon.com: "People are either open to outsourcing or they aren't. Attendees at this week's InfoSecurity Europe event with some budget in their pockets are facing a... [28 Apr 2005]
ISPs urged to clean up the internet
News Matt Peachey, MD of IronPort, told silicon.com: "The ISPs know they're spamming but they're reluctant to put things in place which block mail. IronPort's Peachey said: "With ISPs it's not about what... [28 Apr 2005]
Scare tactics driving email spend
News Email is the biggest security headache for 50 per cent of IT directors, according to figures from security vendor IronPort Systems. Matt Peachey, Northern European managing director at IronPort Systems,... [12 Jan 2005]
Re:Viewing 2004: The security industry
News At the time of the CyberTrust announcement the litigious CipherTrust, who this year fought IronPort over a conflict with its own IronMail brand, declined to comment on any similarities to its own brand. [16 Dec 2004]
IronPort secures $45m funding
News US-based email security firm IronPort has secured a further round of funding worth $45m. That funding brings the total raised by IronPort to more than $90m, with further reason for cheer being provided... [25 Oct 2004]
Phishing netting more surfers
News Mike Bosch, Australia and New Zealand managing director of email security firm Ironport Systems, said there is a possible technological solution on the horizon but it will require the continuing co-operation of service... [12 Oct 2004]