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Stop Spam, Viruses and Spyware: Endpoint and Perimeter Malware Guide

whitepaper Additional layers of protection at the perimeter are essential to combat the sheer volume of this increasing threat and to prevent networks from being clogged by spam. Today's cyber criminals are using highly evolved, blended malware to access...

Tags: anti-virus

[15 May 2008]

Zombies: The Digital Undead

whitepaper Some basic tenets of security should be followed at all times, whether you want to protect your enterprise network from spam, viruses and DDoS attacks spewed forth by zombie networks, or protect your home computer from joining the ranks of the...

Tags: intrusion detection systems, spam, mail, corporate networks

[10 Apr 2008]

Webcast: Risks of Unmanaged IM in the Enterprise

whitepaper With it has come IM-borne threats including viruses, malware, and phishing attacks, plus regulatory compliance issues. Over 90% of all organizations are seeing Instant Messaging used daily on their corporate networks.

Tags: electronic, messaging, instant messaging, experts

[29 Feb 2008]

Tuning Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam on UltraSPARC T1 and T2 Processor-Powered Servers

whitepaper Well-known viruses such as Melissa, and worms like SoBig have propagated through email and have disrupted user PCs and corporate networks worldwide. Electronic mail is a business-critical function in virtually every enterprise, and it is also one...

Tags: processors

[29 Feb 2008]

Organisations Adopt Advanced Internet Firewall for Cost-Effective Web Production

whitepaper Despite its value as a business tool, the Internet can transmit viruses to corporate networks. As a result, the organisations are gaining advanced protection for their corporate networks against Internet intruders.

Tags: application servers

[18 Dec 2007]

15 Common Mistakes in Web Security: Enterprise vulnerabilities that invite attack

whitepaper However, web-borne viruses, spyware, malicious code, data leaks, identity theft, pornography, and illegal files are just as happy landing on a corporate PC as on a domestic one. From social networks to blogs, to wikis, employees are surfing the web...

Tags: network security, enterprises, viruses, learn

[12 Dec 2007]

Webcast: The Money in Malware: Evolution of the Network Threatscape

whitepaper Listen as Mark Harris, Global Security Threat Expert for Sophos, presents an industry prospective on current and emerging threats from viruses, spam, adware, spyware, and other potentially unwanted applications.

Tags: firewalls, threat, threats, malware

[12 Dec 2007]

Understanding Malware and How it Threatens Your Business

whitepaper Find out what steps you can take to proactively defend your network against viruses, rootkits, key loggers, Trojans, and other malware. How employees' Internet use introduces spyware to corporate networks

Tags: malware, spyware, techrepublic webcast, webroot

[12 Dec 2007]

Webcast: Understanding Malware and How it Threatens Your Business

whitepaper Find out what steps you can take to proactively defend your network against viruses, rootkits, key loggers, Trojans, and other malware. How employees' Internet use introduces spyware to corporate networks

Tags: malware, spyware, techrepublic webcast, webroot

[12 Dec 2007]

Webcast: Exploring the State of Endpoint Security

whitepaper As the financial motivation for infiltrating enterprise computing networks increases, viruses, worms, Trojans, and other forms of malicious code grow both in their complexity and their ability to do harm.

Tags: client, malicious, david, mobility

[12 Dec 2007]

Webcast: The Spying Game: Why Integrated Threat Management is Essential

whitepaper As the financial motivation for infecting and gaining access to computers within an organization increases, viruses, worms, Trojans, and other forms of malicious code grow both in their complexity and their ability to take control and do harm.

Tags: threat, threats, criteria, malware

[12 Dec 2007]

E-mail Compliance: Security Solutions for Regulatory Requirements

whitepaper Information Technology professionals are tasked with keeping e-mail servers in perfect working order, reducing the amount of incoming spam and protecting their networks from viruses and malware. This important white paper discusses the major...

Tags: back-up, mail, protect, comply

[26 Nov 2007]

Pump-and-dump MP3 email spam warning

News No viruses or Trojans have been detected in any of these attachments yet and Malta-based security company GFI Software has recorded an example of this MP3 spam here. The MP3 attachments, which range from around 85KB to 147KB in size, feature a poor...

Tags: bandwidth, spam, mp3

[19 Oct 2007]

Emerging Threats: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

whitepaper Swapped files from P2P networks may contain viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. This paper explores the use of P2P file sharing in a corporate environment and examines the associated risks. Employees are using company resources to access...

Tags: security management, peer, risks, files

[05 Jul 2007]

iPhone, Gmail and blogs - a corporate security nightmare

News Blogs, social networking tools and other web 2.0 technologies are another risk for information leaks or as channels for malicious software and viruses. Forrester highlighted Bluetooth, insecure home wireless networks and "evil twin" malicious...

Tags: gmail, iphone, consumerisation, forrester

[15 Jun 2007]

Is Skype secure enough for businesses?

Comment Mark Osborne, chief information security officer at carrier Interoute, says: "The biggest risk that Skype presents is not the breaking in to steal corporate assets, it's the threat from viruses and keyword loggers in malware.

Tags: social engineering, spoofing, spit, vishing

[02 Apr 2007]

Zombies: The Digital Undead

whitepaper Some basic tenets of security should be followed at all times, whether you want to protect your enterprise network from spam, viruses and DDoS attacks spewed forth by zombie networks, or protect your home computer from joining the ranks of the...

Tags: spam, mail, corporate networks, zombie

[13 Mar 2007]

CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat

News Computer viruses still pose a major threat to corporate networks despite the lack of a major outbreak for two years, according to leading UK IT chiefs. But three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said viruses are still a...

Tags: cio jury

[25 Jan 2007]

Long-awaited Windows Vista launches today

News The ability to define more users as standard users rather than administrators will prove very attractive, according to analysts, by helping secure corporate networks against worms and viruses that use administrator privileges to spread on infected...

Tags: vista

[30 Nov 2006]

The A to Z of security

News It was also the first time a computer virus became the day's top story for newspapers and television stations, marking a shift to mainstream awareness of computer viruses. Armies of zombie PCs are used by cyber criminals for sending spam or viruses...

Tags: orange, extradition, os x, google

[14 Nov 2006]

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