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Kaspersky PURE safeguards home PC users against digital pollution and Cybercrime threats
Kaspersky Lab has announced the launch of Kaspersky PURE, a comprehensive and innovative approach to safeguarding all home PC users against digital pollution and Cybercrime threats. Kaspersky PURE creates a worry and risk-free environment within which PCs, files, digital identity and services are protected against loss caused by malware, malfunctio [...more...]
New hacker scheme is infecting educational servers worldwide with Viagra ads
Imperva's latest report warns that hackers have become industrialized and represent an exponentially increased threat to individuals, organizations and Government. Imperva’s report says the emerging industrialization of hacking parallels the way in which the 19th century revolution advanced methods and accelerated assembly from single to mass prod [...more...]
Imperva ThreatRadar helps stop large scale automated Cyber Attacks
Imperva has announced the general availability of ThreatRadar, a new add-on to Imperva’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) that provides automated, reputation-based defense against large scale industrialized cyber attacks. Anyone using ThreatRadar with Imperva’s WAF will have an effective means to mitigate: • Mass SQL Injection attacks coming fr [...more...]
How bots transparently control computers
Paul gets home and sits in front of his computer, as he does most days. He connects to the Internet, updates his Facebook profile and starts chatting with friends. What he doesn’t know is that he’s not alone; his computer is being controlled by a Russian mafia. This is because his computer is infected and controlled by a bot. Generally speaking, [...more...]
Spammers take advantage of the reputations of global brands to prompt opening of emails
According to Commtouch®'s Internet Threats Trend Report, spammers continue to be cutting-edge marketers, this time taking advantage of the reputations of global brands, such as UPS, DHL and Facebook, to prompt opening of emails. During the last quarter, cybercriminals focused on distributing the Mal-Bredo A virus. While the number of variants de [...more...]
ProSecure UTM5 gateway security appliance enables small companies to protect themselves using a wide array of defenses
NETGEAR® Inc. has unveiled the ProSecure® UTM5, a gateway security appliance that extends enterprise-class Unified Threat Management (UTM) technology to any small business, home networks for telecommuters, and small branch offices around five users in size. Distributed via NETGEAR’s worldwide channel partner program, the ProSecure UTM5 appliances c [...more...]
How to detect when greyware is or is not malicious or useful
It has been quite a long time since the first personal computers hit the market, during which time many serious vulnerabilities and design faults have been discovered. The design of new devices and technology must therefore take into account the securing of the data, dataflow, and any communication in general. However, the systems that are bein [...more...]
Size doesn't matter when it comes to maintaining business continuity
It's not a matter of if, but when. You might think that as a small business owner, your company is not a target for malicious hackers or attacks, but this couldn't be farther from the truth. Size doesn't matter when it comes to maintaining business continuity in light of security threats - both natural and manmade - anyone and everyone is susceptib [...more...]
Six of the top ten malware programs are Trojans
In January 2010, the malware landscape remained remarkably similar to December 2009, according to Sunbelt Software ThreatNet statistics. The top seven detections were the same as December, but in a slightly different order. In December and January, six of the top 10 detections were Trojan horse programs. Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT – a generic detec [...more...]
Engate and IBM offer a security suite that proactively protects SMBs from a diversity of email-borne threats
Engate Technology Corporation has integrated its security software suite with IBM® Lotus® Foundations Start line of software appliances for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). Lotus Foundations Start plug and play appliances help companies with little or no in-house technical resources to focus on running their business rather than managing [...more...]
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