Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of Web Attacks [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]

December 2010-

Web-borne malware is now more common than malware that enters an organization through email. The number of Web sites discovered per day, that carry malware increased 400% in 2008. This drastic increase in infected sites can cause serious issues for your business. Organizations need to proactively protect their networks both by instituting acceptable usage policies for employee web usage as well as implementing a solution to combat these malware intrusions.

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Practical Advantages of Fireware® XTM for Hands-On IT Administrators [ Source: WatchGuard ]

July 2009- Take a look at the new XTM (extensible threat management) network security from WatchGuard. See the tangible benefits this new generation of security solutions offer. No hype – just concrete examples of XTM features and the advantages they deliver for you to evaluate against your current security.

Unraveling Web Malware [ Source: FireEye ]

September 2009- There has been a rapid rise in the use of web blended threats to exploit client browsers and operating systems. These can lead to infection by bots which can be controlled remotely. Eleven percent of the world’s computers are enmeshed in at least one botnet and 72% of corporate networks with more than 100 computers have an infection.

Obfuscated code and encrypted exploits are increasing in prevalence. The point of these exploits is to ...

Modern Filtering Solutions Rein In Employees' Internet Usage [ Source: RnD Software ]

April 2009- This whitepaper presents the latest trends in Internet usage at the workplace, the ways in which this usage affects companies' productivity, and the latest, most effective methods to fight informational threats through modern content-filtering solutions.

Zscaler Explains Its In-The-Cloud Service [ Source: Zscaler ]

August 2008- Most of today’s security products—such as firewalls, VPN, IDS/IPS—protect corporate networks and servers from threats coming from the Internet. Newer threats, such as bots, phishing, and malicious active content, target end users accessing Internet resources and infect corporate networks. Other than deploying caching and URL filtering products, corporations have done very little to inspect user-initiated traffic and protect their users. Web 2.0 applications, such as social and business networking, create both opportunities ...

Unsafe at Any Speed: 7 Dirty Secrets of the Security Industry [ Source: IBM ]

April 2008- IBM features this presentation on security and the business of the security business. The lion’s share of security market is focused on software vulnerabilities, but there is more to risk than weak software, the company says.

Black And White Lists: How To Use Free Data From The Internet Storm Center [ Source: SANS Internet Storm Center ]

April 2008- SANS Internet Storm Center uses the DShield distributed incident detection technology. ISC database receives over 10 million log lines daily from intrusion-detection systems run by volunteers worldwide. Thousands of system administrators send in additional observations and findings via e-mail and the Web. This service is free to the Internet community. SANS Internet Storm Center features this presentation.

Research Paper: VIPRE Takes a Bite Out of Bloatware [ Source: Sunbelt Software ]

January 2009- Protect your servers, workstations and networks with security software that won’t slow you down.

Preventive antivirus and antispyware packages are “must haves” in today’s networking environments. No company from the smallest business with 10 users up to the largest enterprise with 100,000+ employees is immune from the security threats posed by rogue code – which include viruses, Trojans, bots, zombies, spyware, spam and blended malware. The threats have become more sophisticated, pervasive and pernicious ...

State of Internet Security: Protecting the Perimeter [ Source: Webroot ]

October 2008- Protecting the Perimeter is quickly becoming a critical point of protection for today’s business. Many fundamental business activities - marketing, advertising, customer support, research - are Web dependent. Making the Web the number one delivery method for malware which poses a significant security challenge to businesses of all sizes.

In this State of the Internet Security Webroot delivers the results of its survey of Web security decision makers in the US, UK, ...

Attachment spam - the latest trend [ Source: GFI ]

October 2007- This white paper explains what makes spam such an unbearable problem and how spamming tactics are evolving daily to beat anti-spam software. In the space of two months, spammers have switched from image spam to using PDF, Excel and ZIP file attachments. By using these attachments to send images instead of embedding them in the body of the email message, spammers have taken the cat-and-mouse game with anti-spam software developers to a new level.

Non Intrusive Learning Patterns: The Intelligent Spam-Filtering Technology Of The Future [ Source: MicroWorld Technologies ]

July 2007- This whitepaper provides an introduction to Non Intrusive Learning Patterns. NILP is an advanced, next-generation technology that detects spam and phishing mails using unique algorithms. NILP carries a continuously updating database containing DNA imprints of millions of spam mails detected worldwide. Once the DNA imprints are checked, NILP reverses its learning by classifying GOOD (ham) mails, rather than using the traditional way of classifying BAD (spam) mails.

SMBs Need Comprehensive Security Plan to Foil Diverse Threats [ Source: MicroWorld Technologies ]

July 2007- One knows small businesses work on stringent standards of service and product delivery models adhering to tight deadlines, as client demands are always on the higher side. Business continuity is a vital factor for midsize organizations in retaining clientele and fostering relationships. Security breaches and virus infections in the internal network of organizations can be quite detrimental for business continuity, as they can bring down the entire network of an organization in a matter of ...

X-Spam For Exchange 2000-2003 Server [ Source: MicroWorld Technologies ]

June 2004- X-Spam for Exchange 2000-2003 is highly adaptive anti-spam software that protects the Microsoft Exchange 2000-2003 servers from spam. The software uses advanced regular expressions and meta tests to positively identify spam and block it. This white paper discusses spam, its impact on business, and also provides information on tools and techniques X-Spam uses to protect Exchange 2000-2003 servers.