http://www.securitywatch.co.uk Security News, Security Blog, Security Forums Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:10:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Various IP's in the C class (/24) IP block 194.8.75.214 are running like the clappers with blog spam today. The blog spam is being posted in high volume, and the spam all links to pages on free webhosting accounts, advertising typical high-paying affiliate keyword links. Unusually for this sort of activity, the ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/07/04/194875x-on-big-blog-spam-run/ WatchGuard Technologies, network security solutions provider, today announced what it calls its ‘vision’ of taking unified threat management (UTM) to the ‘next level’ of performance, scalability, high security, investment protection and end-user choice, with the company’s threat management (XTM) and connectivity solutions. Four years ago analyst IDC came up with the ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/07/03/watchguard-see%e2%80%99s-big-changes-in-extensible-network-security/ Pixalert has detected a rise in risk levels when scanning enterprise email systems for inappropriate images, and has therefore announced the launch of its free downloadable add on ImageGuard(tm) MailAssessor. Obviously, as an employer, it’s important to know what is and isn’t on your server. Above all, a server that has ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/30/pixalert-launches-free-imageguardtm-mailassessor/ It seems the team responsible for the Infosecurity Europe show, that’s held in London, won’t rest until everyone is fully clued up on the topic, with their latest project being the InfoSecurity online community. The website includes advice, forums, blogs, career path, ask the experts, Q&A and other resources, and much ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/30/new-online-community-for-security-industry/ Absolute Software, a laptop tracking and recovery firm, has offered its advice on security as the number of cases relating to data loss, and laptop theft, increase. The fact that laptops continue to fall in price for a basic model is irrelevant, as the data stored on them becomes ever more ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/26/data-loss-and-latop-theft-increase/ The announcement was made this month by Secure Computing Corporation that the gateway security company would be providing Secure Web(tm) to Joy Global Inc., the mining equipment manufacturer and distributor. Secure Web, previously known as Webwasher, will allow Joy Global to protect against threats designed with Web 2.0 in mind. ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/26/joy-global-shielded-from-web-20-hazards-by-secure-web/ 8e6 Technologies has released details on its R3000 Internet filter applications, which will be improvised to block streaming media applications, mainly sports related. The 8e6 application will allow related IT companies to possess the ability to put streaming media applications into categories, and by monitoring the application, the company can then ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/24/8e6-technologies-r3000-internet-filter/ Secerno, a global technology data security company, today issued a warning to retailers and consumers alike regarding section 6.6 of the PCI standard that takes effect on June 30th. The measures that the update requires - either installing firewalls around Internet-facing applications or having all customer application code reviewed for ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/24/secerno-not-confident-about-pci-standard-update/ Webroot, provider of security software for consumers, enterprise and SME markets, today announced the appointment of Brian Czarny as Vice President of Solutions Marketing. Czarny will be involved in advancing Webroot's innovations in the security software as a service (SaaS) market by leading product management and product marketing. "With malware ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/23/brian-czarny-joins-webroot/ Arbor Networks, Inc., provider of secure service control solutions for global business networks, announced today the industry's first 10 Gig distributed denial of service (DDoS) detection and mitigation system that enables application-layer attack protection. The Threat Management System 3100 (TMS) delivers deep packet inspection (DPI) of more than 80 critical ... http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2008/06/20/10-gig-threat-management-system-from-arbor/