July 4, 2008
194.8.75.x on big blog spam run
By Brian Turner
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 IP addresses used are from [...]
July 3, 2008
WatchGuard sees Extensible Network Security changes
By Alan Harten
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 term UTM as a description [...]
June 30, 2008
New Online Community for Security Industry
By Grant Draper
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 much more, answering all your [...]
June 26, 2008
Data loss and latop theft increase
By Grant Draper
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 valuable, with the average laptop [...]
June 26, 2008
Joy Global Shielded From Web 2.0 Hazards
By Rohan Parker
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.
Web 2.0 is the phase [...]
June 24, 2008
8e6 Technologies R3000 Internet filter
By Grant Draper
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 identify whether blocking is the [...]
June 24, 2008
Secerno warns about PCI Standard update
By Alan Harten
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 common vulnerabilities - are undoubtedly [...]
June 23, 2008
Brian Czarny joins Webroot
By Alan Harten
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 threats growing 500% year over [...]
June 20, 2008
10 Gig Threat Management System From Arbor
By Alan Harten
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 IP services and applications running [...]
June 13, 2008
Absolute’s Computrace Mobile protects wireless devices
By Alan Harten
Absolute Software, a provider of patented computer theft recovery, data protection and Secure Asset Tracking solutions has launched Computrace Mobile.
Based on the Computrace desktop and laptop management solution from Absolute, Computrace Mobile, is the only solution on the market for the management of all remote computers and handhelds owned by an organisation.
Computrace Mobile [...]
June 12, 2008
Small businesses and electronic crime
By Grant Draper
A You Gov survey has revealed that the cause of stress and anxiety in the work place comes from technology not working, difficult suppliers and clients, heavy workloads, tight deadlines and long hours.
Businesses were also questioned about their views on work based crime, fear of theft, or loss of confidential data for instance.
Amazingly, the reality [...]
June 12, 2008
Worry Free Business
By Grant Draper
Trend Micro Incorporated have developed the next stage in security with their latest feature for QuickBooks protection, the new Worry-Free Business Security 5.0, a data and identity theft protection feature, which protects users QuickBooks from changes from other programs, unless authorized.
The new Worry Free Business Security has already been commended, with an Intuit Developer [...]
June 10, 2008
The ISAF Web site is online
By Alan Harten
The Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF), the cross-industry initiative founded by the ISSA-UK to raise awareness of information security, has formally opened its Web site.
Located at www.theisaf.org, the site seeks to act as a resource that will over time develop in to a focal point for IT security education, news and other relevant information from [...]
June 3, 2008
Welsh e-Crime seminar next week
By Alan Harten
e-Crime is high on the Agenda as its economic impact on the Welsh Business Community threatens to escalate.
That is the news as the 4th annual e-Crime Wales summit takes place at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport on the 11th June 2008, as part of the ongoing e-Crime Wales initiative to tackle the growing threat [...]
June 2, 2008
McAfee makes Dimension Data Global Partner
By Alan Harten
Dimension Data, IT solutions and services provider, has announced it has been named as McAfee’s Global Partner of the Year 2007.
This is the second McAfee award presented to Dimension Data this year. In January, the Group was recognised as McAfee’s Global Systems Integrator.
Dimension Data’s security line of business recorded revenue growth of 36% in [...]
May 29, 2008
Vista’s UAC spots rootkits
By Grant Draper
Vista’s Account Control feature sets itself to one side, compared to any predecessors, by locating rootkits before they actually install.
You can’t get much worse than a rootkit - they install themselves on a system and from then onwards effectively have control, allowing them to do what ever they want, whether that’s deleting information or retrieving [...]
May 29, 2008
Social Networking sites vs EU Regulation
By Grant Draper
ENISA, the Information Security Agency, is calling for social networking sites to increase awareness of the risks such sites pose to its users.
The main targets include Myspace and Facebook, the big players in the industry, with literally millions of unaware users.
Unwanted audiences are able to see comments and pictures, and such activities can lead to [...]
May 29, 2008
Yahoo Lottery Scammers
By Grant Draper
Yahoo has filed a formal complaint and lawsuit against a group of individuals, the “Yahoo Lottery Spammers”, after several attempts to steal the public’s personal information by misleading them into a false sense of security, offering them a prize from Yahoo.
In a variety of emails, contestants were ‘awarded’ prizes, as long as they filled out [...]
May 29, 2008
Adobe Flash Player Bug
By Grant Draper
Hackers have come across an unpatched bug in the Adobe Flash Player software which is, apparently, very similar to a bug that was patched just last month.
The flaw allowed hackers to install unauthorised software on a victim’s machine and was being used to install botnet programs and password-logging software.
Obviously, from a security point of [...]
May 29, 2008
Secure Computing finds insider threats are biggest worry
By Alan Harten
Secure Computing Corporation an enterprise gateway security company, today announced the results of an IT Director survey that uncovers a rising concern about insider threats and widespread acknowledgement of being unprepared for emerging Web-based attacks.
When asked whether they believed insider or outsider threats posed a bigger problem to their organisation, more than 80% of the [...]