The News Review:
- Azaleos Adds Messaging Security to Remotely Managed Microsoft…
- Azaleos Adds Messaging Security to Remotely Managed Microsoft…
- Anti-virus software isn’t only online security tool
- Kraken stripped of World’s Largest Botnet crown (maybe)
- Kaspersky Lab Extends its Support for Cavium’s OCTEON Multi-core…
- Safety in scary cyberspace
Azaleos Adds Messaging Security to Remotely Managed Microsoft…
Earthtimes – Apr 9, 2008
“Azaleos provided the complete set of messaging services, including business continuity and ProtectXchange for security, that we were looking for, as well as the unique ability to keep Exchange Server safely inside our firewall. Choosing OneStop services made great business sense for us. ” ProtectXchange uses MessageLabs patented multi-layered spam protection techniques including heuristics rules, Bayesian learning, fuzzy fingerprinting and other methods to identify and filter unwanted messages. The service also defends against viruses, worms, Trojans, phishing attacks, malicious links, and other malware. In addition, the Azaleos team of Exchange experts monitors customer deployments 24×7 to ensure ProtectXchange services are always up and running in accordance with their Service Level Agreement. “As we developed our roadmap for broadening the OneStop services portfolio, messaging security was at the top of our list,” said Keith McCall, CTO of Azaleos. “With ProtectXchange, our customers are protected by world-class security from MessageLabs, no longer need to maintain spam and virus updates, and can count on 24×7 security monitoring from our network operations center.
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Azaleos Adds Messaging Security to Remotely Managed Microsoft…
sys-con.com – Apr 9, 2008
“Azaleos provided the complete set of messaging services, including business continuity and ProtectXchange for security, that we were looking for, as well as the unique ability to keep Exchange Server safely inside our firewall. Choosing OneStop services made great business sense for us. ” ProtectXchange uses MessageLabs patented multi-layered spam protection techniques including heuristics rules, Bayesian learning, fuzzy fingerprinting and other methods to identify and filter unwanted messages. The service also defends against viruses, worms, Trojans, phishing attacks, malicious links, and other malware. In addition, the Azaleos team of Exchange experts monitors customer deployments 24×7 to ensure ProtectXchange services are always up and running in accordance with their Service Level Agreement. “As we developed our roadmap for broadening the OneStop services portfolio, messaging security was at the top of our list,” said Keith McCall, CTO of Azaleos. “With ProtectXchange, our customers are protected by world-class security from MessageLabs, no longer need to maintain spam and virus updates, and can count on 24×7 security monitoring from our network operations center.
Related: Microsoft Gulf named Software Vendor of the Year
Anti-virus software isn’t only online security tool
USA Today – Apr 9, 2008
That’s not necessarily so. Fraudulent e-mail and tainted websites are more prevalent than ever. Spam, much of it pitching fake drugs and financial scams, accounts for 80% of all e-mail, says Symantec. The number of new strains of malicious programs increased fivefold in 2007 over 2006, and about 20,000 new malicious programs are unleashed on the Web each day, says AV-Test Labs. Yet most consumers are in a fog about the array of tech security tools they can – and probably should – use to protect themselves, tech security analysts say. Craig Spiezle, Microsoft’s director of security and privacy, says his own wife couldn’t tell anyone which security tools they really ought to be using. “The big challenge we’re dealing with is the volume and velocity of new threats,” says Spiezle… Programs such as AVG’s LinkScanner, ScanSafe’s Scandoo, Trend Micro’s TrendProtect, McAfee’s SiteAdvisor and Finjan’s SecureBrowsing grade Web pages as safe, unsafe or questionable. Web scanners aren’t perfect. But they provide a layer of protection against what has become cybercrooks’ favorite way to spread malicious programs: via the Web. “The more layers you have, the safer you are,” says Roger Thompson, AVG chief research officer. •Browser security tools. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla’s Firefox 2, the most widely used Web browsers, both offer anti-phishing filters that alert users if they try to click to bogus websites set up to fool them into typing passwords and other sensitive data. Microsoft distributes IE7 with this feature disabled, so users must choose to turn it on.
Kraken stripped of World’s Largest Botnet crown (maybe)
Register – Apr 9, 2008
Zombie hunters at Damballa said they were tracking a new bot army that claimed more than 400,000 infected machines and had managed to infiltrate at least 50 networks belonging to Fortune 500 companies. The malware at the heart of Kraken, as they dubbed the botnet, was undetected on 80 percent of computers running anti-virus protection. The thing is, other researchers say Kraken isn’t new at all. According to Joe Stewart, a cyber gumshoe at SecureWorks, the reported bot army is actually one that goes by the name Bobax and is one of the oldest known botnets used for spamming. Damballa researchers respectfully reject this contention, saying Kraken bots use fundamentally different means to connect to command and control channels, where they receive their spamming instructions. The mix-up is understandable, given the way malware is spread… The differences don’t end there. A few months ago, Damballa issued a report that said Bobax was largely dormant, after being taken over by Storm, which according to some estimates, was believed to be one of the largest known botnets. Stewart says Bobax is the second biggest spam bot, with 185,000 spam-capable bots and a capacity to blast out more than 9 billion pieces of junk mail per day. (The actually number of spam sent is much lower. )He counts Srizbi as the biggest spam botnet, with about 315,000 infected machines. Rustock and Cutwail and Storm are third, fourth and fifth, with 150,000 zombies and 125,000 zombies and 85,000 zombies respectively. One reason for the discrepancies is that Stewart’s report counts only the number of bots that are capable of sending spam.
Kaspersky Lab Extends its Support for Cavium’s OCTEON Multi-core…
Earthtimes – Apr 9, 2008
“Providing a full-featured Kaspersky antivirus solution on OCTEON and scalable alternatives will provide our joint customers with an excellent platform to build and secure next generation intelligent networking systems. ” Contact Cavium Networks for more information about OCTEON processors and Kaspersky Lab about integrated antivirus technology. About Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Lab delivers the world’s most immediate protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crimeware, hackers, phishing, and spam. Kaspersky Lab products provide superior detection rates and the industry’s fastest outbreak response time for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky® technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industry’s leading IT security solution providers.
Safety in scary cyberspace
NEWS.com.au – Apr 9, 2008
Or so the horror stories go. There were plenty being told at the recent Australian launch of Symantec’s new version of its Norton 360 security bundle. Symantec’s Matthew Drake said more than 15 per cent of Australian internet users "are still going online without any protection at all". "It’s important everyone who ventures online understands that doing so unprotected is not a reasonable risk to take," he said. "Consumers need to know that malware threats have become much more professional and sophisticated. "The days are largely over when most hackers were simply lone computer geeks getting a thrill from creating havoc online. "Increasingly, malware writers are part of professional criminal organisations operating with the primary aim of stealing identities, banking details and, of course, your money… Other than Google’s, most are pests. Smiley and similar free software – particularly spyware scanners – are dodgy. So are greeting cards, porn viewers and diallers, pop-ups insisting you install something, emails from Nigerians with financial propositions, lottery, internet pharmacies, stock tips and spam in general. Never click on links in emails apparently from eBay, PayPal or a bank, no matter what they say. Go to the site independently, and log in there. Security software
RUNNING a program that promises to protect you against viruses sounds sensible, but in practice most tax system resources so heavily they’re not far off being classed as malware. If you can’t instantly recognise a risky attachment, switch to a webmail account such as Gmail or Hotmail that routinely scans for viruses.
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