The News Review:
- SMBs Beware: Spam Levels on the Rise
- Hosted Service delivers outsourced anti-spam protection.
- Watch out for shopper scams online
- GFI Releases the new GFI MailEssentials anti spam filter.
- Accounting Firm Caps Spam and Risky Email With Websense “In the …
- ESET Announces Availability of Antivirus for Smartphones
SMBs Beware: Spam Levels on the Rise
eWeek NY
“We fully expect spam will resume in large volumes eventually. Although Hay called the shutting down of McColo the “most significant singleevent” in the fight against spam small and midsize businesses without large ITbudgets or staff are particularly susceptible to malware and spamming. MX Logic a Denver based e-mailprotection provider conducted a survey of SMBs in 2006 that found the smallerthe company the more likely it was to be vulnerable to e-mail threats. Fortunately there is a growing selection anti-virus and anti-spam technologyavailable to SMBs.
Hosted Service delivers outsourced anti-spam protection.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) NY
“Small companies want to focus on their business – not on fighting spam. Our goal was to develop an anti-spam solution that was customizable yet easy to setup and maintain and one that would fit a small company budget. With Hosted CanIt small organizations can now enjoy anti-spam protection and options previously only available to large enterprises. Hosted CanIt is a software as a service solution (cloud computing) hosted by Roaring Penguin Software. The client points their MX Record at the Hosted CanIt server and their spam problems disappear. Hosted CanIt is available through Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) for their Small and Medium Business customers in North America. Hosted CanIt pricing starts at $1.
Watch out for shopper scams online
Houston Chronicle United States
Discover Card offers consumers the following safety tips to avoid becoming a victim of credit card fraud when shopping online:• Verify that the Web site is legitimate and not a “dummy” site. • Keep at least two separate sets of user names and passwords so that you are using one set for financial data and another for consumer purchases. • Install e-mail spam protection programs and antivirus software to defend yourself against spyware. • Enroll in e-mail reminder alerts so that you are flagged if there is any suspicious activity to your credit card account. But don’t let your guard down after Monday which is only the beginning of increased online shopping. “There’s a misconception that Cyber Monday is the heaviest online spending day of the year similar to what Black Friday is for retail” said Andrew Lipsman a senior analyst at comScore Inc. an Internet research firm in Reston Va.
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GFI Releases the new GFI MailEssentials anti spam filter.
BigNews.biz (press release) MA
GFI MailEssentials can detect and block phishing emails as well as add email management tools to the mail server: disclaimers mail monitoring Internet mail reporting list server server-based auto replies and POP3 downloading. It also ships at a price that is 35% cheaper than any of GFI’s competitors. The latest version GFI MailEssentials 14 ships with SpamRazer an additional anti-spam engine that provides a second layer of protection and highly effective filtering out-of-the-box. It has been designed to be very simple to use and because it is frequently updated the latest spam attacks such as NDR spam CNN spam MSNBC spam and many more are caught without the need to tweak or train the product. With SpamRazer filtering IP reputation filtering Bayesian and other advanced anti-spam technology modules an ultra high capture rate is obtained as well as a market-leading low rate of false positives thereby ensuring that good and important emails are not classified as spam. To further improve the overall performance of the Microsoft Exchange Server where GFI MailEssentials is installed Version 14 hooks into the Exchange Server at the SMTP protocol level. This means that Exchange will not have to download every single email before GFI MailEssentials can reject it as spam.
Accounting Firm Caps Spam and Risky Email With Websense “In the …
MarketWatch
After we deployed theon-demand security service from Websense we reduced spam saved timeand employees no longer had to deal with inappropriate images andcontent. “Hosted services are quickly becoming an attractive platform ofchoice in the messaging security market” said Brian Burke securityprogram director for IDC. “This hosted software-as-a-servicesecurity model represents a great opportunity to deliver multi-tierprotection from security threats with reduced deployment andmanagement time. “Deployment was easy” added Gregory. “We rolled out the solution inless than an hour. Administration and management of the system isextremely easy and intuitive. While we haven’t had to call on themmuch we’ve experienced great levels of support both through oursolution provider and through Websense technical support.
ESET Announces Availability of Antivirus for Smartphones
MarketWatch
The increasing quantity of personal and company data stored on these devices including data unknowingly stored in browser caches make mobile devices especially vulnerable to malware and other malicious exploits. By utilizing ESET’s NOD32 scanning technology this lightweight anti-malware software has been optimized to proactively protect mobile devices from the latest malicious attacks. The addition of spam protection for SMS messaging adds another layer of security. “After experiencing performance issues with a mobile antivirus solution offered by a large security vendor I downloaded ESET Mobile Antivirus when it became available in beta form because I had used ESET NOD32 for years and had been extremely impressed with the accuracy and speed of the desktop solution” said Walter Goddard a service manager at Superwinch Inc. “Aside from the peace of mind ESET provides by proactively protecting me from malicious attacks the greatest benefit is that it has virtually no impact on my phone’s performance. One of the biggest challenges to providing mobile security for smaller platforms like smartphones is their inherently limited memory processing battery and bandwidth capabilities. With its light footprint efficient use of processing power ability to scan removable memory devices and compact update files ESET Mobile Antivirus effectively delivers protection against attacks within the constraints of mobile devices.