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- Spam Protection You Can Trust
- Russians will have their Internet regulated
- New law puts ‘hefty price tag’ on spam
- New laws to punish spam senders
- Cisco Identifies Spam Threats
- Astaro offers free upgrade of Nokia security platform to complete …
- Frost & Sullivan Honors Commtouch with European Messaging Security …
Spam Protection You Can Trust
MxToolbox TX
Spammers know that people are expecting mail from places like Sears and JC Penny and the spammer will use people?s trust to get to them using false addresses. This is called spoofing and can cause you all sorts of headaches. The spam protection you get with MxToolBox will stop this spam from reaching your computer so that you only get legitimate email from these companies. They have the use of a variety of anti-spam technologies that is able to recognize a message from a legitimate company and one that is from a spam site. However one of the loopholes spammers can use is created when a personal whitelist is used by the computer user. Many email programs will allow the user to whitelist an email address or a domain name which allows all the email that has been whitelisted to get straight through to the computer. This can open the door to the Whitelist Exploit.
Russians will have their Internet regulated
Ecommerce Journal MA
In a short time Internet industry players will form the staff of these groups. In addition the first meeting of the working group is scheduled to be held in the Department before the New Year. n the meeting the members will be discussing the plans to fight spam. The scope of responsibilities of the working groups will cover Internet development in the regions ecommerce information security spam control and personal data protection. According to the Department?s media service the working groups will be staffed with major participants of the Internet industry including Regional Public Center for Internet Technologies Russian Association of Digital Communications such companies as.
New law puts ‘hefty price tag’ on spam
Irish Times Ireland
The regulations which come into effect immediately relate to all unsolicited mail sent by e-mail text message or fax. Unsolicited mail for direct marketing purposes will be treated as an indictable offence under the legislation. The new laws will allow the Data Protection Commissioner to refer serious breaches of the legislation for prosecution through the Circuit Court where fines of up to €250000 or 10 per cent of the offending company’s turnover may be imposed. The number of complaints made to the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to spamming increased from 66 in 2005 to 538 last year. ffenders were previously prosecuted in the District Court where the maximum fine was €3000. This figure has now been increased to €5000. Mr Ryan said spam was a serious threat to the internet posing security risks and that such communications were a serious invasion of privacy.
New laws to punish spam senders
The Press Association
Complaints made to the Data Protection Commissioner about unsolicited marketing information jumped by 800% between 2005 and last year. Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said spam which costs millions of euro to businesses every year usually increases during the Christmas and New Year period. He said: “Unwanted communication either by email or to a mobile phone is more than a nuisance – it wastes money and energy. Millions every year are lost to Irish companies through lost productivity as spam clogs inboxes and crashes servers.
Cisco Identifies Spam Threats
Web Host Industry Review
“Their tailor-made messages – a method called spear-phishing – are coming in at an alarming rate attacking personal and business accounts alike and shows no sign of easing up. “While Spear-phishing according to the report currently represents only about one percent of all phishing campaigns it is expected to become more prevalent because the higher “jackpots” criminals score when they succeed in obtaining personal data from specially targeted victims is worth the time and resources it takes to make messages seem credible. With security suites and antivirus software most consumers are armed with some kind of spam protection however well-targeted messages often slip under the radar undetected. Some of the major trends for IT companies to watch for in the new year include insider threats data loss and remote working issues. Intensified by major cutbacks during the economic downturn insider threats include negligent or disgruntled employees who threaten corporate security making better collaboration between IT HR and other lines of business crucial to mitigate threats. Data loss whether through carelessness hacker breaches or from insiders is a growing problem that can lead to grave financial losses causing companies to turn to technology education and clear well-enforced data security policies to make compliance easier and reduce incidents. While network technology advances have made remote working increase productivity Web-based tools mobile devices virtualization “cloud computing” and similar technologies will prove a challenge for security personnel.
Astaro offers free upgrade of Nokia security platform to complete …
LBS-zone.com (press release) MD
This promotion allows customers on a Nokia platform that are concerned with Check Point’s costs and current state of affairs an easy and inexpensive way to switch to a stable vendor. "Astaro Security Gateway includes a stateful firewall unlimited VPNs and intrusion protection. The email subscription includes encryption anti-virus spam blocking and protection against phishing. Astaro’s web subscription features anti-virus advanced content filtering protection against spyware and monitoring and management of web applications such as Skype and Bittorrent. All features can integrate with Active Directory or E-directory to create policy-based routing and are included for free in the current promotion-upgrading from the Nokia hardware from a point solution to a full UTM appliance. The "Raise Your Nokia’s IQ" promotion is available only to those customers replacing a Check Point solution and customers must be willing to terminate their current Check Point license. For multiple site deployments the Astaro Command Center used for monitoring and management is also included for free.
Frost & Sullivan Honors Commtouch with European Messaging Security …
Newswire Today (press release) UK
“With the capability of analysing billions of e-mail messages each day in its global detection centers Commtouch technology has been seamlessly embedded as an added layer of messaging defense by over a hundred security vendors and service providers. The unique data-center-based approach of Commtouch technology gives a low-footprint and ensures it is highly scalable enabling it to serve large-scale and carrier-class customers. The company delivers its outbreak protection in several offerings each tailored as a different layer of messaging security: Anti-Spam Zero-Hour Virus utbreak Protection GlobalView Mail Reputation and GlobalView Zombie Intelligence Service. GlobalView technology augments the patented RPD technology with reputation values for billions of Internet Protocol addresses enabling a broad view of the full spectrum of email senders. These two technologies work in a self-learning feedback loop that is constantly improving. The company’s RPD and GlobalView technologies have been licensed and adopted by over 100 leading security vendors and service providers who cater to millions of users dispersed across 130 countries. “With more than 80000 security deployments among various corporate and service provider networks Commtouch is among the elite few that can boast a comprehensive expertise and depth of product offerings in the messaging security domain” concludes Nirmal.
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