The News Review:
- Trend Micro Provides End-to-End Protection for Build-A-Bear …
- Green party says sorry for e-mail gaffe
- Ireland’s Green party in hot water over ‘spam’ emails
- Spam in 2009: The aftermath of McColo
- Network Box: 2008 was a record year for spam and viruses says …
- Quantum nanotechnology may stop ID theft
- Enhancing Messaging Security
Trend Micro Provides End-to-End Protection for Build-A-Bear …
PR Newswire (press release) NY
(TSE: 4704) a global leader in Internet content security announced today that Build-A-Bear Workshop a global retail business that offers an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal retail-entertainment experience is using Trend Micro(TM) Enterprise Security for end-to-end protection from their corporate data center to each and every store. With more than 400 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide containing 10 to 12 computers 2 to 6 storybook computer stations point of sale systems and at least one server Build-A-Bear Workshop has worked hard to build and maintain a robust secure infrastructure. “We take security very seriously but our infrastructure also has to be usable” said Dave East director – IT Network Services at Build-A-Bear Workshop. “At Build-A-Bear Workshop our security solution has to be low impact for both IT and users. That’s why we selected Trend Micro as our security solution provider.
Green party says sorry for e-mail gaffe
Times nline UK
“Since sending the e-mails I have received reams of information about thedifferent standards of communicating with bloggers and journalists. “Some bloggers have developed their own set of rules about how they should beapproached and the e-mail in question fell foul of these rules. ”The Data Protection Commissioner defines spam as “unsolicited directmarketing”. Under its rules a business cannot send an electronic message forthe purpose of direct marketing “unless it is from someone with whom youhave a current customer relationship”. The new anti-spam legislation introduced by Ryan will allow the commissionerto refer serious breaches of the legislation for prosecution through thecircuit court where fines of up to €250000 or 10% of the offendingcompany’s turnover may be imposed. Last year the commissioner received 191 complaints about unsolicitedmarketing text messages and 70 complaints about unsolicited marketinge-mails.
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Ireland’s Green party in hot water over ‘spam’ emails
Brand Republic UK
The Irish data protection commissioner defines spam as “unsolicited direct marketing”. Under its rules a business cannot send an electronic message for the purpose of direct marketing “unless it is from someone with whom you have a current customer relationship”.
Spam in 2009: The aftermath of McColo
Search Security Australia
Pharmacy spam continues to be strong according to McAfee and Symantec reports an interesting variant in which spam messages purport to sell illegal drugs — for example a message with a subject that reads: "Subject: LSD (Best for Home Party Enjoy With Best Friends). " Illicit drug users are apparently as gullible as the rest of the population — or perhaps they're too high to exercise good judgment. As corporate and paid email comes under tighter protection and its users become more savvy phishing messages are being directed at free webmail service users as well. Symantec reports an upsurge in this vector which first surfaced early in 2008. The phishing messages purport to come from the service and attempt to grab passwords and email contact lists by tricking users. For example the message may say their email address is compromised and is used to send spam or that they have to send information to continue their account during a planned maintenance outage.
Network Box: 2008 was a record year for spam and viruses says …
TMC Net CT
Currently spam protection has been applied using three main methods: analysis of the message content the reputation of the sender; and challenge response which works by putting the onus onto the email sender to accept a challenge from the recipient to prove who they are. Current anti-spam systems will rarely reach more than 95-98 per cent accuracy which when you consider the amount of email sent still lets through a significant number of spam emails. Challenge response systems used in isolation are notoriously unsuccessful with as little as 40 per cent of genuine email getting through the system as senders are reluctant to go through the challenge system. The difference with Network BoxA’s eMail Relationship is that it analyses and learns from behaviour of the sender and recipient of an email to give a score to the email which is applied in addition to traditional anti-spam filter analysis.
Quantum nanotechnology may stop ID theft
Chicago Sun-Times United States
Quantum cryptography adds a second layer of protection by automatically generating a secure key whose length is flexible. Another point in quantum cryptography’s favor is that the nanotechnology involved has yet to come under criticism for health issues such as that of nanotech in foods and cosmetics. The news is particularly important as Internet shoppers grow more concerned about online threats such as viruses spam and identity theft according to a survey by the American Consumer Institute’s Center for Citizen Research. Consumers also report a considerable worry that their privacy might be compromised by programs that track and record which Internet sites they visit. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed (74 percent) said that they were “very concerned” about identity theft compared with 68 percent who reported great worry about identity theft in a similar Consumer Institute survey released two years ago. The survey of 648 households with Internet access was conducted by telephone and included three new questions compared with the survey of two years ago. The new questions showed that privacy is a greater concern than spam.
Enhancing Messaging Security
TMC Net CT
Quite simply the spam epidemic is only growing and these institutions recognized the need to increase their protection — without having to completely replace their existing solutions. As such it is a natural fit for university environments which not only boast large numbers of users but deploy both fixed and wireless technologies.