The News Review:
- Report: Spam and malware at all-time highs
- Google Apps Campaign: How Not to Influence IT Experts
- Kaspersky Lab Launches Mobile Security Products in the Mideast
- Breaking: McAfee will acquire MX Logic for $140 million
- Norton Internet Security 2010 (beta)
- SonicWALL Integrates Full-Featured Enterprise-Class Anti-Spam …
Report: Spam and malware at all-time highs
CNET News
That’s why most new Windows-based computers since the Windows XP SP2 have Norton McAfee Trend Micro Panda Software Kaspersky etc. My HP Pavilion a6400f desktop computer has Norton Internet Security 2009 installed and it’s not likely I will get a malware attack or be directed to a phishing website. Reply to this comment.
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Google Apps Campaign: How Not to Influence IT Experts
ReadWriteWeb
The company has reserved 4 billboards in major US cities and will run a new Google App-related message each day for a month. The campaign is expected to celebrate the benefits of Gmail spam protection filters high storage limits email threads Google chat Google Docs and of course what the company has always done well search. In an effort to rally advocates the company has set up a.
Kaspersky Lab Launches Mobile Security Products in the Mideast
Zawya
“Smartphones and communicators have seen a surge in popularity and present an increasingly attractive target for cyber criminals” said Sergey Nevstruev Director of Mobile Solutions Business Unit Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky Lab showcased earlier this year at World Mobile Congress 2009 its newest products designed to protect end users from a wide range of mobile threats such as malware spam the risks linked to the loss or theft of a telephone as well as child access to undesirable content. -EndsAbout Kaspersky LabKaspersky 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.
Breaking: McAfee will acquire MX Logic for $140 million
The Tech Herald
\n”MX Logic aligns with the McAfee vision to lead Security SaaS by bringing industry-leading technologies and a strong partner ecosystem” he added. \nMX Logic made the news earlier this week when it released its August Threat Forecast & Report. \nIn the report MX Logic highlighted that Spam reached its highest point ever in July accounting for 94. 6 percent of all e-mail sent. However malicious e-mail threats such as Malware have steadily declined. MX Logic also noted that Web-borne threats appeared to be crossing the threshold as the predominant methodology of cybercriminals. \nSome points of interest from the report include that Spam increased 27 percent in July while instances of health-related Spam continues to dominate the Web.
Norton Internet Security 2010 (beta)
PC Magazine
It can also hide scary information from the timid or reveal much more to the adventurous. And—hooray!—Symantec has finally replaced the lame antispam and parental controls of the past with components that really work. ProsRecord-breakingly effective anti-malware protection. Accurate simple spam filter. Full-featured parental controls through nlineFamily. Flexible user interface.
SonicWALL Integrates Full-Featured Enterprise-Class Anti-Spam …
PR Newswire (press release)
The service’s hybrid-cloud design simplifies set-up while optimizing protection and upon activation stops spam before it enters the corporate network. The solution also allows for IT administrators to quarantine individual junk mail boxes a first in the industry. The Comprehensive Anti-Spam Service differs from other firewall services in that it is a true and complete enterprise-class anti-spam service and not a simple black list filter or EM list. Due to the steady increase of junk email worldwide nearly 94% of global email is in the form of unwanted or malicious correspondence such as spam phishing and infected messages. At the same time spam has moved from an annoyance to a true security threat.