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20-fold increase in fraudulent spam
In Q3 2011, the percentage of fraudulent emails in spam traffic increased twenty times, rising from 0.1 per cent last quarter to 2 per cent of all spam traffic in Q3. The …
Browser bloat and privacy concerns
An increase in browser-based bloat and malware, and growing concern over online tracking technology, will top the technology trends in 2012, according to SlimWare Utilities. …
McAfee updates its Cloud Security Platform
McAfee announced the latest enhancements to its Cloud Security Platform which secures all primary channels of traffic – email, web and authentication – moving …
You can count on IT failures
A worrying 60 per cent of respondents surveyed by City Lifeline at this year’s IP Expo have lost access to the company’s IT system following an unexpected …
Barracuda Link Balancer XSS vulnerabilities
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Barracuda Link Balancer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, according to Secunia. …
GFI Software cloud-based anti-malware and anti-spam email security
GFI Software announced that GFI MailEssentials Complete Online, a cloud-based anti-malware and anti-spam email security solution, is now available to small and medium …
Week in review: Study of hacker forums, creating effective CAPTCHAs, and trust relocated for yet another CA
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, reviews and articles: Irresponsible IT disposal methods Although data security is the …
Focusing on new technologies instead of security threats
In the rush to utilize new technologies and move into the increasingly borderless world of cloud computing, mobile devices and social media, a growing gap is developing …
Most firms don’t coordinate security planning
Despite the potentially crippling impact of security events on corporate performance, many executives report that their security function is not well coordinated with …
New analytics advance IBM security intelligence portfolio
IBM is extending its proven security services portfolio to include enhanced analytic tools and services to provide deeper, real-time analysis of advance threats. By detecting …
IT Operations Analyzer gets expanded monitoring capabilities
Hitachi announced a new version of its IT Operations Analyzer, an integrated availability and performance monitoring tool that can help reduce complexity, streamline …
Unique malware URLs increased 89 percent
Websites loaded with malware increased a massive 89 percent in the third quarter compared to Q2 2011. According to an IID report, the most impersonated organizations include …
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