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  • Is anti-virus technique coming to dead end?

    Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin Comment

    It has been claimed by some industry experts that the traditional anti-virus technique for identifying and doing away with viruses, trojans, spyware and other malicious code by matching it against a signature seems to be coming to a dead end. According to them, signature-enabled testing does not seem to be capable enough of maintaining the deluge of virus variations brought about by a criminal gangland that seems to be defeating the anti-virus purveyors at their own game. Plus the analyst are at variance that time has come for user organizations to take on latest techniques, like white -listing or behaviour-blocking, with the aim of providing security to desktops and servers. Robin Bloor, partner at consulting firm Hurwitz & Associates, was reported as saying, It’s the start of the end for anti-virus. He began his ‘antivirus is dead’ campaign a year back and feels even more strongly about it today. I’m going to keep beating this drum. The approach antivirus vendors take is completely wrong. The criminals working to release these viruses against computer users are testing against antivirus software. They know what works and how to create variants. Bloor further maintains that the basic trouble is not related to viruses, but it is regarding what ought to be operated on a PC. He adds by saying that rather than anti-virus software, users ought to be putting in whitelisting software, which are claimed to put a stop to virus from sprinting as it just lets authorized apps to sprint. Whitelisting softwares can be availed from SecureWave, Bit9, Savant, AppSense and CA.

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  • Hacker claims to detect vulnerability in Big Brother-related site

    Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin Comment

    The Daily Telegraph Online recently warned of an Internet hacker, who claimed to have got the names of the BB housemates who were going to be seen for the 1st time in the house for the 7th series. It was reported that the hacker had detected vulnerability in a Big Brother-related site to find out the names. The names included: Aleisha, Andrew, Brodie, Cruz, Demet, Emma, Harrison, Hayley, Jamie, Joel, Kara, Kate, Rebecca, Sussanah, Thomas, TJ, Travis and Zoran. A combined bag of 18 TV-star aspirants are at present in lockdown, as just 24 hours are left to go by, the rumour mill is inflaming more rapidly than Gretel Killeen on any provided eviction night. The Daily Telegraph Online was also reported to have disclosed that helping fulfill the nice-looking quota this year is lads mag model Emma Cornell, who is provided tip to make available ex- BB babes such as Krystal Forscutt a run for their money in the babe stakes. Producers expect that ex- South Australian MP Joe Scalzi’s son Joel will introduce a few logical tete-a-tete into the Dreamworld compound, whereas a Bondi firefighter named Ben is likely to make available some laughs.

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  • Sophos selected by Miami-Dade to protect against viruses, worms, spyware

    Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin Comment

    Sophos recently said that Miami-Dade Public Schools has made selection of Sophos to give protection to ninety thousand desktops and fifty thousand email accounts from spam, viruses, worms, spyware and possible malicious apps for the next four years. The district is also going to make use of Sophos Professional Services to guarantee that the switch from its legacy McAfee solution to Sophos is completed without a glitch. After over a year of assessing many security suites, Sophos was chosen as the best-of-the-breed option for the district depended upon extensiveness of coverage; tempo of finding; better PC performance; the size, momentum and regularity of updates; an easy console; better-quality finding technology; and the excellence of Sophos’s technical support. Thomas Sims, director, network services, Office of Information Technology at Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Throughout the evaluation, Sophos was enormously attentive to our needs and requirements. In the end, we decided to invest in Sophos based on its exceptional level of service and expertise; simplified management capabilities; and proactive, multi-tier protection across our entire district. Mark Hatton, president of Boston-based, Sophos, was quoted as saying, We are pleased to have been selected by one of the most widely recognized school districts in the United States to provide comprehensive security at the endpoint and gateway. Sophos is committed to providing flexible, reliable and centrally managed solutions that are consistent with the district’s needs.

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  • White House enacts new ID fraud laws

    Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin Comment

    Fraudulent utilization of identity info will be an offense under latest laws, with fines of up to 5-years imprisonment for an assortment of crimes comprising on-selling private data. It is also recommended by the proposed identity crime code that victims of identity theft ought to be provided with court-issued certificates to assist people to repair financial damage and flecked credit ratings. Justice Minister David Johnston maintained that the model laws, developed to fight the multi-billion-dollar trouble of ID fraud, had been designed by the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG). The code will enable law enforcement agencies to prosecute identity crime before an associated crime, such as fraud, theft or forgery, occurs. Presently, merely Queensland and South Australia have crimes, which are said to be misusing of somebody else’s ID. Senator Johnston said, Importantly, victims also get better protection with the creation of a certificate to assist people in restoring their records or credit history. This certificate would not compel others to take restorative action, but it would present the outcome of a criminal proceeding in a way that would be useful for the victim. SCAG recommends the formation of 3 novel crimes: identity crime (comprising ID theft and ID fraud), on-selling of identity data, and having equipment to generate identification info.

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  • Mosaic unites with Webroot to resell its anti-spyware and anti-virus solution

    Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin Comment

    Mosaic Technology recently signed a definitive agreement with Webroot to resell its Spy Sweeper with Anti-virus software. With the development of this foremost agreement the SMB security offerings of Mosaic’s SMB will be enhanced and lets Mosaic make access to Webroot’s spyware audit technology. Spyware and malware are the hidden malicious bugs of the web world. The majority of firms making use of traditional anti-virus and firewall technologies think themselves to be protected against the internet-borne threats. But, as hackers get more sophisticated, a lot of firms are vulnerable and bug-ridden with considerable potential for dent. Webroot integrates anti-spyware and anti-virus into a single solution, which claims to give details of the most recent spyware and viruses daily. Spy Sweeper is said to be a proven product, which was of late named "Best Anti-Malware Solution" in the Reader’s Trust category by SC Magazine. Don Basler, Director or Marketing at Mosaic, Spy Sweeper is a solid, well designed, dynamic product, that lets us help our customers identify and eliminate a wide range of threats. The spyware audit tool gives our customers a no-cost way to find out if their network is infected. It non-invasively scans network connected computers and shows where threats exist. We think it’s a great addition to our product portfolio.

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  • LANDesk VARs gets hold of integrated host intrusion protection

    Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin Comment

    LANDesk recently announced to have included a built-in host intrusion protection to its collection of handouts. The best-of-the-breed and state-of-the-art technology is claimed to assist VARs to provide their customers with endpoint security from zero-day threats. Devin Anderson, business line manager at the subsidiary of Avocent, in Huntsville, Ala, was quoted as saying; This inclusion is valuable to our channel partners because it lets them sell a solution into a business, rather than just point products. Previously LANDesk customers relied on anti-virus software for network protection. The latest technology is claimed to carry security a step ahead, providing security to combat threats, which have not been detected so far or are hidden. LANDesk’s HIP system makes use of rules-enabled technology that watches network traffic and machine activities to make out incongruities or happenings of security policy violations relied up preclassified rules commissioned by security and IT administrators. LANDesk stated the latest system incorporates strongly with its current security application to make available built-in patch, anti-virus and anti-spyware management, NAC (network access control), mobile device security and HIP in a standalone management console and complex solution.

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  • Webroot selects trojans & keyloggers to watch

    Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin Comment

    Webroot recently claimed to have found out the most common types of nasty security threats in the United Kingdom, singling out the Trojan Downloader Zlob as the biggest criminal. Webroot was reported to have stated that a few variants of the Trojan, which masks itself as a risk-free program and is normally disseminated as an email attachment, let hackers in fact remotely control and exploit bug-ridden PCs for nasty purposes. Webroot said Zlob frequently deploys fake security programs like SpywareQuake, SpyFalcon, SpyLocked and WinAntivirusPro, besides other malware. The most prevalent adware was reported 180search Assistant/Zango, which is followed very much by Hotbar/Zango and Starware Toolbar, which is also said to be an ‘extremely high-level threat’ capable enough of keeping track of a users’ Web browsing behaviors and making info available to a third party. Keyloggers is also said to be the biggest fear for UK PC users, with Webroot selecting Perfect Keylogger as the most normal System Monitor. Such tools are claimed to be capable of keeping an eye on keystrokes, emails, chat room conversations, instant messaging, websites visited, usernames and passwords.

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  • SurfControl rolls out MailControl in Singapore, Malaysia

    Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin Comment

    SurfControl PLC, the leading security solutions supplier, recently announced to have come up with the launch of its MailControl, an e-mail security solution, to meet the constant demand of costumers in Singapore and Malaysia. The company says that the product, which boasts of getting hold of more than 99% of spam, will be put for sale by means of SurfControl’s local reseller network. So, considering the development strategy of its SurfControl in the Southeast Asia market, the company thinks that the move will help users combat against the Web-borne threats Singapore and Malaysia, as they are victimized increasingly by the malicious attack of spyware or malware.

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  • SPAMfighter comes to rescue against Virginia Tech Spam Mail

    Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin Comment

    Spammers are known for scamming with the misuse of the natural or tragic incidents to scam interested and curious e-mail readers. And this does not differ in the case of latest Virginia Tech shootings, of which I had already talked about in my previous post. But no need to be afraid of it now as the SPAMfighter that boasts of working hard to provide protection to e-mail users from seeing and clicking the malicious link. SPAMfighter, besides this particular spam mail, also claims to filter out other nasty or infectious mails that are disseminated with fake charity websites, with the aim of committing theft of credit card info from openhanded e-mail users who are just attempting to help. SPAMfighter performs by doing a scan of incoming e-mails. For example: if an e-mail deems to be spam, the SPAMfighter automatically filter it from the user’s inbox to a chosen SPAMfighter folder. As a result, email users are prevented from thinking e-mails like these are legal and so being victimized to the scam.

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  • Four-in-five blogs have malicious content

    Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin Comment

    A new study has claimed that 4 in 5 blogs on a few of all the rage websites are consisted with potentially nasty content, like pornography or adult language. The latest research say that the web pages, all the rage amongst children and teenagers, function as online diaries for PC users worldwide. Whereas, a new research has come up with the warning to parents that they ought to keep an eye on their children Internet activities. ScanSafe also claimed to have stumbled upon over one in each 20 blogs are integrated with potentially disastrous PC viruses, spyware or other malicious softwares, which are claimed to be capable enough of committing theft of personal or private info. The study also claimed to have detected that over half of all children studied had had a look at the websites that are containing adult material. The study of over 7b web requests and over 12m web threats is the biggest of its type ever conducted. The fame of blogging has bursted for the previous twelve months. The numeral of them has gone double to 70 m, a reported by Technorati. A few of the all the rage are blatantly dedicated to sex, like the award-winning ‘Belle de Jour, diary of a London call girl’ and ‘Girl with a one-track mind, diary of a sex fiend’

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