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Live Webcast: Security and Threat Trends in 2008: How to Protect Your Organization's Network: Fast flux, drive-by-downloads, reputation hijacking, and social engineering - these are just a few methods today's cybercriminals are using to infiltrate business networks. In the last two years threats to business information and continuity have changed substantially, and so has the structure of corporate network environments....; Tags: Security, Webcast, Network, Sophos Plc., Threat, Networking; Webcasts 2008-04-24
Sophos: One Web page infected every five seconds: Sophos: One Web page infected every five secondsBut, the web runs on *nixand *nix is unhackable...RE: Sophos: One Web page infected every five secondsI think Sophos has a great headline grabber - the key question is what defines 'infected'? Are we talking about something like true XSS (cross site script...; Tags: Channel management, Cyberthreats, Sophos Plc., Web page, Web; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
Sophos: One Web page infected every five seconds: A security threat report from Sophos says that attacks are on the rise with an average of 15,000 Web pages compromised daily over the past three months. Web threats have risen significantly in the first quarter of 2008, with one Web page being infected every five seconds, according to...; Tags: Web, Sophos Plc., Web Page, Channel Management, Marketing, hacking, security, antivirus, attacks, malware, Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia; News items 2008-04-23
Live Webcast: Data Loss Prevention: Protecting Your Organization Against Accidental Disclosures: E-mail is a vital communication tool and home to as much as 80% of your organization's records. Its mission-critical use represents a significant risk to your confidential information. Whether it's a small-scale embarrassment or major financial disruption, there's plenty to worry about when it comes to confidential data loss. ...; Tags: Webcast, Data Loss, Sophos Plc., TechRepublic Moderator James Hilliard, Security; Webcasts 2008-03-20
Assessing endpoint security solutions: Why detection rates aren't enough: Evaluating the performance of competing endpoint security products is a time-consuming and daunting task. Enterprise decision-makers have to rely on independent competitive comparisons, performance benchmarks, and detection certifications, all covering different solutions and criteria, providing conflicting results. This paper highlights the pitfalls of simply looking at virus detection rates and...; Tags: Performance, Sophos Plc., Performance Management, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2008-03-04

Protecting against tomorrow's threats today -- proactive security from SophosLabs: Constantly looking for new vulnerabilities to exploit, today's cybercriminals are using fast- changing, low-profile threats to surreptitiously infect and hijack computers across the business network. Spammed email, infected endpoint devices and, above all, the largely unprotected Web, are all part of the rapidly evolving threat landscape in...; Tags: Security, Sophos Plc., Threat, Workforce, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Regulatory Compliance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2008-02-21
Live Webcast: The Year of the Storm: A Recap of the Top Network Threats of 2007: Website threats have become the new trend, and social engineering continues to lure people to open spammed emails and click malicious links. By using topical news stories, electronic greeting cards, videos, or even fear tactics, cybercriminals seem to find a never-ending stream of users who are ready -- and willing...; Tags: Webcast, Network, Sophos Plc., Threat, Networking, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security; Webcasts 2008-01-31
NAC Best Practices: Three Simple Steps to Deploy Network Access Control: You need network access control (NAC)--not just to ensure compliance of known computers (whether managed or unmanaged)--but also to exclude unauthorized computers. Having an enterprise-level strategy for security compliance and access control is essential to protecting your organization from a broad spectrum of potential threats. The key...; Tags: Webcast, Network, Sophos Plc., Best Practice, Productivity, Networking, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts 2008-01-17
Sophos Security Threat Report 2008: A recent survey showed that only 30% of computer users thought that 2008 would be a better year for internet security. Despite vast improvements in technology, hackers have responded by upping their game. Their main focus remains financial gain, and new methods to steal from users and companies continue to...; Tags: Sophos Plc., Internet, Security; White papers 2008-01-01
Safe and productive browsing in a dangerous web world: The challenge for business: With a brand new infected webpage discovered every 14 seconds, the web has now become the key vector for online hacking attacks, as well as representing a drain on productivity for many businesses. Yet the vast majority of businesses are unprotected against today's modern web-based malware. Few organizations have deployed...; Tags: Web, Sophos Plc., Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Marketing; White papers 2008-01-01
Unauthorized applications: Taking back control: Employees installing and using unauthorized applications like Instant Messaging, VoIP, games and peer-to-peer file-sharing applications cause many businesses serious concern. This paper looks at why it is important to control such applications, discusses the various approaches, and highlights how integrating this functionality into malware protection is the simplest and most...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Sophos Plc., Malware, Peer To Peer (P2P), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security; White papers 2008-01-01
5 Things You Should Know: Comparing E-mail Security Appliances: If you think all e-mail appliances are created equally, think again. Performance varies not only in protection, but more importantly, in day-to-day administration. Independent reviews can help you sort through differences and guide you to solutions that meet your requirements, but how do you know if you can trust them?...; Tags: Performance, Sophos Plc., E-mail Security, E-mail Gateway, E-mail, Online Communications; Webcasts 2007-12-18
NAC 101: Four Simple Steps to Network Access Control: Having an enterprise-level strategy for security compliance and access control is essential to protecting your organization from a broad spectrum of potential threats. You need total network access control (NAC) - not just to ensure compliance of known computers (whether managed or unmanaged) - but also to exclude unauthorized computers....; Tags: Network, Sophos Plc., Networking; Webcasts 2007-11-15
The anti-spyware market that never existed is officially dead: The anti-spyware market that never existed is officially deadWindows->WindowsSpyWare->Anti-ThisIsNotGood->Anti-OhThisIsReallyNotGoodI've had it. Switching to an alternate O/S now.... ;)RE: The anti-spyware market that never existed is officially deadI have always been confused about what protection exactly do I get with each strangely-named portion of the service.You are right, all those...; Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, anti-spyware; Discussion threads 2007-10-29
Liberating the Inbox: How to make email safe and productive again: With spam levels breaking records every day, the quintessential business tool - email - has simultaneously become a major liability. With inboxes overrun with more and more unwanted email that threatens business productivity, regulatory compliance, and network security, organizations are having to look at what is being mailed in, out...; Tags: Inbox, Sophos Plc., E-mail, Online Communications; White papers 2007-10-01
Who's Got the NAC? Best Practices in Protecting Network Access: For many would-be network access control (NAC) adopters, what NAC is or is supposed to be is unclear. However, the companies who are successfully protecting their network aren't confused - they also have more demanding views as to what they think a NAC solution should provide. This report from Aberdeen...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Sophos Plc., Best Practice, Networking; White papers 2007-10-01
Detection vs Protection: How to Test Anti-Virus Products: Evaluating the performance of competing anti-virus and endpoint security products is time consuming, and for enterprise decision makers it can be a daunting task. Many will rely on the numerous competitive comparisons, performance benchmarks, and detection certification -- but the comparisons include a multitude of solutions, use different criteria and...; Tags: Webcast, Performance, Antivirus, Sophos Plc., Endpoint Security Product, Performance Management, Digital Media, Security, Viruses And Worms, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Webcasts 2007-09-26
Understanding Web-Based Threats and How to Thwart Them: The Web has never been more hostile and new dangers can lurk on even the most trusted Web sites. What's more, the potential harm that cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgeries (CSRF), and JavaScript malware payloads can cause is growing exponentially. Intranet hacking, history stealing, browser port scanning, and dozens...; Tags: Web, Sophos Plc., XSS, JavaScript, Malware, Intranet, Channel Management, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Marketing; Webcasts 2007-09-20
Collegio Football (exe): Collegio Football 2008 is The Electronic Media Guide to NCAA College Football, covering the game's past, present, and future. It contains 60,000 historic game scores from 1869 to present, 6,000 historic box scores, 3,000 team and conference web links, and roster data on over 12,500 players. Free weekly datafile updates...; Tags: Web, Sophos Plc., Collegio Football 2008, Games, Channel Management, Team Management, Personal Technology, Marketing, Management; Software downloads 2007-09-19
State Dept. sites in Russia hacked and distributing viruses: Two State Department websites based in Russia have been hacked and appear to be infecting visitors with malware, InfoWorld reports. Particularly compromised was the U.S. Consulate General for St. Petersburg. But by the time Sophos researchers checked the site, the infection had been eradicated. But a review of archived...; Tags: Russia, Sophos Plc., Malware, Site, Virus, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-09-13