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Evolving Email, Web and IM Threats and How to Manage Them

Email, web and Instant Messaging IM lie at the heart of today's business environment. The threats are very real - and so is their potential impact. When a virus brings the network down, for instance, one picks up the tab in terms of lost time and damage to business efficiency....

Tags: Web, IM, Brand Equity, MessageLabs Ltd., IM Threat, Branding, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Marketing, Online Communications, Internet

White papers 2007-02-26

Study: IM threats zooming up

Study: IM threats zooming upHow can I block children?I find that many who must click on a link are children. Short of denial of service, how can I easily block IM from children. Naturally these are not my children as my children are perfect.Don't use IMThis is why I've...

Tags: Instant messaging, IM, IM threat

Discussion threads 2005-11-03

IM threats rising sharply, reports confirm

IM threats rising sharply, reports confirmmsm threat or im threat?I have never had any issue with IMI have the Solution!!!I have the answer! Everyone start using some obscure, unknow messaging software that no one knows about, and no one will bother to write any viruses for it! That is untill...

Tags: Instant messaging, IM Programs, IM, server, IM threat

Discussion threads 2005-04-05

Additional Resources

MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples

I have to defend Microsoft on this...I have to defend Microsoft on this because Symantec is probably the [i]last[/i] company to be complaining.I can't tell you how many computers I've "fixed" simply by removing any and all Symantec/Norton products from a computer, then installing Avast or AVG.Symantec makes some of...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., heuristics, security, detection rate, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat

Linux distro appliances are the futureCompanies are wising up and getting away from MS 20G worm/virus operating systems and going to Linux distro driven appliances.It is the future with appliances no one needs a Windows OS with Office for someone to open a (.doc) to edit it is a security...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Red Hat Inc., Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Eurocrats killing open source softly, says Ellison

Not so great......when you're on the receiving end, is it Larry? Seems to me all those who so joyfully cheered the EU on against Microsoft were warned about unintended consequences.Carl RapsonIt s blade with two side , becareful not to cut your hand Well its a 2 sided blade Mr...

Tags: Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Microsoft trains Best Buy "Linux assassins"

Aimed at the uninformed customers... so it'll probably be successful. Sigh. It's FUD, of course, but I think it's pretty effective when dealing with people who have only a vague notion of Linux.However:First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win. :-)Fighting...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Best Buy Co. Inc., Linux, FUD, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Microsoft: Apple lawyers tried to stop ads

Microsoft: Apple lawyers tried to stop ads13" MacBpok Pro, 15" price shown?Looks like a 13" MacBook Pro is shown, but the 15" price follows.Could that be true? I know that my wife's 13" loaded up didn't cost near the price shown - even with AppleCare.As for the stores, who...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Can a startup challenge Google on the re-invention of e-mail?

Can a startup challenge Google on the re-invention of e-mail?Of course!"Can a small startup - made up the two co-founders and one employee working in a studio apartment in Silicon Valley..." Isn't this how Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo!, eBay, Google, etc., all started in their respective David-and-Goliath enviroments?RE: Can a...

Tags: Google Inc., e-mail, re-invention

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Why Does IT Hate Facebook and Twitter?

With as much as the media might talk about the "new enterprise" and "social media" you'd think that IT would be in lock-step with the rest of the businesswhen it came to social networking. But as my recent work with Michael Osterman shows, there's a big difference between applications that...

Tags: Facebook, Information Technology, Twitter, Strategy, Management, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Craigslist becomes political pinata

Craigslist becomes political pinataCraigs List Last time I checked The Washington Post and the Yellow Book in this area the ads there were nothing like what is posted in the Wash DC Erotic Services section of Craigs. A photo of a naked woman on her knees giving a blow...

Tags: Craigslist, Craigs List, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IM

Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IMDo you think a Dean of Computer Science could write a dll?He'd try to say the word code then pass out cold.No problemAt least not my problem.It is still a Windows-specific problem.RE: Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IMwhen are people going to recognize...

Tags: Instant messaging, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Operating systems, Neeris, Conficker Worm, IM

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Denial as a political position

Denial as a political positionI'm a little older than youI remember the global cooling scare in the 1970s. The culprit then was PM10 (Particulate Matter 10 microns), pollutants too small to precipitate out of the atmosphere.PM10 was going to create a sunlight blocking cloud and plunge the world into a...

Tags: PM10, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

If Blackberry Maker Eavesdrops On Itself, Who Else Gets To?

It’s good to find that R.I.M. does not actually record employee phone calls, according to a company representative contacted this afternoon by Between The Lines. Because what is so piquant about the original comment carried by Research In Motion chief information officer Robin Bienfait that she records...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Communication, RIM BlackBerry, R.I.M., Handhelds, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-06

I’m sick to death of Windows 7

I’m sick to death of Windows 7Zack, Zack, Zack.....Go lay down with a cold cloth on your head. You'll feel better in just a little while.I am sorry to tell you this, but...... zdnet is not exactly doing anything terribly important. And I imagine if people did not write about...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Obama, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Astaro Security Gateway: Simplifying Email, Web and Network Protection

This brief yet highly informative interactive presentation discusses the Unified Threat Management Market, the fastest growing part of the security market in the U.S. A Unified Threat Management Box seeks to consolidate what you might already be doing with multiple point solutions like web, email filters, VPN and firewall. If...

Tags: Web, Network, Astaro AG, Astaro Security Gateway, E-mail, Online Communications

Presentations 2009-01-26

AutoPlay - Fun and social engineering

AutoPlay - Fun and social engineeringAbout 9m reasons to fix itIf you believe F-secureWhat is the proposed fix?Should Windows 7 detect icons that look like a folder and prevent developers from creating titles that say "Open folder to view files"?Besides, Windows no longer defaults the user to running as root...

Tags: Firewalls, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Windows Server Service, UAC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, firewall, social engineering

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

AM Messenger 1.2.1.1 (Windows)

AM Messenger is client for free Private IM Network AM. Free AM Server and AM NT Service is also available as free download. There is simply no hidden cost and you will get 100% free secure and privately managed IM Network, free from any security threat. AM Messenger and AM...

Tags: History, Network, Microsoft Windows, AM Messenger, Instant Messaging, Security, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-12-08

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband room

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband roomany other Carriers?So Far it's only T-Mobile. There's all this hype, and I don't work/live in a major city. T-Mobile has the fewest towers in the country and is barely rolling out their G3 network to the major metropolitan areas. ...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, mobile broadband, mobile, oxygen, Qt Extended, OpenMoko, phone, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Are browsers the answer for the 3-D Web?

Just got back from a camping trip in northern Israel when I saw this release announcing GoWeb3D, a new virtual world venture that will bring virtual offices, conference rooms, classrooms, exhibit halls, and retail spaces to the Web. ...

Tags: 3D, Virtual World, Thin Client, Web Browser, GoWeb3D, Thin Clients, Hardware, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-09-08