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- Research: Small DIY botnets prevalent in enterprise networks
- Does the size of a botnet really matter? It's all a matter of perspective. Contrary to the “common wisdom†that based on their size, big botnets are theoretically capable of infiltrating a huge percentage of enterprise networks, a recently presented study entitled "My Bots Are Not Yours!...
- Tags: Enterprise Network, Espionage, Cyberthreats, Spam, Robots, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Emerging Technologies, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Converged threats on the security landscape
- Business users can easily fall victim to malicious links in e-mail, instant messages, and rogue or compromised Web sites. In a single click of the mouse, a user can unwittingly access a Web page that installs malware and other unwanted software on the user's PC, leading to possible system damage,...
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Identity Theft, Security
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Bullet-Proofing Instant Messaging
- Information workers on the job often turn to the same software tools they use at home for quick, unfettered communication. When that involves instant messaging IM programs such as AIM, Yahoo! Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, your company's network is at risk for malware infections, regulatory compliance breaches and copyright...
- Tags: Risk, IM, MessageLabs Ltd., Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Security, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-09-01
- The How and Why of PCI
- Companies that offer online credit card transactions must understand and follow Payment Card Industry PCI standards, particularly the Data Security Standard DSS. This standard includes comprehensive requirements to secure and protect electronic payments, and to assure the privacy of customer account information. Compliance involves building and maintaining a secure network,...
- Tags: PCI, MessageLabs Ltd., Operational Accounting, Security, Financial Services, Finance
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Spammers go multilingual, use automatic translation services
- For years spammers relied on basic mass marketing concepts in an attempt to target everyone, everywhere, thereby sacrificing quality for quantity. Things changed, at least for some of them. Realizing the advantages of market segmentation, certain spammers started segmenting the databases of harvested or emails based on...
- Tags: Spammer, Translation Service, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Messagelabs - IT Security Threats of Today and Tommorrow Webcast Supporting Doc
- This document supports th silicon.com webcast which discusses some of the security threats to IT systems that organisations have to face on a daily basis - and what do about them. With real life examples of how these threats are dealt with, and a look at some of the...
- Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, MessageLabs Ltd., Security, Strategy, Management
- Webcasts 2009-06-26
- IT threats of today and tomorrow and how to stop them
- Keeping your IT infrastructure secure is a top priority for any business. But with so many threats to your systems, it's hard to know what to focus on first. This webcast will look at some of the security threats to IT systems that organisations have to face...
- Tags: Information Technology, MessageLabs Ltd., Strategy, Security, Management
- Webcasts 2009-06-25
- MessageLabs - The Dark Art of Spam
- Quite simply, MessageLabs anti-spam solution provides businesses with the quality of protection they urgently need if they are to stay a step ahead of the spammers - and the increasingly dark arts they deploy.
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2009-06-10
- MessageLabs Intelligence : 2009 security Predictions
- Having analyzed the global threat landscape for almost a decade, MessageLabs Team Skeptic™ is comprised of many world-renowned malware and spam experts who have a global view of threats across multiple communication protocols drawn from the billions of web pages, emails and instant messages filtered by Skeptic™ each day.
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Security
- White papers 2009-06-10
- Botnets and your Business
- This MessageLabs White Paper looks at the botnet threat and how it has evolved into a serious danger to business. It also gives a snapshot of botnet activity based on data gathered by MessageLabs from 10-17 January 2009. But it shows, too, how the threat can be cost-effectively thwarted. The...
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-06-10
- Tangled Web : Undercover Threats, Invisible Enemies
- MessageLabs offers integrated web and email security services proven to stay a step ahead of the bad guys. Its Web Security service, for example, includes anti-spyware and anti-virus protection, as well as industry-leading converged threat analysis which ensures that threat intelligence learned from email is also applied to web security....
- Tags: Web, E-mail Security, MessageLabs Ltd., Web Security, E-mail, Channel Management, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing
- White papers 2009-06-10
- 20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack code
- Hackers have broken into more than 20,000 legitimate Web sites to plant malicious code to be used in drive-by malware attacks. According to a warning from Websense Security Labs, the sites have been discovered to be injected with malicious JavaScript, obfuscated code that leads to an active...
- Tags: Malware, Attack, Exploit Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- How to Defend Against New Botnets
- According to Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence, botnets were responsible for 90% of spam in 2008. More importantly, these compromised "robot" computer networks do not seem to be going away anytime soon. The ever changing nature of botnets make them hard to detect and even harder to defend against....
- Tags: Symantec Corp., MessageLabs Ltd., Security, Networking
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Why Email Must Operate 24/7 and How to Make This Happen
- Email communication is essential. Unplanned email outages or even routine maintenance can cause huge disruption not only to your business, but also to your customers. Our reliance on email has grown and the full impact of an email system going down is often not realized until it is too...
- Tags: Email Communication, E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-05-01
- MI5 searches for emerging tech scientists
- MI5 searches for emerging tech scientiststechnology breeds complexity....Until people get away from insecure operating systems aka 'windows' what is the point ofusing super secure devices when you millionsof worm spreading machines?Most of the UK Gov. including MI5 run WindowsSome behind the scenes Linux and open-source equipment, but the vast majority...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Construction, Mi5, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-26
- Can Heuristic Technology Help Your Company Fight Viruses?
- In the face of today's malicious malware, which aims to steal your private corporate information, infect your machines and create countless headaches, making sure your business is secure is essential. Using multiple layers of protection is essential. That's where heuristic technology comes into play. Heuristic technology, like MessageLabs' proprietary technology...
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2009-04-21
- Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of Web Attacks
- Web-borne malware is now more common than malware that enters an organization through email. The number of Web sites discovered per day, that carry malware increased 400% in 2008. This drastic increase in infected sites can cause serious issues for your business. Organizations need to proactively protect...
- Tags: Web, Network, MessageLabs Ltd., Malware, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-04-06
- Google: Spam volume for Q1 back to pre-McColo levels
- It took only a couple of months for cybercriminals to catch-up and reintroduce the massive spam volumes that briefly disappeared following the shutdown of the cybercrime ecosystem's sitting duck McColo in November, 2008. According to Google's Postini Spam data and trends for Q1 2009, during the first...
- Tags: Google Inc., Spammer, Spamming, Spam Volume, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- How far does Conficker infection of British government go?
- I guess the question is whether we really expect that government IT is a highly sophisticated operation or that it's run with the same efficiency as the gasbags whom it serves. Friday, the Guardian reported that the House of Commons has been infected with Conficker, which...
- Tags: Infection, Network, Government, Virus, House, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Preventing Data Loss When Migrating to Microsoft 2007
- Understand the data loss risks for businesses when they migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2007. Learn about the types of risks involved such as site failures, unplanned outages stemming from the migration process and potential data loss or corruption. Review common difficulties in managing highly critical data for capacity,...
- Tags: Data Loss, Archiving, Migration, Microsoft Corp., Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-02-09
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