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TradeShield: TradeShield protects trading systems from attack and data leakage

Trading and investment collaboration services such as Bloomberg and Reuters offer real-time inter-company and intra-company information sharing, enabling trading divisions to make quick and informed decisions. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the endpoint terminal application and services, if not managed in line with IT and security policies, could leave a business at significant risk from system intrusions, malware, data leakage, data theft, and system misuse. SkyRecon Systems has an... [more]

Track Fleet View software: E.J. Ward selects NovaTracker’s wireless real-time GPS for fleet tracking

E.J. Ward, Inc. has selected NovaTracker’s GPS / wireless real-time GPS unit which will soon be installed in thousands of government and commercial fleets. The Ward Track GPS vehicle tracking solution will give fleet/operational managers the ability to optimize and lower fleet risks and expenses. As part of the Ward-NovaTracker supplier partnership, privately-owned Ward will offer the highly configurable NovaTracker MAYATM device as part of its turnkey fleet asset management solution. Fleet ... [more]

Trojan downloader: Malware found on pro-Tibetan independence websites

ScanSafe has detected malware on the www.FreeTibet.org and SaveTibet.org websites, two pro-Tibetan independence websites. Visitors to the homepages of these sites are exposed to an iFrame that redirects users to a site that hosts a Trojan downloader. A Trojan downloader is a program typically installed through an exploit or some other deceptive means and that facilitates the download and installation of other malware and unwanted software onto a victim's PC. A Trojan Downloader may download... [more]

Two-factor authentication 2FA: Reduce rising fraud and corporate crime

Corporate crime poses a real and substantial threat to the stability of any business. Fraud and theft involving everything from intellectual property to inventory, from cybercrime to corruption, are multi-billion pound problems. All organisations are susceptible and taking the right precautions to prevent crimes is crucial. Risk does not distinguish between geography and size of a company, or between industry and scope. The risk is real, worrisome and ubiquitous. Some of these fraud violatio... [more]

ThreatSweeper: RandomStorm powers Pentura vulnerability scanning service

Vulnerability scanning is a growing requirement for many organisations as part of their security compliance procedures and ensures that IT managers can monitor their network security status. Pentura has selected RandomStorm as the technology behind its new vulnerability scanning service, ThreatSweeper ©. The service enables clients to schedule network scans and access detailed reports on potential vulnerabilities through a Web portal. ThreatSweeper not only provides security information for ... [more]

ThreatSeeker: Northern Ireland Civil Service chooses Websense software for Web security and e-mail filtering

Websense, Inc. has announced that Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) has chosen Websense software to provide Web security and e-mail filtering for all its staff. The decision to choose Websense was driven by IT Assist, the ICT Shared Service Centre providing shared services to all NICS government departments and IT agencies which support them. The £250,000 contract was signed in January 2008 following a review of Web and e-mail security requirements by Websense’s Northern Ireland platinum res... [more]