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Protection against malicious programs for servers running Microsoft Windows
posted on 25/10/2007

Kaspersky Lab has announced the release of Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition. Specifically designed for high-end corporate servers, the software provides protection against malicious programs for servers running Microsoft Windows (including versions x86-64). Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition delivers corporations with effective protection for its information infrastructure, including remote and local administration functionality via the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), operation on a cluster of servers, full-scale customisation of administrator privileges, customised settings for specific areas and configuration templates. The product ensures significantly improved protection for terminal servers, which results in the optimisation of system resources and an increase in the number of terminal users that the product can protect. Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition is capable of running Microsof... [more]

SMBs to spend more on IT security
posted on 23/10/2007

According to the results of a global survey conducted by Astaro Corporation, the SMB market has allocated significant additional budget for IT security spending moving into Q4 2007 and into 2008, which is creating strong demand for the security reseller community. One quarter of respondents indicated that their organisation will spend between 7% and 10% of their total 2007 IT budget on security and 13% plan to spend more than 15%. Planned IT security investment for the next fiscal year show is set to rise, with nearly 70% of respondents indicating planned increases in budget to prevent unauthorised access to networks and data. The largest areas of IT security concern included vulnerability assessment, leakage of confidential data and protecting web applications from worms or hacker attacks (via SQL/command injection) with 60% of respondents planning to invest in protection against these threats. "The biggest challenge our customers and partners are facing over the next five years ... [more]

Spammers try to hijack Halloween
posted on 23/10/2007

Spammers are trying to hijack Halloween festivities to grab personal information from internet users. A new spam email campaign tries to lure recipients into handing over a wide range of personal information with the promise of a $250 gift card. The email uses a variety of puns associated with the spooky celebrations on 31 October. Clicking on links contained in the email takes computer users to a website containing Halloween imagery. The website asks for a large amount of personal information including email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers and date of birth, before presenting a stream of questionnaires on subjects as diverse as student loans, gender and cigarette smoking. "It's not immediately obvious whether this spam is being sent to commit identity theft or whether it's market research gone mad. If you visit the site and give it your personal information the chances are that you will be bombarded with unwanted junk email until hell freezes over," said Graham Cluley, sen... [more]

Small and Mid-sized Businesses exposed to the growing wave of Internet security threats
posted on 19/10/2007

SMBs make up the overwhelming majority of the world’s business landscape, totaling more than 99.5 percent of all businesses in each country surveyed and representing more than 50 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in each country. According to Webroot Software's latest report, “State of Internet Security: Protecting Small and Medium Businesses”, SMBs worldwide are very exposed to Internet security threats. In conjunction with the report, Webroot has released a handbook for SMBs, “A Guide to Security for Small & Medium Business” that provides tips and best practices for protecting technology infrastructure and sensitive customer data from malware and cyber criminals. “Unlike larger corporations, SMBs often lack the monetary resources and IT expertise to install and maintain the type of protection needed in the face of today’s growing malware threats. The real dichotomy here is that most of these companies think the real threats are viruses and worms, but the reality is th... [more]

Clearswift Releases MIMEsweeper for SMTP Edge Server as part of MIMEsweeper Re-Architecture
posted on 19/10/2007

Clearswift has introduced the new MIMEsweeper for SMTP Edge Server an email firewall that protects business critical infrastructures from spam, viruses and malware. This new architecture allows MIMEsweeper for SMTP software to focus on its core competency-data loss prevention, outbound content control and policy enforcement, with the Edge Server providing dedicated, self-managing boundary hygiene. In addition to filtering the spam, viruses and malware before it hits the internal network, the Edge Server provides a safe and trusted connection for confidential communications between an organization and its valued business partners through the use of TLS encryption. By deploying the Edge Server, a company’s servers will be more reliable, the networks faster and storage less packed with unwanted information. With less information flowing to the main core of MIMEsweeper, email will arrive faster and reporting will be more responsive while reducing the amount of maintenance required. W... [more]

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