Monthly Archives: December 2010

Software Channels the Cloud – For the Better

December 27, 2010 – 7:55 am

By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director I continue to read doom and gloom news about the future of the software distribution channel, in particular, how it’s being impacted by the global recession, by catalogue providers, and most importantly, the cloud security delivery model. We already know that cloud software will change the security landscape as [...]

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Christmas IE Zero-Day Thwarted. Ho ho ho.

December 23, 2010 – 1:32 pm

By Andrew Brandt Yesterday, two different 0 day exploits against Internet Explorer were published, just in time for the holidays when most of you (and many security researchers as well) are taking time off from work. The exploit, named CVE-2010-3971, is fairly serious, affecting the latest builds of IE versions 6 through 8. Well, I’d [...]

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Fake Firefox Update is a Social Engineering Triple Fail

December 21, 2010 – 4:49 pm

By Andrew Brandt Where’s the work ethic, malware geniuses? If this latest example of shenanigans is the best you can deliver, you’re not even trying to generate convincing scams — or even something that makes sense — anymore. One of our Threat Research Analysts pointed me to a Web page hosting a fake update program [...]

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Internet Misuse: Bandwidth Does Matter

December 14, 2010 – 1:23 pm

By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director Recent studies demonstrate that upwards of 25% of Internet bandwidth in an office are consumed by employees misusing the internet. According to Gartner, the average growth of business email volume is 30% annually, with the average size of the email content growing in parallel. Add to this the growth [...]

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The Big Picture for 2011 Security Trends

December 13, 2010 – 12:01 am

By Gerhard Eschelbeck As 2010 winds down, I wanted to pull out the crystal ball and talk for a moment about where the security industry seems to be heading in the coming year, and where we anticipate threats and targets. Mobile platforms: If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you have either an iPhone, [...]

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Chinese Trojan Turns Infected PCs Into Web Servers

December 4, 2010 – 8:39 am

By Andrew Brandt A complex and elaborately conceived family of malware that originates in China installs the Apache Web server, as well as half a dozen keylogger and downloader payloads, disguised as components of legitimate apps. We and a few other antivirus vendors are calling this type of malware Taobatuo. It just so happens that [...]

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