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Why Hasn’t Zero-Hour Sandbox Protection Taken Off?
A few years ago, a new technique for catching zero-hour viruses became available. Here, control software emulates a receiving PC and executes file attachments. The emulated PC is monitored for errant behavior. This appears to be a very useful technique for zero-hour virus control, which can slip by using signature-based methods. Avinti’s iSolation Server is... read more »
NanoScan beta is now Firefox-compatible
Panda Software released an updated version of NanoScan, its virus scan solution. Adds support for Firefox. Available immediately in a beta version.... read more »
Secure Computing Releases Next Generation SMB Network Security Appliance
Secure Computing announced SnapGear with TrustedSource, an enhanced version of its network security appliance for small and medium-sized businesses. Key enhancements: integration with TrustedSource reputation-based anti-spam solution, enhanced VoIP capabilities, and VPN offloading, among others. ... read more »
Check Point Unveils Industry’s First Fully-Hosted Security Management Service for MSSPs
Check Point released SMP On-Demand, its hosted web-based security management service for managed security service providers. Key features: managed firewall and intrusion prevention for Safe@Office UTM appliances, always-on antivirus protection, and VPN management, among others. Available immediately.... read more »
Converged Messaging – The Challenges Ahead
Jinny Software released “Converged Messaging – The Challenges Ahead,” its article that provides insight into the growing complexity of convergence in the messaging domain.... read more »
When They Say You Are a Spammer
Article discussing email blacklisting and the problems that are incurred when an innocent company gets blacklisted. read more »
Sendmail Adopts New Standard to Fight Email Fraud and Phishing
Sendmail released an update to Sentrion, its email gateway security appliance. Adds Domain Keys Identified Mail authentication technology. Available immediately.... read more »
Microsoft Focuses on Interoperability for the Identity Metasystem
Microsoft announced a series of offerings that foster improved interoperability for online identity management. It is starting four open source projects that will help web developers support information cards. The projects will implement software for specifying the web site’s security policy and accepting information cards for Sun Java System Web Servers, Apache Tomcat or IBM’s WebSphere Application Server, as well as a C Library that may be used generically for any web site or service.... read more »
123Together.com’s proprietary automation tools enable seamless deployment and usage of Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server for the mid-market
123Together.com released new tools for its Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server service. Key features: bulk export and import, policy-based controls, and
backup and archiving, among others. Available immediately.... read more »
Cisco to buy BroadWare Technologies
Cisco announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BroadWare Technologies, a provider of IP-based video surveillance software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close by July 2007.... read more »
CounterPath Announces New Multimedia Communicator Bria 2.0
CounterPath Solutions announced version 2.0 of Bria, its softphone client application. Key enhancements: improved user interface, drag-and-drop for contacts, and auto-complete dialing, among others. Available immediately. read more »
House passes more tech-friendly antispyware bill
Articles discussing the Internet Spyware Prevention Act passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday setting criminal penalties aimed at anyone implanting certain types of malicious software on computers. read more »
The Ghost In The Browser: Analysis of Web-based Malware
USENIX released “The Ghost in the Browser: Analysis of Web-based Malware” its whitepaper. Identifies the four prevalent mechanisms used to inject malicious content on popular web sites and, for each of them, presents examples of abuse found on the Internet. read more »
Google Launches Security Blog
Article discussing Google’s anti-malware team devoted to protecting its users from drive-by downloads. read more »
Views on Unified Communications Remain Highly Varied
Article discussing the results of a TMC research survey that asked readers to describe their understanding of the main attributes and benefits of Unified Communications. read more »
Unified Communications: How it ought to work in healthcare
Article discussing Unified Communications in the healthcare sector. read more »
IETF Approves DomainKeys Identified Mail as Proposed Internet Standard; Authenticating Technology Addresses Fraudulent Email and Phishing Scams
Yahoo!, Cisco, Sendmail and PGP announced that IETF has approved DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) as a proposed standard, RFC 4871. read more »
Sendmail Adopts New Standard to Fight Email Fraud and Phishing
Sendmail released an update to Sentrion, its email gateway security appliance. Adds Domain Keys Identified Mail authentication technology. Available immediately. read more »
Cloudmark Announces Innovative Upgrade to the Cloudmark Desktop Anti-Spam Product
Cloudmark announced version 5.2 of Cloudmark Desktop, its email anti-spam solution. Adds support for image spam, including those using PNG, GIF, and other file formats. Available immediately. read more »
Comparing Email Management Systems that Protect Against Spam, Viruses, Malware & Phishing Attacks
Sunbelt Software released “Comparing Email Management Systems that Protect Against Spam, Viruses, Malware & Phishing Attacks,” its whitepaper. Presents the results of an Osterman Research survey of organizations that are using five different email management systems. Available immediately. read more »
Microsoft Focuses on Interoperability for the Identity Metasystem
Microsoft announced a series of offerings that foster improved interoperability for online identity management. It is starting four open source projects that will help web developers support information cards. The projects will implement software for specifying the web site’s security policy and accepting information cards for Sun Java System Web Servers, Apache Tomcat or IBM’s... read more »
123Together.com’s proprietary automation tools enable seamless deployment and usage of Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server for the mid-market
123Together.com released new tools for its Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server service. Key features: bulk export and import, policy-based controls, and backup and archiving, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Webmail.us Helps Customers Send Email Newsletters to Large Groups
Webmail.us launched Email Marketing Service, its service that allows customers to send opt-in email newsletters to large groups. Key features: including one-click unsubscribe capabilities, protection against spammers using the system to send unsolicited bulk email, and management of relationships with ISPs to make sure distributed emails do not end up in spam folders or on... read more »
Marshal’s Managed Service for Content Control
Marshal Software launched a managed version of its MailMarshal content control software. The service will be available this July, and is implemented using MailMarshal Service Provider Edition. Interesting features include: High levels of content inspection and policy granularity Integation with Active Directory/LDAP user groups, for policy definition Inbound and outbound processing Customer self-administration The service... read more »
Cymphonix Network Composer Removes Spyware from Client Machines
Cymphonix announced CymClean, its client spyware scanning and removal. A scanning and cleaning ActiveX client deployed from Network Composer appliance when it detects infected users on the network. Available immediately. read more »
Websense Protects Organizations from Web Sites with Bad Reputations
Websense announced version 6.3.1 of Websense Web Security Suite, its web security solution. Adds three new Web site categories to protect organizations from web sites that are hosting known and potential exploit code and web sites likely to contain little or no useful content. Available immediately. read more »
Anchiva Systems Launches Anchiva OS 2.0 With Unparalleled 600,000 MALWARE Malware Signatures
Anchiva Systems released version 2.0 of Anchiva OS, its content security appliance. Key enhancements: web scanning performance improvements, recon mode which allows the appliance to be deployed offline, and spyware phone-home blocking, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Iconix Truemark Service Now Available for Microsoft Outlook 2003
ICONIX released Iconix eMail ID plug-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003, its visual email identification solution. Authenticates incoming messages, checks the sender against a list of registered senders and adds a Truemark icon to the message to indicate it is legitimate. Available immediately in a beta version. read more »
Declude Announces “Compass” — New Email Security Offering for SmarterMail and IMail
Declude announced Declude Compass, its email security solution. Key features: 100 default anti-spam tests with 12 different actions, and anti-virus support for up to 5 simultaneous command line scanners, among others. Available immediately. read more »
New Funambol Open Source Software Improves Push Email, Contacts and Calendars for Everyone
Funambol announced version 6 of Funambol, its push email solution. Key enhancements: one-step signup process, automated OTA provisioning of mobile devices, and quick add function for users to get their email on their mobile, among others. Available June 2007. read more »
Pick Your Presence Tool
Article discussing the tools available for Presence. read more »
RenewData Launches Data Migration Services Enabling Corporations to Fully Leverage their Email Archive Systems and Reduce Backup Tape Stores
RenewData launched Data Migration Services, its solution for a centralized document repository to support legal discovery. Utilizes ActiveVault Conversion Engine enabling corporations who have implemented an email archiving system to migrate and consolidate historical email into their new system. read more »