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Security improvements within enterprise IT forcing hackers to adapt

By ashwani :Mar 23, 2012

Technology : none

There has been progress in the fight against attacks due to the improvement in the quality of software. However, hackers are rethinking their tactics by targeting more niche IT loopholes, says IBM.

Tags : IBM X-Force 2011 Trend and Risk Report. Software, enterprise security, hackers, adapt, spam, mobility, cloud computing, social media

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Osama Threatens, Even After Death!

By Abhijit Limaye:May 05, 2011

Category : Tech Insight

Technology : Security & Compliance

Cybercriminals look to make a killing by leveraging the big news through spam, phishing and social engineering tactics

Tags : Osama, Symantec, Security, Abhijit Limaye, spam, microblogging, Social networking, cybercriminals, spammers, phishing

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VMware brings out Zimbra 7

By CXOtoday Staff:Feb 09, 2011

Category : News & Analysis

Technology : Infrastructure

The platform features new data sharing capabilities, expanded calendaring and search functionality, and upgraded management features for both IT and end-users

Tags : VMware, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, Zimbra 7, email and collaboration platform, Zimbra Desktop 7, Zimbra Appliance 7, Jim Morrisroe, vCard, spam, BlackBerry 7.0, Zimbra Collaboration Server 7

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Internet disconnect causes drop in spam from Egypt

By CXOtoday Staff:Feb 02, 2011

Category : Tech Insight

Technology : none

Symantec has been tracking the spam output originating from Egypt in their systems over the past few days

Tags : Abhijit Limaye, Symantec, Spam, Egyptian ISPs, Internet connectivity, Internet infrastructures, telecommunication

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AWS brings out SES - Simple Email Service

By CXOtoday Staff:Jan 27, 2011

Category : News & Analysis

Technology : Hardware & Software

Businesses can send bulk and transactional email communications with a cost-effective email-sending service

Tags : Amazon Web Services, AWS, Amazon.com, Amazon SES, email service, Adam Selipsky, Amazon EC2, ISP standards, spam, AWS Elastic Beanstalk

By CXOtoday Staff:Jan 24, 2011

Category : Market Opinions

Technology : Security & Compliance

By mid-2010, Facebook recorded half a billion active users; this user base is heavily targeted by scammers and cybercriminals, with the number and diversity of attacks growing steadily throughout 2010

Tags : Sophos, cybercrime, Graham Cluley, malware, Security Threat Report, Facebook, phishing, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, IT security, spam, social networking

By CXOtoday Staff:Jan 14, 2011

Category : Market Opinions

Technology : Security & Compliance

The company released its 2010 annual security report according to which 2010 was the year of cyber-crime, cyber-war and cyber-activism

Tags : PandaLabs, Panda Security, cloud security, cyber-crime, cyber-war, cyber-activism, malware, antivirus, Collective Intelligence, botnets, Pastor Terry Jone, Trojan, hacktivism, Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Twitter, spam

By CXOtoday Staff:Jan 11, 2011

Category : Market Opinions

Technology : Security & Compliance

A bogus news story with fabricated quotes fired the rumor about the shutting of the social networking site

Tags : Sophos, IT security, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter, Avrat Humarthi, malware, spam, Graham Cluley

By CXOtoday Staff:Dec 29, 2010

Category : Market Opinions

Technology : Security & Compliance

MacAfee researchers also foresee attackers targeting shortened URL services and Internet TV platforms; increase in politically motivated hacktivisim

Tags : McAfee, Vincent Weafer, cybercriminals, Apple, malware, hacktivism, WikiLeaks, Google, Android, iPhone, Geolocation, iPads, virus, spam

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Don't fall for shortened URLs

By CXOtoday Staff:Dec 07, 2010

Category : News & Analysis

Technology : Security & Compliance

Symantec Hosted Services research states that spam containing shortened URLs hit a one day peak of 18 percent (or 23.4 billion) of all spam emails in 2010

Tags : Twitter, social networking sites, Symantec, spam, URLs

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