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Japanese ISPs form anti-piracy alliance.

Japan’s major Internet Service Providers are joining forces in an anti-piracy alliance to terminate the contracts of users who are repeatedly engaging in piracy.

20 March 2008: The Federation Against Software Theft

 

Buffer overflows are predicted to hit PBXs.

Fortify Software, the application vulnerability specialist, says that companies may soon find their PBX computerised telephone switchboards being hit by a new wave of security flaws.

20 March 2008: Fortify

 

Charity contact centre chooses WhatsUp Gold

Network availability and security assured at charity outsourced contact centre with the help of WhatsUp Gold from Ipswitch.

20 March 2008: Ipswitch

 

Security of Instant Messaging is going unnoticed.

FaceTime Communications warns that with one in four employees admitting to sending information about company plans, finances or password/login credentials via instant messaging, organisations need to wake up to the use of real-time communications within the workplace.

20 March 2008: FaceTime Communications

 

Web site borne malware captured with reputation filter

URLs hosting malware and botsites captured with latest version of web reputation filters from IronPort.

20 March 2008: IronPort Systems

 

Anime Trojan Horse cyberattack culprit faces trial.

Sophos is reminding businesses of the importance of protecting their networks from cyberattack, as a Japanese man admits in court to writing a data-destroying Trojan horse.

19 March 2008: Sophos

 

E-mail back up and recovery for Lenexa city

One-click recovery features in Mimosa Nearpoint e-mail back up and recovery solution for Exchange supplied to the Kansas city of Lenexa.

19 March 2008: Mimosa Systems

 

Worklight warns of social networking security risks.

WorkLight says that Novell's vision for the future of collaborative business working via social networking sites - unveiled at the company's Brainshare event in Utah, USA, this week - highlights the power that services like Facebook offer technically aware modern businesses.

19 March 2008: WorkLight

 

MSNBC Sports Web site compromised with malicious code.

Websense discovers the official Web site of MSNBC Sports has been compromised with malicious code.

19 March 2008: Websense

 

Public does not trust UK government over personal data security.

Data Encryption Systems (DES) has releases an online omnibus survey of more than a thousand UK adults that reveals only one in ten respondents trust the government with their personal data.

18 March 2008: Data Encryption Systems (DES)

 

Laptop privacy survey of travelling IT journalists.

3M reveals corporate data privacy concerns in using laptops in public places and gives away free privacy filters to first 250 visitors to the 3M stand at InfoSecurity Europe.

18 March 2008: 3M Privacy Filters

 

New stand-alone backup device offers improved encryption.

BullGuard is releasing the second version of its stand-alone backup offering – the BullGuard Backup 8.0.

18 March 2008: BullGuard

 

Strategic Thought opens new offices in the USA.

Strategic Thought, the author and vendor of market-leading risk management software Active Risk Manager is opening new offices in the US cities of Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California.

18 March 2008: Strategic Thought

 

Virtual network firewall for data centres

Analyser and firewall for virtualised data centres from Altor Networks provides high levels of vulnerability protection.

18 March 2008: Altor Networks

 

cubeByte secures unattended laptops

Simple to fit to any make of laptop computer, cubeByte enables laptops to be left unattended without the risk of theft.

18 March 2008: Autosafe International

 

Network anomaly visibility for Foreshore

Optimising and security IP services at Foreshore achieved with the use of Peakflow SP from Arbor Networks

18 March 2008: Arbor Networks

 

High encryption levels using USB security device.

Portable data more secure with the use of 256 bit encryption on USB memory to prevent corporate data leakage.

18 March 2008: SD Key Europe

 

Unisys federal contract to use Digital Shredder

Disk sanitiser for eliminating data from end of life drive units to be used in federal government applications in contract with Unisys.

18 March 2008: Ensconce Data Technology

 

First unified endpoint security and network access control solution.

Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 8.0 incorporates Network Access Control (NAC) technology to go beyond reactive and proactive anti-virus, to offer businesses complete preventive computer protection.

18 March 2008: Sophos

 

CIOs still struggle to influence board decisions.

New research from McAfee reveals that chief information officers (CIOs) are still being sidelined at board level with only 47 percent presenting IT issues in board discussions.

18 March 2008: McAfee

 

Major US supermarket chain suffers serious card fraud.

A major security breach has resulted in around 4.2 million credit and debit cardholders details being revealed in the USA, with 1,800 fraud cases resulting so far, says the digital vault security experts, Cyber-Ark.

18 March 2008: Cyber-Ark Software

 

Harvard hack fallout should have been avoidable.

Company data security specialist, Cyber-Ark, says that the Harvard University hack, details of which emerged over the weekend, could have been avoided if the university had protected its student data.

17 March 2008: Cyber-Ark Software

 

More than half of children visit social networking websites during their school lessons.

UK school children are studying social networking websites during their lessons instead of what they should be concentrating on according to Global Secure Systems (GSS).

17 March 2008: Global Secure Systems (GSS)

 

McAfee supports Homeland Security Cyber Storm II Exercise in the USA.

McAfee has partnered with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and otherCyber Storm II participants, to exercise US cybersecurity to assess national preparedness and response to a simulated, widespread cyberattack.

17 March 2008: McAfee

 

Local council takes action to protect schools against spam onslaught.

Sophos is delivering protection against spam messages and email-borne malware to Telford and Wrekin Council.

17 March 2008: Sophos

 
 
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