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New phishing attack guised as fake PDF reader update
Company: MessageLabs
MessageLabs Intelligence identified a new malicious email attack, using PDFs as a hook. This was a little different to the typical PDF related malware as this did not attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in the PDF format, Instead, this attack was seeking to collect credit card details VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Anti-Spam | Published: August 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: 
+ 4
Break from the routine: Get to grips with cloud security
Company: MessageLabs
Routine tasks soak up IT resources; applying software patches, managing hardware, updating virus signatures. Hosted security services can break this routine. Easy to deploy, easy to manage & require no onsite hardware. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Software as a Service (SaaS) | Published: August 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 1
Organisations behind the spam, scams and malicious attacks
Company: MessageLabs
In June, MessageLabs Intelligence identified an average of 1,598 websites each day harboring malware and other potentially unwanted programs including spyware and adware; a decrease of 9.7% since May. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Internet Security | Published: July 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 5
Web threats: The risks ramp up
Company: MessageLabs
Web threats don’t just hide in the darkest corners of the internet. The vast majority are legitimate, compromised websites; the kind of sites your employees visit all the time. This paper explores the web threat in 2010 & how to equip your business to defend against it VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Internet Security | Published: July 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 5
Storm botnet returns to the spamming scene
Company: MessageLabs
This is the May edition of the MessageLabs Intelligence report, with detailed figures on the latest trends and threats. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Internet Security | Published: May 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 3
Rustock overtakes Cutwail to become largest botnet
Company: MessageLabs
New intelligence figures show that Rustock is now the #1 botnet, both in terms of total volume of spam it sends and the number of zombies under its control. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Internet Security | Published: April 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 3
A step by step security guide for growing businesses
Company: MessageLabs
The vast majority of security information these days is aimed at the enterprise and their deep pockets. Growing businesses and SME's however have to draw a line somewhere between what is an essential security need and what is just unnecessary VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Security Monitoring | Published: April 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 4
Bandwidth bandits: Are you keeping them in check?
Company: MessageLabs
A recent analysis by symantec shows that around 25% of internet bandwidth can be lost to employee web misuse, streaming media & spam. This white paper investigates what simple steps you can take to keep control of bandwidth wastage in your business VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Bandwidth Management | Published: April 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 3
The threat posed by spam
Company: MessageLabs
This white paper takes a look at the practise of 'news spam': emails which offer information about current affairs or celebrity gossip VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Email Management | Published: April 2010| Type: White Paper
The legal risks of employee’s use of the internet and email
Company: MessageLabs
Incidents of email and internet misuse continue & are regularly reported in the press. It is the attributes that make the Internet & email such essential business tools, which inevitably generate significant risks for employers. This paper explores the legal risks to your business from employee use VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Email Management | Published: April 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 6
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