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Computer Weekly: August 15, 2008 Joomla sites hit in latest SQL injection attack Websites that use Joomla, an open source content management system, are vulnerable to the latest round of SQL injection attacks, says a security researcher.

SC Magazine: August 14, 2008 Thousands of web servers hit by SQL attack Internet security firm Secure Computing has issued a warning of an SQL injection attack that appears to have infected several thousand web servers, including government and financial services sites.

New Technology: August 14, 2008 New SQL Injection Attack Fuses Malware, Phishing PainMeds tips a recent post in Secure Computing's research blog describing a new SQL injection attack that had infected thousands of MSSQL-based web servers by last weekend, turning them into malware delivery systems.

The Tech Herald: August 13, 2008 Brief: New SQLi attack making the rounds online Secure Computing is reporting that a new variant of the SQLi (SQL Injection) attack is making its rounds on the Web. According to a post on the TrustedSource blog, the attack is still centering on MSSQL driven Web sites, but Sybase driven Web servers could be at risk as well.

TMCnet: August 13, 2008 Report: Education, Security Software Best Way to Protect Against Computer Hackers Cyber criminals are constantly inventing new ways to invade computer systems — using spam, malicious Web content, spyware and botnets, among other techniques.

The Wall Street Journal: August 12, 2008 Angelina Jolie Emails Flood the Internet We’re sounding the alarm again because a report out this week from Secure Computing finds that an astounding 2.28% of all spam emails contain a link purporting to be compromising pictures of Jolie.

bMighty: August 12, 2008 Threat Report News: The Good, The Bad And The Blended Spam is down, and so are zombies, but guards have to stay up -- new types of attacks are picking up the slack, and picking it up in particularly nasty ways, according to a quarterly report from Secure Computing.

NetworkWorld: August 11, 2008 How to root out rootkits Find out how and where they hide, what they're hiding, and how you can (and can't) stop them.

PC World: August 8, 2008 Angelina Jolie Tops List of 'Celebrity Spammers' On average, about 2.28 percent of the total global daily e-mail volume contains subjects like "Angelina Jolie naked," "Angelina Jolie nude movie," and "Angelina Jolie naked video," according to Secure Computing's latest TrustedSource.org spam report.

Web of Trust: August 8, 2008 150 billion spam emails sent every day A new report says that a total of 150 billion spam mails are sent every day—up 280% from a year ago — and yes, penis enlargement products are still number one.

TechWorld: August 8, 2008 Beware of Angelina Jolie, warn experts "Angelina Jolie, for example, is unknowingly luring many to eagerly install Trojans onto their PCs," according to Secure Computing's latest TrustedSource.org spam report.

IT News Online: August 7, 2008 Secure Computing Introduces Secure Web Reporter Secure Computing Corp. has announced the availability of Secure Web Reporter, a scalable reporting solution that provides instantaneous views of important Web activity, focusing on security, compliance monitoring and performance assessment.

Internetnews.com: August 7, 2008 Who is the most popular celeb spam-bait? Secure Computing's TrustedSource Research Team has issued its August 2008 report on all things spam, and among the stories: the top 10 celebrity names used in spam, designed to draw a response.

Computerworld: August 6, 2007 The top 10 celebrity spammers On average, about 2.28% of the total global daily e-mail volume contains subjects like "Angelina Jolie naked," "Angelina Jolie nude movie" and "Angelina Jolie naked video," according to Secure Computing's latest TrustedSource.org spam report."

NetworkWorld: August 6, 2008 The top 10 celebrity spammers "Angelina Jolie, for example, is unknowingly luring many to eagerly install Trojans onto their PCs," notes the Secure Computing report.

CRN -- Australia: August 1, 2008 Secure Computing offloads business unit A security provider has sold Secure SafeWord to Aladdin Knowledge Systems and hopes the channel and its partners will support the deal.

Computer Business Review -- UK: July 31, 2008 Aladdin Knowledge Systems to acquire Secure SafeWord from Secure Computing Aladdin Knowledge Systems and Secure Computing have announced a definitive agreement for Aladdin to acquire the Secure SafeWord product line for approximately $65 million in cash.

VNUNet -- UK: July 30, 2008 Aladdin conjures SafeWord from its lamp Aladdin says it will fully support Secure Computing’s network of SafeWord channel partners following acquisition.

Channel News-- Australia: July 29, 2008 Malware Invoices & Viral Packages Flooding SMB Inboxes Many small businesses wrongly believe that they're too insignificant to attract hackers and spend too little time on security but according to Secure Computing, since the beginning of July there are steady waves of mass-mailings hitting inboxes with fake invoices.

SC Magazine: July 28, 2008 Flight Plan—Frontier Airlines feature About four and a half years ago, when Frontier Airlines decided to do a server room re-design, IT security manager Steve Greenberg decided that the time was right for a re-design of the company's network, as well.

Computer Weekly -- UK: July 25, 2008 Hijacking blog strikes The infamous Storm Worm has yet to find a resting place and today's malware threats are nastier and more cunning than ever before. Attacks have become targeted as the newly evolved hacker has surfaced: attacking organisations for financial gain is now at the top of the hackers' agenda.

Spamfo -- UK: July 24, 2008 Web criminals utilising new scam techniques Online crime is changing as a result of criminals making use of increasingly creative scamming techniques, according to a new report.

Channel Times -- India: July 23, 2008 Secure Computing Reveals Major Spam Trends In its first monthly spam report, Secure Computing has revealed the list of 6 major spam waves in the month of June and new methods for detecting and blocking spam.

CIOL -- India: July 23, 2008 Six major spam waves in June Secure Computing Corporation has come out with its monthly report that outlines the spam trends we're seeing in the field.

Deccan Herald -- India: July 23, 2008 Secure Computing Secure Web: Brief Overview Secure Computing’s Secure Web is a reputation-based Web gateway security solution that protects enterprises from spyware, malware, data leakage and Internet misuse, while ensuring policy enforcement, regulatory compliance and a productive application environment.

CRN -- UK: July 22, 2008 AN4 finds window of opportunity VAR AN4 Group has successfully completed a security project at glass, aluminium and PVCu manufacturer, AC Yule & Son. The VAR implemented Secure Computing SafeWord 2008.

The Dominion Post -- New Zealand: July 21, 2008 Olympics warning to bosses Employees using the Web to keep up with the Olympics will cost New Zealand businesses almost $15 million in lost productivity and expose them to malware and spam, Internet security companies say.

Consumer Info Line -- India: July 18, 2008 Secure Computing Positioned as "Top Player" in Radicati Group's Corporate Web Security Market Quadrant Secure Computing has announced that its Secure Web (formerly Webwasher) has been positioned as a "Top Player" in The Radicati Group's new market brief, "Corporate Web Security - Market Quadrant 2008."

Network Computing -- India: July 17, 2008 Market Report Recognizes Secure Computing's Security Solution Secure Computing, an enterprise gateway security company, announced that its Secure Web (formerly Webwasher) has been positioned as a ‘Top Player’ in The Radicati Group's new market brief, ‘Corporate Web Security’- Market Quadrant 2008.

Computerworld -- Australia: July 17, 2008 Secure Computing Names Daniel Ryan Chief Executive Officer Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading enterprise gateway security company, today announced the appointment of Daniel Ryan to the permanent role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

IT Brief -- New Zealand: July 16, 2008 Olympics a new hurdle for web security With less than month to go before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Secure Computing is warning businesses about potential security threats the first truly online games may pose.

IT Security: July 16, 2008 Trojan Attacks Music, Video Files A particularly nasty Trojan horse is on the loose — one that infects audio and video files stored on a user’s hard drive. "We’ve never seen such a sophisticated Trojan before," said Christoph Alme, lead for the anti-malware team at Secure Computing Corp.

The Tech Herald: July 16, 2008 Trojan spreads to multimedia files over P2P For a little over a month now, researchers at Secure Computing have watched a Trojan in the wild that is infecting normal multimedia files like MP3 and WMA audio streams and WMV videos.

ZDNet: July 16, 2008 New hybrid delivery security architecture In the IT security space specifically – over the past decade – appliances replaced software as the dominant solution delivery mode. But what’s coming next is much more intriguing….

Global Secure Systems -- UK: July 15, 2008 New trojan in the wild targeting multimedia files Secure Computing is warning of a new Trojan in the wild that is infecting multi-media files on a victim’s hard disk. The initial infection happens from a pirate software site better known as a Warez site, where users go looking for an illegal crack or serial key to run copy-protected software.

VNUnet.com -- UK: July 14, 2008 Multimedia malware strikes P2P users A new type of multimedia malware is rearing its head on the web, targeting file sharers by infecting music and video files. Secure Computing said that the attack takes a phased approach and highlights the growing complexity of today's malware.

ITNews -- Australia: July 14, 2008 New Trojan in the wild targeting multimedia files Secure Computing is warning of a new Trojan in the wild that is infecting multi-media files on a victim’s hard disk.

TechWorld -- Australia: July 14, 2008 Security is all about reputation Reputation-based security systems can adapt to the ever-changing cyber security environment.

CIO -- Australia: July 14, 2008 EOS Payment Solutions Employs Secure Computing’s Secure Firewall For PCI Compliance Secure Computing Corporation announced that EOS Payment Solutions has selected the company’s Secure Firewall (formerly known as Sidewinder®) to ensure comprehensive security and manageability while complying with the new Payment Card Industry (PCI ) Data Security Standard (DSS).

SC Magazine: July 14, 2008 New trojan in the wild targeting multimedia files A new trojan in the wild is infecting multimedia files on a victim's hard disk. Security vendor Secure Computing is warning in an advisory that the initial infection comes from a pirate software site -- known as a warez site -- where users go looking for an illegal crack or serial key to run copy-protected software.

Enterprise Management Quarterly: July 11, 2008 Security Maintenance in the Pre-Paid Calling Card Industry Highlights from an interview with Scott Pitcher, Chief of Technical Operations, TeleCents, include implementing Secure Firewall as essential to preventing security vulnerabilities.

SearchSecurity: July 11, 2008 New Media Trojan on the Prowl Researchers at Secure Computing say they’ve spotted a new Trojan affecting MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) files, as well as Windows Media Video (WMV) files.

bMighty: July 11, 2008 New Media Trojan Exploits Bad Old Piracy, P2P Habit A particularly aggressive new Trojan takes advantage of the oldest of vulnerabilities -- human nature. According to Secure Computing, the Trojan embeds in multimedia files including MP3 and WMV.

eWeek: July 11, 2008 New Multimedia Trojan on the Loose Researchers at gateway security specialist Secure Computing have identified a new Trojan virus being distributed in the wild via infected multimedia files.

Dark Reading: July 10, 2008 Trojan Attacks Multimedia Files Stored on Hard Drives Infected audio and video files show no signs of malware, but are lethal when shared with other users.

Global Secure Systems -- UK: July 8, 2008 Fortune 500 lacking in email spoofing basics DKIM and SPF, two things that companies can do you help lower, not stop, but at least lower, the types of attacks that can be pulled off using their name. Recent research by Secure Computing shows that just over two hundred of the Fortune 500 fail to use either one of the forgery countermeasures.

VNUnet.com -- UK: July 2, 2008 Keep your head in the cloud Despite the fact that many IT managers still like to keep components of online defences in-house for reasons of manageability and performance, in reality the war against malware is being fought and won largely in the cloud. As a result, many IT security vendors are turning towards a hybrid approach.

"Reflections" - Doctor Bruno's Blog: July 2, 2008 Secure firewall to help cos block IP addresses Now organisations will be able to create policies that block connections by an Internet protocol (IP) address based on country code information with the launch of Secure Computing Corporation’s Firewall Geo-Location service on Thursday.

CIO Magazine: July 2, 2008 Web 2.0: Communication, Collaboration -- and Danger The havoc Web 2.0 capabilities can wreak seeps deeper than malware dispersion; hackers also have designed ways to create data leakage. Many companies believe that simply analyzing all Microsoft Exchange Server outbound traffic for information as it leaves networks is enough to prevent data leakage.

Windows IT Pro: July 2008 What's Hot (Frontier Airlines) As many IT pros can attest, a growing IT infrastructure presents challenges. Steve Greenberg, the IT security manager for Frontier Airlines, found himself facing an infrastructure of mismatched firewalls and other security products from a variety of vendors.

redOrbit: June 29, 2008 Web 2 the DANGER ZONE Raise the firewalls and batten down the gateways: security risks are rising. Web 2.0 users beware: Social networking technologies may be fun and useful, but the one thing they are not is secure.

Wired: June 27, 2008 Storm Worm Fictionally Destroys Beijing A new spam outbreak attributed to the Storm Botnet has been hitting the Internet since Jun 18, 2008. The message warns of earthquakes hitting well known sites around the world causing significant destruction and loss of life and is being distributed from IP addresses hosted around the world.

The Tech Herald: June 27, 2008 Q&A with Steve Greenberg of Frontier Airlines Have you ever wondered what goes on in the world of IT inside an airline? On a whim, after hearing about Frontier Airline’s movement into UTM using Secure Computing’s technology, I got to talk with Steve Greenberg, their IT Security Manager.

ARN -- Australia: June 26, 2008 Secure Computing’s Secure Web Wins Top Honors in Comparative Anti-Malware Study Secure Computing announced that in an independent test Secure Computing’s Secure Web (Webwasher) Anti-Malware engine again ranked first place, achieving a near-perfect overall score and surpassing all other leading vendors.

Help Net Security -- UK: June 24, 2008 The DNSChanger Trojan Christoph Alme is the Principal Engineer and Team Lead of anti-malware research at Secure Computing Corporation. He is the inventor of several patent-pending key technologies in the field of proactive malware detection. In this interview he discusses a new variant of the DNSChanger Trojan.

eChannelLine: June 22, 2008 Secure Computing announces hybrid security approach Secure Computing has unveiled its hybrid approach to web security with the launch of Secure Hybrid Delivery Architecture for Web protection that gives companies the ability to have on-premise web protection as well as in the cloud.

Hacker Alerts and Security: June 18, 2008 New Home Router Hacking Program A newly discovered Trojan in the wild hacks into home wireless routers and changes their DNS settings to point to the attacker’s rogue DNS server. The malware is a new variant of the DNSChanger Trojan that has been circulating around the Internet, according to researchers at Secure Computing.

The Tech Herald: June 8, 2008 Fortune 500 lacking in email spoofing basics DKIM and SPF, two things that companies can do you help lower, not stop, but at least lower, the types of attacks that can be pulled off using their name. Recent research by Secure Computing shows that just over two hundred of the Fortune 500 fail to use either one of the forgery countermeasures.

Trading Markets: June 6, 2007 Secure Computing Adds to Sales Team Secure Computing, a gateway security company, has appointed four executives to its worldwide sales team.

iGovernment: June 6, 2008 Secure firewall to help cos block IP addresses Now organisation will be able to create policies that block connections by an Internet protocol (IP) address based on country code information with the launch of Secure Computing Corporation’s Firewall Geo-Location service on Thursday.

FierceCIO: June 5, 2008 Insiders biggest threat to IT theft Every IT department worries about security lapses and outside hackers stealing confidential data, but a new survey suggests that CIOs believe the biggest threat may actually come from within.

TMCnet: June 5, 2007 Secure Computing Corp Strengthens Firewall with Geo-Location ID and Blocking Solutions Secure Computing Corporation is now offering Geo-Location, a secure firewall formerly known as Sidewinder. This service allows organizations to create policies that block connections by an IP address, based on country code information.

DQ Channels: June 4, 2008 Master 3D Messaging Security For the sake of simplicity, I've organized the total 3D security solution into three components. Think of them as three steps to success in today's hostile IT security environment.

RTTNews: June 4, 2008 Secure Computing introduces Secure Firewall Geo-Location - Quick Facts Secure Computing Corporation revealed the launch of Secure Firewall Geo-Location, a new service that allows organizations to create policies that block connections by an IP address for any network protocol/application, based on country code information.

SC Magazine: June 2008 Email Content Management Round Up Review The Secure Computing IronMail appliance is designed for the large enterprise and it is loaded with many great features. It protects both inbound and outbound directions.

Signal Magazine: June 2008 Web 2 the Danger Zone Raise the firewalls and batten down the gateways: security risks are rising.

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