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India replaces US as the top spam sending nations in the world

By P B | Dec 13, 2011

Category : market watch

Google replaces Microsoft as the Software Vendor with greatest number of reported Vulnerabilities

Tags : Microsoft, Google, security, cybercrime ring, spam

Osama Threatens, Even After Death!

By Abhijit Limaye | May 05, 2011

Category : italk

Cybercriminals look to make a killing by leveraging the big news through spam, phishing and social engineering tactics, says Abhijit Limaye, Director, Security Response, Symantec

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

Panda releases Internet Security for Netbooks in India

By ChannelTimes Staff | Feb 28, 2011

Category : market watch

The product also incorporates a parental control interface that ensures the safe use of Internet by children.

Tags : Panda, cloud security, Internet Security for Netbooks, Cyberstar Infocom, T.S.Wong, spam, Collective Intelligence Technology, antivirus, firewall

Internet disconnect causes drop in spam from Egypt:Symantec

By ChannelTimes Staff | Feb 02, 2011

Category : italk

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

AWS brings out SES - Simple Email Service

By ChannelTimes Staff | Jan 27, 2011

Category : market watch

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

Social networking security threats increase significantly: Sophos

By ChannelTimes Staff | Jan 24, 2011

Category : market watch

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

One third of existing viruses were created and distributed in 2010: PandaLabs

By ChannelTimes Staff | Jan 14, 2011

Category : market watch

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

"Facebook Closing on March 15th" hoax spreads across: Sophos

By ChannelTimes Staff | Jan 11, 2011

Category : market watch

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

Mobile devices and Apple top targets for emerging threats in 2011: McAfee

By ChannelTimes Staff | Dec 29, 2010

Category : market watch

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

WatchGuard launches XCS 770R, messaging security appliance

By ChannelTimes Staff | Dec 02, 2010

Category : market watch

Built specifically for mid-market and enterprise environments this appliance is meant to offer hardware Raid, which gives customers fully redundant messaging security

Tags : WatchGuard, XCS 770R, Eric Aarrestad, malware, Raid, spam, server