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Fighting Cybercrime Today

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:10:28 +0000

This post is based on my keynote speech at “Technology Watch” held concurrently with the “13th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection” last September 15–17 in Ottawa, Canada. Let’s consider two figures who were born a year apart and became famous criminals in the 1930s. John Dillinger was a flamboyant bank robber [...]

Heartland says malware breach cost $12.6 million

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:05:26 +0000

The data breach at Heartland Payment Systems cost the company a whopping $12.6 million in legal costs and fines from Mastercard and Visa. Heartland, a publicly traded company that provides bank card payment processing services to merchants in the U.S., made the disclosure less than four months after confirming a malware intrusion that compromised [...]

AVG snaps up Sana Security

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:01:56 +0000

One of the last stand-alone host-based intrusion detection product vendors has been picked up by an anti-virus firm. The Redwood City-based HIPS vendor Sana Security has been acquired by the popular AV vendor AVG for an undisclosed sum. What is HIPS you may ask? Think of it as a firewall for the operating system [...]

Yoggie Announces Gatekeeper Pico, Gatekeeper Card Pro for Macs

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:07 +0000

Yoggie Announces Gatekeeper Pico, Gatekeeper Card Pro for Macs October 13th, 2008 Yoggie Security Systems today launched the Gatekeeper Pico for Mac and Gatekeeper Card Pro for Mac, the “world’s first miniature hardware internet security devices for MacBooks and Mac desktop computers”. The devices provide 12 internet security applications on a dedicated hardware. Security functions [...]

UTM – the buzzword Palo Alto won’t cop to

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:08:01 +0000

The PA-4020 is indeed a unified threat management firewall, even if Palo Alto Networks would like to pretend it isn’t. Because it’s a firewall with integrated VPN, intrusion prevention and detection, URL filtering, anti-virus/anti-spyware, and file blocking, the PA-4020 fits squarely into the definition of a UTM firewall.

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AVG Anti Virus Internet Protection Edition

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:04:07 +0000

Information: Providing total protection against viruses, spyware, adware, malware, and SPAM, AVG Internet Security is ideal for home users and small offices. It offers easy- to-install, easy-to-use, comprehensive detection of viruses, spyware, and adware combined with firewall protection against intrusions and hacking. AVG Internet Security Highlights: *Anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-malware protection of e-mails and [...]

Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008 16.05.1015

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:04:45 +0000

Whether you are at home or on the go, Trend Micro Internet Security Pro safeguards your online transactions, identity, and irreplaceable files with the most comprehensive protection available. Get all the benefits of our proven Internet security plus enhanced identity theft protection, Wi-Fi validation, data theft protection, and system recovery. – Anti-virus – Anti-spyware [...]

Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008 v16.05.1015

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:04:12 +0000

Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008 v16.05.1015 Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 makes it easy to protect your home network, personal identity, and online activity. It guards against present viruses, spyware, and identity theft as well as the web threats of tomorrow. Confidently e-mail, shop, bank, or share photos online, knowing your privacy and files [...]

AVG Releases Far-Reaching Protection with Internet Security 8.0

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:03:10 +0000

Major upgrade protects home, SMB and enterprise computer users against a broad spectrum of security threats including web exploits, malware, rootkits, system intrusion and spam Melbourne – 28 February 2008 – AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific distributor of the AVG range of Anti-Virus, Internet Security and safe web [...]

Trend Micro Antivirus

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:02:08 +0000

Trend Micro Internet Security (formerly known as PC-cillin Internet Security and currently known as Virus Buster in Japan) is an antivirus/internet security program developed by Trend Micro. The program safeguards users computers, home networks and small networks. Features In the latest version, Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 offers the following features: * Anti-virus * [...]