NEWS SEARCH ANALYSIS INSIGHT

360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends

Advanced Search Options >>

Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:42 AM

MessageLabs Inc

Type: Company

Name: MessageLabs Inc

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.messagelabs.co.uk/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for MessageLabs Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

2010 Threat Predictions

What lurks in the New Year?Webcast Find out what threats lie in wait for your business throughout 2010 and how to avoid them with this free to view audio slideshow from The Register in association with MessageLabs.? ... [PublicTechnology.net - 11/19/2009]

Entities: MessageLabs Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Copy of A New Year; With New Cyber Threats

Security experts prepare for a year of morphing malware and phished social networks as scammers find new ways to exploit emerging environments. What does it mean for your business? Stay ahead of the game with MessageLabs Intelligence security predictions ... [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]

Entities: MessageLabs Inc, Spam, Social Networks

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Botnet begins social networking spam run

'DonBot' makes an offer Twitter can't refuse.A major malware botnet has sprung to life and is making a massive spam run through social networking sites.Researchers with Symantec's MessageLabs branch said that the DonBot network has recently begun sending ... [IT News Australia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Spam, Botnet, Social Networks, Symantec Corporation, Social Networking Sites

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Symantec Corporation

Reputation-based security to dominate

Symantec said new malware variants have made traditional, file signature-based anti-virus tools increasingly inefficient. Plus, why CAPTCHA technology is actually forcing spammers to cut into their profits and hire some outside helpQuick AccessFeedback ... [IT World Canada - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Symantec Corporation, Paul Wood, Computer Hacker, MessageLabs Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Copy of Legal Risks, Usage Policies, Spyware Threats

Web Security, The Easy Way - IT Manager's GuideReviewing your web security? There are many issues to consider: Are your employees wasting time online? Is web use a risk to your business? Should web access be monitored and controlled?It can seem a complex ... [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Spyware, MessageLabs Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Copy of Employee web use; Where to draw the line?

Is it okay for employees to spend time on social networking sites? What about a little internet shopping or downloading pirated music?There is a balance between monitoring and blocking web use in the workplace and IT Managers often need to consider employee ... [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]

Entities: MessageLabs Inc, Social Networking Sites

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Copy of Employee email; Controlling use and misuse

When does email misuse in the office turn into employee harassment? Is your confidential information being lost over email? Have you considered the legal requirements to store and secure valuable email records?Full of practical advice, this white paper ... [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]

Entities: MessageLabs Inc, Harassment

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

Preservation, Protection, and Production Guide

The ability to formally define, effectively retain, and successfully archive email and other electronic business records is one of the most important jobs facing US and Canadian organizations. Learn how to quickly and cost-effectively preserve, protect, ... [Websphere Journal - 11/16/2009]

Entities: MessageLabs Inc, Audition, Litigation

First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Halloween spam doing the rounds

As Halloween approaches, Symantec’s latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report Analysis has revealed an increase in seasonally-themed spam. The report found that in mid-October, Halloween spam accounted for 0.5 percent of all spam, increasing steadily and ... [Dynamic Business - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Spam, MessageLabs Inc, Paul Wood, Intelligence Report, Symantec Corporation

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 4 Documents (in Internet & IT)

3 tricks for refocusing distracted workers

If employees are distracted by uncertain business conditions, leaders need to help them focus by addressing any questions dir - More -Converged ThreatsLearn how e-mails, instant messages and Web pages can expose your users to malware, and discover how ... [SmartBrief - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Convergence, MessageLabs Inc

First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Beware the Emails of Halloween

Symantec's MessageLabs released its Intelligence Report for the month of October, and it reveals the that the spammers behind the biggest botnets – Cutwail, Rustock and Donbot – are using the upcoming major holidays and world events as the themes for ... [WebProNews Feed - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Spam, MessageLabs Inc, Paul Wood, Thanksgiving

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Christmas Comes Early in Spam Land

Spammers are getting more aggressive with their seasonal scheduling according to the October 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence report.Halloween spam is appearing right on time, mostly pointing to pharmaceutical and other medical spam sites, but we're already ... [PC Magazine - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Spam, MessageLabs Inc, Phishing, Thanksgiving

Quotes

...but they recovered quickly and have greatly surpassed the volumes that we saw before McColo was taken offline,' Masiello wrote in a blog posting. "Spam volumes have more than doubled since just Feruary 2009, dwarfing several times over the decreases due to McColos demise." On the anniversary of the bust, news has surfaced of another botnet takedown...

One year after McColo bust, spam is back with a vengeance [V3.co.uk - 11/13/2009]

...is nothing new,' according to Bruce Schneier, an internationally renowned security technologist and author of numerous books on the subject. "It's the modern version of the timesharing model from the 1960s, which was eventually killed by the rise of the personal computer. It's what Hotmail and Gmail have been doing all these years, and it's social networking sites, remote backup companies, and remote e-mail filtering companies such as MessageLabs. Any IT outsourcing--network infrastructure, security monitoring, remote hosting--is a form of cloud computing."

Is Cloud Computing a Credible Solution for Education? [Campus Technology - 11/12/2009]

...As e-mail security vendor MessageLabs noted in its on spam trends, "botnet technology has evolved significantly since the end of 2008, and the most recent closures now have a seemingly limited impact on the botnet activity, with downtime and outages lasting for only a few hours, rather than weeks or months as before." Indeed, McLess than 10 day's after McColo's shutdown, experts first spotted Conficker, one of the most aggressive and complex botnets ever devised, by...

A year later: A look back at McColo [Washington Post - 11/11/2009]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Reputation-based security to dominate [IT World Canada - 14 hours ago]
Symantec Releases DLP Version 10 [CXOtoday - 11/20/2009]
What are the odds of defeating spam? [Building Design - 11/20/2009]
Botnet begins social networking spam run [IT News Australia - 11/20/2009]
Botnet begins social networking spam run [Computing.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
2010 Threat Predictions [PublicTechnology.net - 11/19/2009]
Copy of Employee email; Controlling use and misuse [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]
Copy of Employee web use; Where to draw the line? [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]
Copy of A New Year; With New Cyber Threats [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]
Copy of Legal Risks, Usage Policies, Spyware Th... [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]
Copy of Email threats evolve; Are your defences... [Computer Weekly - 11/19/2009]
<em>The Register</em>'s threat pred... [The Register - 11/19/2009]
2010 Threat Predictions [The Register - 11/19/2009]
BCS AWARDS PRODUCT OF THE YEAR TITLE TO SCANSAFE [Pro Security Zone - 11/17/2009]
China IT vendors shine in prestigious business ... [MIS Asia - 11/17/2009]
Preservation, Protection, and Production Guide [Websphere Journal - 11/16/2009]
The Radicati Group Releases "Hosted Email ... [Street Insider - 11/16/2009]
Symantec Report: November State of Spam and Phi... [Lien Multimédia - 11/13/2009]
One year after McColo bust, spam is back with a... [V3.co.uk - 11/13/2009]
One year later, McColo bust does little to slow... [V3.co.uk - 11/13/2009]
Is Cloud Computing a Credible Solution for Educ... [Campus Technology - 11/12/2009]
Mastering eDiscovery: The IT Manager's Guide To... [Information Week - 11/11/2009]
A year later: A look back at McColo [Washington Post - 11/11/2009]
Oracle holdup reveals EU open-source priorities [SmartBrief - 11/11/2009]
A year later: A look back at McColo [Washington Post - 11/11/2009]
How a Botnet Gets Its Name [CSO Magazine - 11/10/2009]
The state of the industry [SC Magazine US - 11/07/2009]
Festi botnet appears [SC Magazine US - 11/06/2009]
Symantec To Partners: Take The Lead On Services [ChannelWeb - 11/06/2009]
Brocade highlights vendor collaboration with ne... [SmartBrief - 11/05/2009]

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Comcast to Put Botnet Cops on the Security Beat [GigaOM - 10/12/2009] Botnets — autonomous and automated collections of compromised computers that spew spam all around the globe — have become a scourge on the communications infrastructure. ...
Comcast to Put Botnet Cops on the Security Beat... [GigaOM Network - 10/12/2009] Botnets — autonomous and automated collections of compromised computers that spew spam all around the globe — have become a scourge on the communications infrastructure. ...
Grum, Bobax, Rustock, Maazben, and their friends [Wired: Beyond the Beyond - 10/05/2009] *Haven’t heard much out of “Storm” lately. I wonder what gives with that. Hi Bruce (((Oh boy, anti-botnet security firm PR here…. okay, bring the noise, I read ...
Botnets Tighten Their Grip on the Broadband Inf... [GigaOM Network - 09/30/2009] How much of a drag is spam putting on the global broadband and messaging infrastructure, and where is it coming from? According to Symantec’s newly released 2009 ...
Botnets Tighten Their Grip on the Broadband Inf... [GigaOM - 09/30/2009] How much of a drag is spam putting on the global broadband and messaging infrastructure, and where is it coming from? According to Symantec’s newly released 2009 ...

Change Password

Log in to Silobreaker

Advanced Search Options

MessageLabs Inc