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About Websense
Websense, the global leader in web filtering, and premier provider of web security software, provides multilayered web filtering and web security solutions to increase productivity, optimize bandwidth and create a more secure internet environment for employees and organisations.
Websense products increase employee internet productivity and secure organisations from emerging internet threats by providing a proactive critical security component that complements traditional security solutions. Only Websense delivers flexible, integrated policy enforcement at the internet gateway, on the network and at the desktop.
The company’s products integrate with a wide range of industry leading security and network products including firewalls, proxy servers, caches, switches, routers, and appliances. Websense products have been thoroughly tested and certified to work seamlessly with all major security and network products.
Websense offers solutions across a wide range of industries including health care, finance/banking/insurance, government/public sector, manufacturing, legal, technology, wholesale/retail, services and education. Websense Solutions
Websense Products
Websense Enterprise is the leading employee Internet management (EIM) solution, used by more than 18,100 organizations worldwide, including half of the Fortune 500. As a server-based software solution, Websense allows you to transparently monitor, manage and report traffic flowing from your internal networks to the Internet.
Websense Client Policy Manager (CPM) delivers zero-day protection against unknown security threats and prevents the execution of unauthorised applications.
The web-based threats facing organisations today are growing in number, complexity, and cost to organisations. Security products such as antivirus and firewalls play a significant role in combating these security threats; however, they have inherent time and technology gaps that leave organisations vulnerable. The Websense Web Security Suite complements existing security products to create a comprehensive security solution that protects your organisation from web-based threats – both internal and external to your network.
WebBlazer is a critical component of an effective defense-in-depth strategy, the solution combines the industry's most comprehensive security and compliance URL filtering offerings, one of the most trusted, scalable, and high performing web proxy and cache technologies, and robust outbound web traffic security on high performance dedicated network security hardware.
Websense Express provides the industry’s leading content filtering and Internet security capabilities in a simple and affordable solution. It allows organizations under 1000 users to quickly and easily protect their employees from Internet risks by controlling access to inappropriate content and proactively blocking security threats before they have a chance to infect their systems.
Websense Email Security software provides comprehensive content filtering for continuous protection against inbound and outbound email threats including spam, viruses, blended threats, data loss, and regulatory violations. Industry-leading threat detection technology and expertise are complemented by simple-to-use monitoring and reporting to provide a high level of control and visibility. Companies can defend against the full spectrum of email threats to reduce business risk, enable business compliance, and ensure business continuity.
Protecting customer and other confidential data from malicious and accidental leaks is one of the top business and IT security challenges facing organisations today. Compounding this problem, CIOs and CSOs must protect their data amid pressure from regulatory and corporate compliance requirements, customer and competitive pressures, and the rising cost and publicity of data leaks. Websense® Data Security Suite is the leading solution for preventing data loss.
Websense Hosted Email Security provides protection at the internet level, eliminating spam and malware before they reach your network. The hosted deployment model provides centralized security with built-in redundancy, failover, and business continuity, while easing administration and optimizing network operating and capacity planning costs. Guaranteed by industry-leading SLAs, Hosted Email Security reduces business costs, eliminates the complexity and uncertainty of managing email threats, and provides the highest possible degree of protection.
Websense Hosted Web Security provides centralized web malware protection and granular web filtering. The hosted deployment model provides centralized policy management for any type of environment, including those with remote locations, home offices, and mobile laptops. Hosted Web Security provides is a complete solution or can be layered with existing on-premise security to provide additional layers of web malware protection. Guaranteed by industry-leading SLAs, Hosted Web Security eliminates the complexity and uncertainty of managing web-based threats, while simplifying policy administration for all users within the organization.
Protect and secure your Microsoft-based application infrastructure with a MSA Security appliance from Celestix's comprehensive product suite.
Safend, in partnership with Websense, has combined the best-of-breed approaches from both companies to offer the add-on Interface for Content Inspection, a comprehensive, content-aware network and endpoint ILP solution.
Websense Product Families
Websense, the global leader in web filtering, and premier provider of web security software, provides multilayered web filtering and web security solutions to increase productivity, optimize bandwidth and create a more secure internet environment for employees and organisations.
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Workers sacked for surfing porn The majority of sackings for internet misuse are due to workers downloading porn, says a new survey.
A quarter of UK companies have dismissed employees for internet misconduct.
And 40% of all complaints came from co-workers, a survey of more than 500 personnel managers found.
A total of 69% of dismissals were for workers surfing pornographic websites, according to the research published on Tuesday.
Nearly three quarters of firms questioned had deal......
[more] News beats porn online A quarter of employees admit to surfing obsession Employees are far more likely to be addicted to news than to pornography, a survey has found.
Websense, a San Diego-based firm which provides software to monitor web habits at work, has found that news sites are proving the real internet addiction for employees.
It has to be said, of course, that most companies block access to porn sites.
Just over 20% of those surveyed said that they thought news was the most ad......
[more] Lax internet rules put employers at risk More employees online but fewer policies police them… More UK firms are offering employees access to the internet but many are failing to sort out security policies until it's too late
Most UK companies now provide their employees with internet and email facilities but this has led to more employees abusing their cyberspace privileges, because firms are not enforcing a security policy, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Department of......
[more] Websense, "Workers chose Web over coffee" Employees would rather be allowed to surf the Internet at work than have a morning coffee, according to a study Given the choice at work between personal use of the Net or a morning cup of coffee, employees say the coffee can go, according to a survey released on Wednesday by Websense, which makes software designed to let companies control employee Net access.
The study also looked at security issues such as workers accessing online hacking tools, s......
[more] Cyberslacking pays handsomely for some Every time you shop online or download porn at work, you're helping build a $562m industry Cyberslacking, or using the boss's bandwidth for personal activities like e-shopping or porn downloading, isn't just a corporate vice. According to a new study, it's helping spawn a $562m industry known as employee Internet management, or EIM.
"EIM is big business," said Chris Christiansen, research director for IDC's Internet Security Division. And Christiansen sh......
[more] Striking Back at Spyware Here's good news for surfers stressing over spyware that surreptitiously slips onto their PCs to track their whereabouts and serve up advertising: A legal noose is starting to tighten around its purveyors. Utah has made installing programs on a PC without the user's approval a $10,000 offense. California, Iowa, and New York are considering similar laws, and Congress is weighing federal legislation.
"Using underhanded tactics, these companies are not only invading you......
[more] Web servers still doling out Scob code No high-profile sites are affected More than 100 Web servers are still distributing the "Scob" malicious code, first identified two weeks ago as code used in a widespread attack to plant Trojan horse programs on vulnerable computers, according to one computer security company. That attack used compromised Microsoft Corp. Internet Information Services (IIS) Web servers to distribute the Trojan horse programs.
Enterprise security software maker Websense In......
[more] Lax laptop policies create security concerns Company laptops are routinely used to download music and video, access porn, and do online shopping, a new Europe-wide survey has revealed.
So big has the problem become that laptops returning to company networks after their travels are now one of the biggest security hazards faced by many companies. Despite this, 70% of companies questioned offered no written guidance to employees on the use of their machines, and only a quarter imposed technologic......
[more] Websense Enterprise Version 5.5 gains key safeguards In Websense Inc.'s Websense Enterprise Version 5.5, the Internet access control vendor has effectively added real-time Internet attack protection to its list of dos and don'ts.
Websense Enterprise 5.5 was released last month. Although the real-time database updates, along with a mobile client for laptops, are new, the foundation of Websense Enterprise 5.5 has been around for some time.
Websense Enterprise 5.5 is priced starting at $15 per y......
[more] Websense Announces Support for Microsoft Network Access Protection Technology Websense, the world’s leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced support for Microsoft’s new Network Access Protection (NAP) technology, a comprehensive architecture that provides IT administrators with secure management of client access to the network. Network Access Protection’s open architecture enables security technology vendors to deliver simple, comprehensive and secure manageme......
[more] Spyware: Is it clogging up your network? The cause of intermittent network connectivity problems can be hard to pin down in complex modern systems, but checking for spyware is a good place to start Organisations frequently ask me for assistance in diagnosing and resolving Internet problems. After a bit of detective work, I usually find that the problems are not really an Internet security issue. There's so much complexity in the corporate network these days, and so many places where a problem ca......
[more] Possible Domain Poisoning Underway Security experts late Friday warned that a DNS cache poisoning attack may be underway and redirecting users from some of the most popular Web sites to a malicious URL where spyware and adware is invisibly installed onto their computers. According to the Internet Storm Center, which posted an alert on its Web site, it had received reports that the attack was redirecting traffic from popular domains such as google.com, ebay.com, and weather.com.
DNS cache pois......
[more] Email worm graduates to IM The Chod.B worm is now spreading over Microsoft's instant-messaging service, after first being observed spreading over email systems last week A worm that first disguised itself as an email from computer vendors now attempts to trick MSN Messenger users into executing malicious files.The Chod.B worm, which was first discovered on April Fool's day, spreads via email purportedly from Microsoft, or security vendors Symantec and Trend Micro.When using MSN Messenger as its......
[more] Something Smells Phishy Here Chances are you've been phished already. You get an e-mail from Citibank or eBay (EBAY) telling you that your account has been compromised but that you can fix everything by going to the company website via the link provided. Clicking on it takes you to a website that looks authentic and urges you to enter your user name and password to protect your account. Doing so, however, delivers your login information to a hacker instead.
Companies like Citibank and eBay ha......
[more] Blog at your own risk Blogs are getting popular with hackers too, so be careful whose blog you wander into Blog authors open up their lives to you on their web logs. But surf to the wrong blog, and you could be opening up your computer to a hacker.
A recent report by web security firm Websense warned that hackers are now using blog sites as gateways into computers of surfers who are tricked into clicking on a link to them.
These hacker-maintained websites contain malicious codes, such as Troja......
[more] 'The end is nigh'... for email viruses But don't for a minute think there aren't more nasties on the horizon... Attendees at the InfoSec conference in London have predicted the end of email-borne viruses, suggesting the problem has simply had its day.
However, the most severe issue users now face is the growing problem of spyware, according to some, which is more than ready, willing and able to fill the void.
Dan Hubbard, senior director of Websense Security Labs, told silicon.com the number o......
[more] Websense Master Database Grows to 10 Million Active Websites Websense, Inc. , the world’s leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced that the best-of-breed Websense(R) Master Database now contains more than 10 million active websites, including sites with malicious code such as viruses and keyloggers. Working in conjunction with the company’s award-winning Websense web filtering and web security software, the Master Database enables sophisticated filtering optio......
[more] Phishers spawn more keylogger attacks Surge in variants and sham sites... Phishers are increasingly using new methods to nab sensitive information from internet users, according to data from Websense Security Labs.
In recent months, the researchers at security software company Websense have detected a rise in schemes involving malicious programs known as keyloggers, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group's March phishing trends report.
The technology, which records the keystrokes of pe......
[more] Key-loggers the new phisherman's friend Combination attacks becoming the norm as users wise up to the scam Phishing attacks are increasingly using key-loggers as another method to steal personal information, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).
These attacks usually redirect users to a bogus website and record details once they are entered. But the past six months has seen a tenfold rise in the number of phishing sites hosting key-logging software which can be transferred to a u......
[more] Websense: Surfing the Web at Work May Be as Addictive as Cup of Coffee Websense, the world’s leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced the results of its sixth annual Web@Work study, the company’s annual survey conducted by Harris Interactive. From February 21 to February 28, 2005, 354 U.S. IT decision-makers who work for organizations with at least 100 employees were interviewed online, and from February 28 to March 21, 2005, 500 U.S. employees who have intern......
[more] Quarter of US men view porn at work Men look more often, women look more effectively Nearly a quarter of men view pornography in the workplace, according to a newly published poll by Harris Interactive.
Of the 500 people surveyed, just under a quarter of men admitted to looking at pornography at work, compared to 12 per cent of women. But only 17 per cent of men said that they 'intentionally' watched porn, compared to 11 per cent of women.
The survey also highlighted the mistrust that the inte......
[more] Nearly half of IT decision makers say employees have 'fallen for the phish' Websense maker of employee Internet management solutions, has announced the results of its Phishing Trends study, which is part of the company's annual Web@Work survey conducted by Harris Interactive. And the survey suggests phishing Web sites remain difficult to identify and many companies are not well protected against phishing attacks.
According to Websense's 2005 Phishing Trends Survey, only one-third (33 per cent)......
[more] Miscreants encrypt files, hold them for ransom In a new type of online attack, extortionists remotely encrypt user files and then demand money for the key to decode the information. In a case documented by San Diego-based Web security company Websense, the attack occurs after a user visits a Web site containing code that exploits a known flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. The flaw is used to download and run a malicious program that in turn downloads an application that encrypts......
[more] Websense No. 23 on BusinessWeek's 100 Best Small Companies Strong Sales Growth, Earnings Growth, and Return on Invested Capital Earn Company a Place in Top Quarter of List Websense, the world's leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced it has been named to BusinessWeek's list of the "100 Best Small Companies - Hot Growth," ranking number 23 out of the 100 companies listed. According to the June 6th issue of BusinessWeek, "most of this year's top performers have......
[more] MSN Site Hacking Went Undetected for Days Password-stealing software planted by hackers was active on Microsoft's popular MSN Web site in South Korea for days before the world's largest software company learned about the break-in and removed the computer code.
Police investigators and Microsoft specialists are continuing to search for clues to the culprits behind this week's high-profile computer break-in. More details emerged Friday about the hacking, which targeted subscribers of an online......
[more] Phishers hit Hilton Honors Club Phishers are targeting smaller organisations to maximise profit and fool even the net savvy, the latest report from the Anti-phishing Working Group (APWG) shows. By hitting targets such as the Hilton Honors Club (a honor scheme for frequent users of the company's hotels), as opposed to traditional phishing sites such as Paypal, phishers hope users who adhere to warnings will still be caught.
"It's more likely the Honors club would ask for your account details th......
[more] Websense on list of 100 Fastest Growing Small Companies in America for Second Consecutive Year Websense, Inc., the world’s leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced it has been named to FORTUNE Small Business Magazine’s fifth annual FSB 100 list of America’s fastest growing small companies for the second consecutive year, ranking number 31 out of the 100 companies listed. In addition to being number 31 overall, Websense was ranked number 21 by earnings-per-shar......
[more] Fake Microsoft security alert includes Trojan patch A new wave of spam that disguises itself as a Microsoft security bulletin contains a link to malicious software that gives attackers complete access to the infected machine, security researchers are reporting.
The e-mail, which began circulating late Tuesday, identifies itself as Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039, and offers a link to what it claims is a patch against the Sober Zafi and Mytob worms.
In fact, there is no such thing as Mi......
[more] Internet misuse costs businesses $178 billion annually Employees are using the Web more and more for personal reasons and that is setting U.S. companies back US$178 billion annually, a cost of $5,000 per employee, said a study released Tuesday by Websense, Inc.
The San Diego-based Internet management company reported that 50 percent of the surveyed workers admitted to using the Internet for personal purposes at work. Therefore, about 34 million of the 68 million total U.S. employees who use t......
[more] Free Personal Web Hosting Sites Provide a Safe Haven for Hackers Websense finds thousands of cases of hackers creating web hosting accounts to spread malicious code, spyware and steal private data Websense, the world’s leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced that free personal web hosting sites are increasingly being exploited by hackers seeking affordable and anonymous ways to store and disseminate mobile malicious code (MMC) and dangerous types of spyware, s......
[more] Filter database ups web security Internet security specialist Websense has announced that its Master Database now holds details of one million executables to help firms protect desktops against web-based threats.
The database supports Websense's two desktop security systems - Client Policy Manager (CPM) and Security Suite-Lockdown Edition - to provide advanced filtering options to help firms secure desktops. It covers more than 50 categories of applications and executables, including malicious......
[more] New IE flaw rated as "critical" Microsoft is investigating a report of a new, unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer that could expose users of the ubiquitous web browser to attacks.
An attacker could craft a malicious website that takes advantage of the flaw and gain control over the PCs that visit the website, or install malicious software on those systems, a representative of the French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) said on Wednesday. FrSIRT rates the issue "critical", its most seri......
[more] MSN blogs 'launch' spam, virus attacks Spammers have started using Microsoft's MSN blogging service to host malicious content used during spam and virus onslaughts, Internet security firm SurfControl said. MSN Spaces, which was launched at the end of last year, is a free content sharing and hosting service. Users are required to register for a Hotmail account, after which they can publish a blog and share files.
However, a relatively simple registration system means that spammers are exploiti......
[more] Online scams emerge in Katrina's wake Hurricane Katrina has spawned more than misery and destruction--a new wave of scam e-mails and Web sites are exploiting the tragedy. Phony Web sites and e-mails, purporting to offer help to hurricane victims or provide more news on the destruction, are making their rounds on the Internet, security experts said Thursday.
One spam campaign that's circulating offers breaking news reports but tricks people into clicking a link that takes them to a bogus Web s......
[more] Phishers cast net for CompuServe users CompuServe subscribers are being targeted in a phishing scam based on a spoofed email message claiming that their CompuServe account has expired and will be frozen if their account information is not updated.
The scam was reported in an alert from Websense Security Labs.
The spoofed email includes a link to a US-based phishing site that attempts to collect the user's screen name, password, billing address and credit card information.
Websense has also r......
[more] Websense Unveils Ecosystem Websense, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN - News), the world's leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced the launch of a new technology alliance partner framework, the Websense® Web Security Ecosystem(TM) extending Websense Enterprise® and Websense Web Security Suite(TM) technology to critical enterprise security initiatives including network access control, security event management and identity management. Websense's expanded network of alliance......
[more] SurfControl Web Filter Receives Coveted 'Best Buy' Ranking From SC Magazine SurfControl Web Filter Is the Only Solution Awarded 5 Stars in Group Product Test; Underscores Ease, Strength and Maturity of SurfControl's Web Filtering Solutions SurfControl, a world leader in enterprise threat protection, today announced SurfControl Web Filter received SC Magazine's "Best Buy" ranking in the September 2005 group test of Web filtering solutions. Commenting on SurfControl's Web Filter product, SC Magazi......
[more] Phishers pluck Virgin customers A rash of phishing emails has been sent out targeting Virgin Money credit card customers.
Web monitoring firm Websense has warned of the attack, which Virgin Money confirmed had already caught two customers. The attack was detected early this morning.
"We are currently looking into this," said John Franklin, PR manager at Virgin Money. "We are getting information from our security team who are looking into it at the moment. So far only two people have been hit......
[more] Fraudsters get ready for Hurricane Rita Fears are growing that fraudsters are planning to exploit the after-effects of Hurricane Rita after a number of website registrations using the name.
Web monitoring firm Websense is warning that, even before the hurricane has hit the American mainland, fraudsters may be gearing up to exploit any charitable effort that follows.
In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster fraudsters proved more than willing to try and scam the charitable out of their do......
[more] Spoof email tricks AOL users An email scam is targeting AOL customers in an attempt to steal personal details, according to web monitoring company Websense.
Users receive a spoofed email purporting to come from the security department at AOL claiming that the company suffered a security breach over the weekend and that confidential information may have been compromised.
The email also requests users to connect to a website to download and install a new 'security patch', which will 'protect th......
[more] Websense Issues New Security Trends Report Websense, Inc., a leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced the release of the 2005 semi-annual web security trends report issued by Websense Security Labs.
The report summarizes findings for the first half of 2005 and presents projections for the upcoming year.
According to the report, the web continued to evolve and grow as an attack vector in the first half of 2005. The report found a marked increase in the numb......
[more] Hackers, Scammers Hide Malicious JavaScript On Web Sites Crooks are using a new technique, called "JS/Wonka," to obfuscate their code, and it's spreading fast. Hackers and scammers have suddenly turned to a new technique to hide malicious JavaScript on compromised or criminal sites, a security researcher said Thursday.
According to Dan Hubbard, the senior director of security and research at Websense, a family of obfuscation routines with the umbrella name of "JS/Wonka" has spread wildly in the......
[more] More pain for Sony over CD code Hackers are exploiting flaws in the software Sony is using to remove its controversial copy protection system. These are just proof of concept hacks, although security firms fear that users ridding themselves of Sony's CD software could soon face other dangers. Other security researchers have released tools that close the loophole opened by Sony's uninstaller.
Sony's music arm has now published a list of all the CDs that use its much criticised anti-piracy syste......
[more] Websense Awarded Second Patent for Flexible Web Filtering Technology Websense, the world's leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company U.S. patent 6,947,985, entitled "Filtering Techniques for Managing Access to Internet Sites or Other Software Applications." Awarded on September 20, 2005, the company's second patent for its flexible filtering technology covers several key areas of competi......
[more] Windows Update Trojan causes havoc Spoofed Microsoft patch catches unwary users Two newly discovered virus threats are circulating on the web, one attacking client machines and the other targeting web servers, web monitoring firm Websense warned today.
The first threat is a basic Trojan which masquerades as a Microsoft security patch. Recipients are urged to visit a spoofed URL based in Canada which uses a very similar design to Microsoft's own Update Centre and downloads a file named 'plugand......
[more] Phishing net open for PayPal users A bait-and-switch scheme is targeting users of the financial service PayPal, according to security researchers. A fraudulent phishing email originating in Romania is asking users to download supposed new security measures for the PayPal service. A deceived customer then downloads a trojan which modifies the DNS server of the PC and deletes itself.
"The next time the user attempts to visit the PayPal website, he or she will instead arrive at a phishing site,"......
[more] Websense opens So Paulo office US web filtering and desktop security software manufacturer Websense has opened an office in So Paulo, IT Web reported.
"We have the structure to attend to the demand here with the material, solutions and website in Portuguese," Websense's channel manager for Brazil Marcos Prado said.
According to Prado, Latin America is Websense's fastest growing region in terms of sales. For the first nine months of the year Websense posted revenues of US$109mn and net income......
[more] U.K. servers caught hosting new generation phising scam Security experts warned of a new phishing attack that does not target any particular financial or ecommerce brand. The scam works by sending email users a message purporting to be from a bank welcoming them as a customer and claiming that they are the beneficiary to funds from the Alliance Security and Finance Company in Amsterdam.
Security firm Websense warned: "The email includes a URL to the bank and a username and password to log into......
[more] Sites Installing Spyware Via Zero-Day IE Bug A security vendor says in an alert about the Internet Explorer vulnerability that it's detected thousands of sites connecting to a malicious URL that's "actively exploiting this vulnerability to execute malicious code." A still-unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability that's been used by attackers since late November to compromise Windows PCs is now being used by large numbers of malicious Web sites to plant spyware and adware, a security company cl......
[more] Trojan circulates as fake McAfee patch Experts are warning of a new Trojan that is spreading by masquerading as a patch for McAfee's antivirus software.
Emails have been spammed out pretending to be a security update for a virus called 'Kongos 31' which does not exist. The email contains a link to a web page hosted in the US that looks very similar to the McAfee download page.
"Users receive a spoofed email message instructing them to click on a link to immediately download and install a pat......
[more] Trojans attack unpatched Microsoft vulnerability Exploit code is appearing for an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system, but users will have to wait another eight days before their computers will be safe.
The problem lies in the system for handling Windows Meta Files (WMF) and was discovered on 27 December. Exploit code started to appear shortly afterwards and administrators are now being urged to block all WMF files for the time being.
"Microsoft is aware of the pub......
[more] McAfee president jumps to Websense McAfee President Gene Hodges has resigned to take the chief executive post at rival security company Websense, the companies announced separately Tuesday. Hodges, whose resignation is effective immediately, marks the latest case of a high-level executive jumping to a competitor. Websense provides Web-filtering security software, while McAfee, predominately known as an antivirus company, has been rapidly expanding its footprint into new areas of the security ma......
[more] Phishers sneak into Yahoo accounts Bogus web pages seek to elicit user names and passwords Phishers are trying to get hold of Yahoo account details by targeting seemingly valueless sections of the site.
Instant messages started to appear this week asking unwitting recipients to check out pictures at an enclosed link. This led to a bogus Yahoo Photos website where users were encouraged to input their account information.
"Yahoo runs a syndicated username and password set-up across its entire on......
[more] Websense warn about Fake Bird Flu Epidemic Email Websense Security Labs has received reports of a Trojan horse that attempts to trick users into visiting a malicious website to run malicious code. Users receive an email with the subject "Attention Bird Flu in England." The body requests users to click on a link to go either of two websites to get more information. The email also claims the government is trying to hide the facts on the flu.
Upon clicking on a link, users are directed to a websi......
[more] Bird flu spam spreads WMF trojan downloader Security experts have warned of a new malicious email that uses social engineering playing on the growing fear of an avian flu epidemic to trick users into visiting a malicious website. Users receive an email with the subject "Attention Bird Flu in England." The body requests users to click on a link to go either of two websites to get more information. The email also claims the government is trying to hide the facts on the flu.
Upon clicking on a lin......
[more] Drag-and-drop flaw in Explorer reported Browser vulnerability could allow hacker to take over control of a computer Security analysts and vendors are reporting a flaw in Microsoft's (Profile, Products, Articles) Internet Explorer browser that could allow malicious code to run and result in a hacker taking over complete control of a computer.
Microsoft was informed of a vulnerability with Explorer's drag-and-drop function in August 2005 after it was first found by Matthew Murphy, Noam Rathaus,......
[more] Websense Honored by SC Magazine The Websense Web Security Suite is named the winner of the 2006 SC Magazine Reader Trust Awards for 'Best Web Filtering' product. Websense, a provider of web security and web filtering productivity software, recently announced that their Websense Web Security Suite has been named the winner of the 2006 SC Magazine Reader Trust Awards for 'Best Web Filtering' product.The SC Awards, an award program for the information security industry, took place in San Jose, Cali......
[more] Websense and Crossbeam Systems Combine Web Security and Unified Threat Management Websense, Inc., a global leader in web security and web filtering productivity software, today announced that they have teamed up with Crossbeam Systems®, Inc., a leader in unified threat management (UTM), to offer customers powerful web security capabilities to mitigate today's web-based threats. Websense® Web Security SuiteTM integrated with Crossbeam appliances offer organisations a comprehensive securi......
[more] Trojan Redirector Ups the Ante in Online Banking Attacks Researchers at Websense Security Labs have stumbled upon a password-stealing Trojan that uses sophisticated DNS redirection techniques to dodge server shutdowns and hijack online banking data.The new phishing attack targets users of more than 100 financial institutions in the United States and Europe, including Bank of America, HSBC, Barclays Bank, Lloyds TSB.According to an alert from Websense, the Trojan silently modifies the contents o......
[more] Online addicts make offices a surfer's paradise The stress levels of the overworked UK workforce just go on rising. The constantly growing pressure to meet all those demanding deadlines and budget targets is generating a whole swathe of psychological and physical problems. Yawn, yawn. Switch off the light; I feel my eyes gently closing.Now for more of the truth, unpalatable as it may be to all those who have a vested interest in preserving the myth: the senior managers who don't have a clue wha......
[more] BBC Being Used to Exploit IE flaw The modus operandi is that computer users receive spam e-mails from hackers containing the abstract of a BBC news story. When they click on the link, "Read More," they are directed to a forged copy of BBC's Web site wherein keylogging software designed to capture financial information then attempts to exploit the Microsoft IE vulnerability. This software is designed such that it monitors activity on various financial Web sites, and transmits the data......
[more] Hacker 'Smartbomb' Toolkit Attacks Unpatched Computers A dirt-cheap, do-it-yourself hacking kit sold by a Russian Web site is being used by more than 1,000 malicious Web sites, a security company said Monday.Those sites have confiscated hundreds of thousands of computers using the "smartbomb" kit, which sniffs for seven unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Firefox, then attacks the easiest-to-exploit weakness.For $15 to $20, hackers can buy the "Web Attacker Toolkit......
[more] Threats from within pose the greatest security risk Internal threats are still the worst threats, survey finds Internal threats are the biggest security risk for firms, according to a recent survey of law enforcers, government officials and industry experts published by web security firm WebSense.In the survey, conducted at last month's e-Crime Congress in London, nearly half of respondents said internal threats from employees, whether deliberate or accidental, were a bigger problem than externa......
[more] E-crime experts warn of 'enemy within' A new survey revealed today that almost half of global e-crime experts believe the biggest threat to organizations’ data comes from “the enemy within," rather than external hackers. Only 11 percent of the IT security professionals from 20 countries who were polled at the recent E-Crime Congress in London argued that external threats, such as hackers and organized cyber-crime, pose a bigger issue. Despite the consensus that employees posed......
[more] New IM, email bot creates own p2p network Email and instant messenger users are being warned about a new bot in the wild that creates a peer-to-peer (p2p) network of infected host PCs. The "Nugache" worm is spreading as both an email attachment and on AOL an MSN instant messenger (IM) networks, according to a warning from Websense Security Labs. "The command and control channel that is used is unique, as the bot appears to connect to infected peers instead of a static list,"......
[more] Most Who Surf Porn At Work Say It Was Accidental One in six men confessed that they've surfed porn while using the Internet at work, but only a fraction of them -- 6 percent -- admitted that they'd intentionally ended up at a smut site, says a poll released Tuesday. The survey, done by Harris Interactive for San Diego, Calif.-based security company Websense, found that 16 percent of men and 8 percent of women who access the Web from work said that they'd viewed pornographic sites on company tim......
[more] Spyware thrives in the corporate space The number of companies reporting spyware infestation has increased by just under 50 per cent over the past 12 months, according to a survey released by internet security specialists Websense.According to the annual Websense Web@Work survey, published on Tuesday, 17 per cent of companies with more than 100 employees have spyware - such as a keylogger - on their network.Joel Camissar, country manager for Websense, said: "This is almost 50 per cent grow......
[more] Websense: Keylogger attacks double in a year Almost one in five organizations have been the victim of a keylogger attack this year, a new Websense survey reveals. Over the same time period in 2005, 12 percent of companies suffered a keylogging event, according to the firm's Web(at)Work Survey, which polled 351 of the nation's IT decision-makers and 500 U.S. employees ages 18 and up who have internet access at work.The survey, conducted earlier this year, also revealed bots, software silently ins......
[more] World Cup 'a drain on bandwidth,' study says Organizations face a potential drain on bandwidth and employee productivity when streaming online coverage of the FIFA World Cup becomes available in two week's time, according to a recent poll. According to 266 IT managers who participated in the May survey, commissioned by St. Bernard Software, 85 percent of organizations do not plan to block workers' internet access to sites running World Cup footage, news and discussions.The most popular sporting......
[more] Phishing scam aimed at MySpace.com A 'phishing' site that harvested the login and credentials of MySpace.com users was removed today from a California server, a security vendor has reported. A phishing attack involves tricking users into visiting a lookalike web page that asks for personal information, which is then sent to a hacker. The rich trove of personal information stored on MySpace user pages is making the social networking site an increasingly attractive target for identity theft, said......
[more] Men a bigger insider threat to U.K. businesses than women Businesses in the U.K. face a serious security threat from their own employees, according to new research. Nearly a quarter (22 percent) of U.K. employees admitted to having illegally accessed sensitive internal information, such as salary details on their employer's IT systems, and over half (54 percent) would do so, given the opportunity, according to the study.The research by online polling firm YouGov, commissioned by Microsoft, found......
[more] Trojan targets Google hosting service A Trojan horse has been discovered in Google Pages, a Web site hosting service offered by the search giant. An attacker apparently uploaded a malicious file to a Googlepages.com server, part of a service that allows people to create their own Web pages, said Dan Hubbard, the senior director of security research at Websense Security Labs. The Trojan could lie dormant on a user's system until the individual logs on to a banking Web site and then attempt to st......
[more] 1,000 Aussies caught in NAB phishing attack A phishing email claiming that The National Australia Bank (NAB) is bankrupt has caught more than 1,000 of the bank's customers in its net.The email warns the bank's customers that NAB might be bankrupt. It claims the bank's ATMs are not working and that people are starting panic withdrawals. It invites them to click on a link that will provide them with more information.You won't be surprised to learn that this link in fact downloads a Trojan onto th......
[more] Zombie builders send out phone texts Hackers are trying to lure people to a malicious Web site using cell phone text messages, a security company has warned. The blended attack uses social engineering techniques in its attempt to trick people to the site, security vendor Websense said in an advisory. An SMS text message is sent to the targets' cell phones, thanking them for subscribing to a fictitious dating service. The message states that they will be automatically charged a fee of $2.00 per......
[more] Phone phishing attack hits US Criminals are trying a new approach to try to dupe people into downloading a Trojan horse program Criminals have launched a blended attack which attempts to lure users to a malicious Web site via text message. IT managers have been warned to alert their staff to the attack, which uses social engineering techniques to try to trick users to the phishing site, according to security vendor Websense.Users are sent an SMS text message to their mobile phone, thanking them......
[more] Ulster Bank targeted in new phishing email scam A new phishing attack targeting customers of Ulster Bank has been discovered, weeks after a similar fraud was attempted on AIB. Websense Security Labs revealed today that it has received reports of the fraud, whereby users receive a spoofed email message claiming that their account details must be verified due to software maintenance and system upgrades. The message links to a phishing website that requests users to log on and provide account deta......
[more] Football union scores staff mobility goals The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) plans to upgrade computer systems to enable staff to access email and other applications remotely.The trade union - which advises footballers in England and Wales - expects to replace Windows NT4 and Microsoft Exchange 5.5 servers with systems providing greater functionality to staff based in Manchester, London and Birmingham.By updating IT systems the PFA hopes to introduce remote working applications th......
[more] Websense finds malware with Google Research from Websense Security Labs has found that thousands of pieces of malicious binaries are available on the web.Websense searched Google with Google's own application programming interface to find malicious executables indexed by the search engine.A Google query for 'Signature: 00004550' results in numerous links to executable files. The reason this search works is because when Google indexes the executable file, it passes the PE file format of the......
[more] NASA hacker debate rages on Security experts are split over Gary McKinnon's extradition for allegedly hacking US Government computer systems, while the majority of ZDNet UK readers polled do not think he should be tried in America Security experts are divided over whether Gary McKinnon, the alleged NASA hacker, should stand trial in the US. McKinnon was told last week he would be sent to the US after Home Secretary John Reid signed his extradition papers, but he has vowed to appeal the decision......
[more] Trojan downloader uses Zidane lure Nefarious virus writers are using continued interest in Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbut in the World Cup final in order to distribute malware via a malicious website that poses as an official FIFA World Cup 2006 website.Surfers straying on the site are exposed to a Trojan horse downloader, which uses Windows exploits in a bid to install malware on vulnerable PCs. If successful, additional malware payloads are downloaded on to victimised machines.According t......
[more] ActiveX security faces storm before calm HD Moore is at it again.Using a custom-built data fuzzing tool, the security researcher pinpointed more than 100 vulnerabilities in the ActiveX controls included with the default installation of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system.Data fuzzing tools combine knowledge of the input parameters accepted by a software package with a tenacious and systematic mangling of the data to discover how applications react to various permutations, whether valid or i......
[more] Trojan data-stealer hijacks ICMP traffic A Trojan has been discovered that attempts to evade detection by sending stolen data back to its criminal creators using the ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) back channel. Detected by security company Websense, the unnamed Trojan is a relatively conventional data-stealer up to the point it communicates back to its host. Once a PC has become infected, the Trojan installs itself as an Internet Explorer browser helper object (BHO), and then waits qu......
[more] Windows patch and iPod exploited in e-mail scams Fake Windows security patches and rogue iPod invoices have been making the rounds this week as spammers continue trying to fool people into installing Trojans on their PC. Internet threat monitoring firm Websense issued an advisory on Wednesday about a fake e-mail that encourages recipients to install a patch to fix a Windows vulnerability described in Microsoft security bulletin MS05-039.According to Websense country manager Joel Camissar the e-m......
[more] Samsung Web site hosts password stealing trojan Samsung's US Web site is hosting a Trojan horse that logs keystrokes, disables antivirus applications and steals online banking access codes, according to Internet security firm Websense. Visitors to the Web site are not affected by the malware and Websense believes Samsung's Web server has most likely been compromised in order to serve malware to users that receive spam messages or malicious IM messages.Joel Camissar, Australian country manag......
[more] Samsung removes Trojan from US Web site Samsung Telecom has removed a Trojan horse that was being hosted on its Web site but the site's main page has been inexplicably unavailable all weekend. On Monday, a spokesperson for Samsung told ZDNet Australia that the offending file has been removed but could not explain why the site seems to be experiencing difficulties."The malicious code has been taken down and it is being investigated -- [the malware] has been identified and it has been pulled......
[more] Toolkits Help Increase Number of Malicious Web Sites The number of malicious Web sites is on the rise, and with toolkits available to create them it's really no wonder. According to Websense the number of malicious site increased by 100% during the first half of 2006. Of the malicious sites detected by Websense 15% were created using ready-made toolkits, which can be had for anywhere from $30 to $3000. That cost is a drop in the bucket compared to the money raked in by the ilk who establish suc......
[more] Malicious Code is More Covert, Websense Report The Websense® Security LabsTM 2006 Semi-Annual Web Security Trends Report, which summarizes findings for the first half of 2006 and presents projections for the remainder of 2006. The report shows that the volume of attacks increased and malicious code became more covert, less recognizable and more targeted toward financial gain. Not only has malicious code become more sophisticated, but the infrastructure supporting its creation and spread has......
[more] Time travelling spam tops e-mail inboxes In a simple twist of tactics, spammers are sending large amounts of unsolicited e-mail that has been date stamped one month in the future -- in order to guarantee their messages remain at the top of the recipients' inbox. This twist is another advancement in the ongoing battle between spammers and the anti-spam filtering firms.Joel Camissar, country manager at Internet security firm Websense, said the change in tactics may be a simple one, but it has prov......
[more] Security firm warns of Halloween malware Cyber-tricksters using 'typo-attack' to spread malicious software Web filtering and security firm Websense has warned internet users to be aware of online tricksters seeking to exploit this year's Halloween celebrations.Websense claims to have identified some scary websites set up to dampen the Halloween cheer.Users may encounter one of these malicious sites when searching Google for Halloween items.Websense has described one instance of these s......
[more] WebSense brands new ThreatSeeker technology WebSense releases a collection of tools to help firms shore up security Web security specialist WebSense has announced a new collection of technologies designed to identify web-based threats before attacks are launched, and new versions of its Web Security Suite.WebSense ThreatSeeker is a combination of over 100 processes and systems developed by the firm's Security Labs over the past five years and built into its products to provide proactive threat p......
[more] MySpace worm goes phishing A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people's profiles when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent websites, experts have warned.The video is a rigged QuickTime file that exploits a MySpace vulnerability and support for JavaScript in Apple's embedded media player, web security company Websense said in an alert posted last week.When played by a MySpace user, the video adds itself to the user's MySpace page and replaces the links on the user's......
[more] Websense to get into threat analysis and IP leakage Websense Inc's chief executive Gene Hodges has said the company is set to diversify next year with a new product for web threat analysis and another that will take it into the nascent segment for information leakage detection and prevention systems. The web filtering software vendor is best known for its content filtering software that blocks employees from accessing websites by category or keyword, or restricts surfing to particular parts of t......
[more] Cybercrime set to develop its own economy Organised criminals will join forces with the hacker community to form a more organised cybercrime economy, predicts vendor Websense. Criminals will buy, sell and trade hot commodities such as ready made cyber-attack toolkits and exploits to carry out zero-day vulnerabilities.Websense experts also predict that Web 2.0 security issues will escalate as these technologies are rolled out in mass with security as an afterthought......
[more] Skype worm spotted Internet security firm Websense has discovered a worm that uses Skype to propagate. Skype is best known for allowing its subscribers to make free telephone calls over the Internet. The company has over seven million subscribers and was acquired just over a year ago by online auction firm eBay for US$2.6 billion (£1.32 billion)Early reports indicate the worm sends messages via Skype Chat, which is an instant messenger tool, asking recipients to download and run a file cal......
[more] Websense snags leak prevention provider PortAuthority for $90 mil Internet filtering vendor Websense today joined the hot information leakage prevention market by acquiring PortAuthority Technologies for $90 million. By joining forces, solutions from both companies will "help organizations prevent the unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential data while simultaneously protecting users from external malicious threats," according to a joint statement issued today by San Diego-based......
[more] Weston College tightens security IT security threats including spyware, instant messaging attachments and removable media were becoming a concern Weston College has implemented new security systems to improve protection of over 800 users and control application use.The Web Security Suite from Websense offered the college flexibility and control over how the students and staff use the computing facilities without locking down everything and impeding the web as a learning resource.Mark Hill, head......
[more] Brazilian and Russian Blackhats working together Websense Security Labs has discovered that Brazilian-based malicious code authors are now utilizing a popular web exploit kit which originates in Russia. This combination of the groups working together is relevant because previously we have not seen such collaboration. The Web Attacker toolkit allows attackers to place code on their website to infect users when the site is visited. This toolkit is the most popular exploit kit on the web toda......
[more] Just two days before Super Bowl XLI, hackers use Dolphin Stadium website to exploit PCs Hackers today embedded a JavaScript-enabled trojan in the website of Dolphin Stadium, home to Sunday's Super Bowl XLI, stadium officials confirmed to SCMagazine.com "A link to a malicious JavaScript file has been inserted into the header of the front page of the site," Websense Security Labs said in an alert. The script attempts to exploit two previously-fixed vulnerabilities, one of which is a......
[more] McAfee to tackle data loss McAfee is to enter the data loss protection market with software designed to guard sensitive information from unauthorised access and transfer at the network, desktop and notebook levels. The McAfee Data Loss Prevention Host will monitor data leaving the network via e-mail, IM, printed documents, USB drives, CD-ROMs and other methods, says Vimal Solank, senior director of product marketing with McAfee. The software sends up alerts when data deemed sensitive - such as......
[more] Google Maps used to locate phishing victims Account holders with at least two Australian banks have become victims of a phishing scam in which malicious code reveals the physical location of affected IP addresses using Google Maps. Bank account holders in Germany and the U.S. have also been targeted. The software installs a Trojan capable of key-logging user activity, hijacking infected computers. The scam was circulated as a false news report claiming the Australian prime minister had suffered......
[more] Trojan horse targets Skype users Miscreants have again adapted the Warezov Trojan horse to target Skype users, Websense Security Labs warned last week. The attack is similar to threats that target instant-messaging applications. A targeted Skype user will receive a chat message with the text "Check up this" and a link to a malicious executable called "file_01.exe" on a Web site, Websense said in an alert. If the user runs the file, several other files are downloaded and run,......
[more] Code posted for Internet Explorer attack Malicious code exploits a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6; Microsoft had already released a patch for IE6, and the code does not work on IE7 New software has been published on the Internet that could be used to exploit a known flaw in Internet Explorer.The code, which was posted Monday to the Milw0rm.com Web site, exploits a recently patched flaw in Microsoft's browser. It could be used to run unauthorized software on a computer that was not up......
[more] UK firms failing to protect sensitive data Businesses 'not in control' of their information, says Websense UK office workers believe that their employers would not know if they transported sensitive information out of the workplace, new research has claimed.The annual Websense opinion poll on attitudes about handling company information revealed that over half of the survey's 100 respondents believed their company would have no way of knowing whether they took or accidentally sent information.Of......
[more] Instant messaging attacks up 200 percent in a year The growing adoption of instant messaging (IM) platforms in corporate environments has made the technology more attractive to hackers, who have, in turn, attacked IM 200 percent more often than this time last year. Researchers at Akonix's IM Security Center reported today that they've seen 31 new malicious code attacks on messaging platforms this month, including worms such as IMspam, QQpass and TrigXF. Of all IM-based malware, Maniccum and Hotm......
[more] Websense Wireless software protects minors from inappropriate Internet content Websense Wireless has unveiled new software that allows wireless operators and service providers to provide advanced security features to protect both end-users and the network from malicious Web content and to adhere to regulatory, industry and government regulations designed to protect minors from inappropriate Internet content.The new software - the Websense Wireless URL Categorization Engine - allows operato......
[more] Racy Britney Spears photos used as ANI exploit lure Count a website touting racy photos of former pop diva Britney Spears as one of about 450 that are hosting the dangerous ANI exploit, patched on Tuesday by Microsoft in an emergency release. Spam, written in HTML to evade filters, arrives with the subject "Hot Pictures of Britiney Speers" and contains links leading to the malicious sites, according to a security alert from Websense. Obfuscated JavaScript on these sites actually b......
[more] Two Days Per Month Wasted on Aimless Web Surfing Now what was I looking for? Once merely the wistful question of the gray-haired set, the phrase has -- in classic Internet fashion -- been reduced to an acronym, turned into a verb, and given a new definition. In the United Kingdom, the act of wandering aimlessly through the Web's endless hyperlinks is now known as "wilfing" (What Was I Looking For). And, according to a British market research firm, wilfing is becoming a national epidem......
[more] Workers exchange passwords for chocolate More than two-thirds of British employees would hand over their passwords in exchange for chocolate and a flirty conversation, according to new research.A study conducted by the organisers of Infosecurity Europe 2007 has revealed that 64 per cent of employees can be tricked into giving up their passwords in this way.About 40 per cent fell by the wayside even before this point after being asked what the most common password is, followed by a request for t......
[more] IT Security 10 years on Global Secure Systems are one of the UK's top IT Security Integrators. David Hobson, MD of GSS, talks about the changes he has seen over the last 10 years 2007 is the tenth birthday of GSS, and as the person responsible for founding the business, I have seen some amazing changes in our industry.Back in 1997, the Internet was starting to break into the mainstream. Only a few organisations were prepared to connect their networks to the Internet. For many, it was a case of h......
[more] Attackers improve on JavaScript trickery As JavaScript becomes an increasingly key component of online attacks, attackers are investing more energy in obfuscation and other techniques to make defenders' attempts at reverse engineering more difficult, a security researcher told attendees at the annual CanSecWest conference on Wednesday. Attackers have adopted the same techniques used to hide the purpose of other types of malicious code, such as splitting up the code into many components a......
[more] Websense to Acquire Surfcontrol Websense today announced that its subsidiary, Websense SC Operations Limited, has made a pre-conditional cash offer to acquire all of the issued and to-be-issued ordinary shares, excluding treasury shares, of SurfControl PLC, a provider of on-demand and software-based Web and email security solutions. Under the terms of the proposal, SurfControl shareholders will receive 700 pence in cash for each SurfControl share. The proposal values SurfControl's existing issu......
[more] Surfcontrol soars on £201m takeover Shares in internet security expert SurfControl shot up on a recommended cash offer of 700p from its main US rival, Websense. The offer values Surfcontrol at £201m. The pre-conditional offer from California's Websense represents a premium of 63% to Surf's closing price of 428.75p on December 6, the last day before the company revealed it had received an approach. It also represents a premium of 40% to Surfcontrol's closing price of 500p yesterday.......
[more] Making sense of Websense's SurfControl buyout The move makes the combined companies more attractive as a potential acquisition by one of the big three IT security firms Websense's $400 million buyout offer for rival network filtering specialist SurfControl should help position the two companies for short-term growth and possible acquisition in the future, according to market watchers.Company officials and industry analysts agree that the marriage of the two network security filtering specialists......
[more] Websense updates data leak protection Websense has announced an updated version of its information-leak prevention product that now blocks unauthorised data transfers. Websense Content Protection Suite 6.0 consists of two main components, Content Auditor for locating sensitive data in the network, and Content Enforcer, which can monitor for data leaks. "We have in-line blocking now as an option for email, HTTP, instant messaging and FTP," says Devin Redmond, director of the security p......
[more] Hackers Launching Attacks Against Yahoo Messenger Bugs Websense researchers report 40 to 50 malicious sites are taking advantage of critical vulnerabilities in the instant messenger. Malware writers have latched on to the exploit code for the critical bugs in Yahoo Messenger, setting up 40 to 50 malicious Web sites to attack unsuspecting, and unpatched, users. "This threat is critical," said Stephan Chenette, manager of Websense Security Labs, in an interview. "The use of [the ex......
[more] How IT departments are securing instant messaging Once considered a peripheral communication tool used primarily by only some workers, instant messaging (IM) is now feared by many as a security hazard. For many enterprises, the simple solution was to block IM and force employees to use existing email, phone and fax resources. But the evolution of communication channels is leaving that model in the dust. Business users make it clear that IM security can no longer mean simply "turning......
[more] 'Italian job' Web attack hits more than 10,000 sites The attack, which is primarily hitting Italian sites, has turned the pages into malware distributors Online criminals have launched a widespread Web attack that has turned tens of thousands of legitimate Web sites into weapons, security vendors said Monday. The attack began late last week, and by Monday morning, more than 10,000 Web sites had been compromised, according to security firms Trend Micro and Websense.Although attackers have hit tar......
[more] Websense: Google Pages hosting phishing attacks Researchers are warning internet users to be on the lookout for website scams appearing on Google Pages. This month, experts at Websense reported a spike in the user-created sites hosting phishing schemes, such as one for eBay, Dan Hubbard, vice president of security research at San Diego-based Websense, told SCMagazine.com today.Attackers are drawn to the Google Pages, which are hosted on Google servers, because they may evade web filters. The sit......
[more] Websense moves into mid-market Content security and data leak prevention specialist Websense has made a push into the mid-market with the launch of new web security software, and an improved self-service customer support portal.Websense Express provides protection from web-based threats, using the firm's ThreatSeeker technology to manage corporate internet use; preventing access to sites which present security risks or that will cost the enterprise in bandwidth and productivity, according to th......
[more] Websense Acquisition of SurfControl Receives Clearance from U.K. Office of Fair Trading Websense, Inc. today announced that the U.K. Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has decided not to refer the proposed acquisition of SurfControl PLC to the Competition Commission, thereby granting merger control clearance. The pre-conditions to the acquisition now have been met, and the companies expect to make the Scheme Document available to SurfControl shareholders shortly. "The satisfaction of the pre-con......
[more] URLs with 'crimeware' spreading, but war on phishing gains ground The number of phishing URLs used to spread "crimeware" among consumer PCs rose to an all-time high in May, according to a report from an industry association that works to eliminate identity theft and fraud caused by phishing and email spoofing. The Anti-Phishing Working Group's (APWG) report said the 3,353 compromised URLs discovered in May represented a 7.4 percent increase in the number of unique phishing URLs co......
[more] War on phishing to last 20 years Cybercrime experts believe we are in for the long haul fighting phishing attacks as criminals change tack. The fight against phishing gangs could last 20 years, according to an expert.Speaking at a MarkMonitor roundtable event in London, Tony Neate, managing director of internet safety campaign Get Safe Online said that online crimes and the gangs who commit them will still be around for the foreseeable future."We will still have people falling for phishing......
[more] Meet Web 2.0's evil twin Web 2.0-enabled social networking sites present another attack vector for the bad guys, as well The move towards Web 2.0 technologies may well be another race betw
