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CLEARWATER, Fla., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GFI Software today released its VIPRE® Report for April 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered last month. In April, cybercriminals were seen exploiting users of major social networking sites including Facebook® , Twitter®, Tumblr® and Pinterest in order to spread malware and spam surveys. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120330/NE79547LOGO ) "In the same way that the popularity of...
BANGALORE, India, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The trace email tool was voted the most useful of the six ip tracking tools developed by the internet firm ipmarker.com Trace email [http://ipmarker.com/trace-email/index.php ] is becoming popular among internet users who wish to investigate emails received from unknown or suspicious sources. It provides information about the geographical location and the name of the internet service provider of an email sender's mail...
Email Marketing Service Provider Comm100 Reveals Best Practices to Duplicate Pinterest’s Success within Email Campaigns Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) May 04, 2012 Pinterest’s meteoric rise up the social media ladder shows that clearly, it must be doing something right. After careful consideration of the elements behind the social platform’s popularity, as well as in-depth access to email marketing conversion analytics, Comm100 developed the following list of recommendations. 1. Make It...
CLEARWATER, Fla., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to help small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the fight against email-borne threats, GFI® Software today announced the availability of GFI MailEssentials 2012 UnifiedProtection. The solution features robust anti-spam functionality, now combined with up to five virus detection engines, including the award-winning GFI VIPRE® antivirus, to give SMBs comprehensive protection against phishing, spam and virus-carrying emails....
Image Credit: Photos.com --- Indian computer scientists have developed an algorithm which can be used to not only catch a botnet on a computer network, but also to stop the malware from inflicting any harm upon a machine. The scientists will explain their 2-pronged approach in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing. Botnets have been making their rounds in the headlines as of late when it was discovered the Flashback malware had infected...
The number of cyber attacks jumped 81% in 2011, with mobile platforms like Google’s Android operating system increasingly being targeted, according to an annual “Internet Security Threat Report” released on Monday by security software vendor Symantec. Social networks are also increasingly under attack, and represent a new frontier for cyber criminals, Symantec said. "The very nature of these [social] networks makes users incorrectly assume they are not at risk and attackers are...
BEIJING, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Mass Media Corp. ("China Mass Media" or the "Company") (NYSE: CMM) today announced that it filed its annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 30, 2010. The Company's annual report on Form 20-F can be accessed through the SEC's website - http://www.sec.gov, as well as the official website of the Company -...
Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com Looking for some credit card numbers online to perpetrate some internet villainy? Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) just made things more difficult for you. According to the British organization, they have now shuttered 36 websites in the UK, US and Australia which were selling compromised credit card data. Working with the FBI, SOCA says this development is the culmination of more than 2 years of investigative work. Not to be outdone,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and DRESDEN, Germany, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- internet24, a German provider of Web hosting services, has deployed Commtouch's® (NASDAQ: CTCH) complete Email Security Suite providing protection for inbound and outbound email traffic. The new offering improves email security for internet24 and its customers, while significantly cutting resource requirements and costs. Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20110906/478788 "Aside from our core Web hosting...
Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com Security firm Sophos has released a new report on the world’s Spam and where it comes from. Calling it the “dirty dozen,” the experts from SophosLabs list the top 12 countries distributing spam to the rest of the world. Taking the crown from the United States this year is India, as Sophos says there is a one in ten chance any kind of email spam originated from an Indian computer. The “dirty dozen” list places India at the top with 9.1% of all...
