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Act Now Domains Increases Available Website Maker Security Features Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 27, 2011 Having a website is now even safer! Act Now Domains is pleased to announce new and improved security features of its website maker. These improvements make having a website even safer and more secure than ever. Customers who build a website using Act Now Domains' website maker now get greater protection and the peace of mind that comes from having a secure website. Every user who...

BOSTON and MANCHESTER, England, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Avecto Ltd, the leader in Windows privilege management, today revealed how removing user admin rights, through a policy of 'least privilege', could have prevented the recent cyber-attack on the IMF systems. Whilst very few details of the major cyber-attack on the IMF systems earlier this month have been released, it is highly likely that end user activity unknowingly played a key role in the event. It appears...

SEATTLE, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader of business security solutions, today released a new software update to its extensible content security (XCS) family of web and messaging security appliances. This software release allows businesses to take advantage of new, easy to use data loss prevention (DLP) features, superior content and policy controls for accelerating web traffic, and cutting-edge spam and phishing prevention technologies. "Company...

The main newspaper of China's Communist Party accused Google on Monday of being a "political tool" used to vilify the Chinese government, saying the Internet search giant had falsely accused China of a computer hack."Google's accusations against China are fictitious and have ulterior motives and sinister intentions," read the foreign edition of the People's Daily, the leading newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party.The paper charged Google with attempting to heighten...

Internet security firm Trend Micro said on Friday that cyber attackers have been trying to infiltrate popular email services. The firms said that Microsoft's Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Google's Gmail have been among the services pinpointed for cyber attackers. "There has been a variety of recent attacks on popular Webmail platforms," Trend Micro senior threat researcher Nart Villeneuve said in an online post."In addition to Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail have also been...

A sharp denial was issued from the Chinese government today after executives from Google accused China of attempting to steal the passwords of hundreds of Gmail accounts."We recently uncovered a campaign to collect user passwords, likely through phishing," Google explained about the practice of computer users being tricked into giving up sensitive information.It, "affected what seem to be the personal Gmail accounts of hundreds of users, including among others, senior US government officials,...

CLEARWATER, Fla., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Security Awareness Training (ISAT) firm KnowBe4 has released new cybercrime statistics that identify the nation's most Phish-prone(TM) industry sectors, which are those most susceptible to cybercrime ploys. The top five industries vulnerable to cybercrime include travel, education, financial services, government services and IT services. These findings are based on a recent phishing experiment KnowBe4 conducted among small and medium...

NumberInvestigator.com Urges Users to Look Out for Suspicious Phone Calls, Emails or LettersBellevue, WA (PRWEB) May 20, 2011 According to a recent report from Sign On San Diego, customers of Sony Online Entertainment should be cautious of "spear phishing" scams after a hacker may have accessed personal information on more than 24 million accounts, including email addresses and passwords.Privacy experts reported that these cyber criminals may have enough customer information to send...

PublicRecordFinder.com Works to Protect from Deceptive Electronic CommunicationsBellevue, WA (PRWEB) May 19, 2011 PublicRecordFinder.com knows that technologies and the Internet have made scams a part of everyday life. PublicRecordFinder.com wants the public to know how to avoid being a victim. Phishing is done by scammers who send a mass email to every address they can find. The message appears to come from a financial institution or bank. The body of the email tells the reader that their...

Leading cyber security firm adds management experience to drive future growth Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) May 17, 2011 Wombat Security Technologies (Wombat), a leading provider of cyber security training and filtering technologies, announced today the addition of Joe Ferrara as President and CEO. Mr. Ferrara brings extensive technology marketing, operations and management experience to the Company. "It's an exciting time in Wombat's history and I am thrilled to lead the company forward. We...