Software Industry Announcements and News
Keep Your Data Safe and Join the Club
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.09.08 under Security & Privacy, Web Sites
Fort Worth, Texas - American Systems announces the release of Club
Backup, an on-line backup solution for the Windows operating system.
Club Backup offers 1 gigabyte of free backup storage with no strings
attached. All data backed up to the Club Backup servers are encrypted
using the same type of encryption that banks and the military use. With
Club Backup you can also sync files and access them on-line.
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CDT Is Joined on Anti-Spyware Brief by A Wide Range of Groups and Companies
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.06.08 under Security & Privacy
May 5th: In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today, CDT argues that anti-spyware vendors should be protected by the liability protections afforded other filtering companies under the Communications Decency Act. CDT was joined by a broad spectrum of Internet and technology industry groups, public interest organizations, civil liberties groups and individual companies that are all committed to the proposition that users should be empowered to control their own Internet experiences.
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Doctor Web, Ltd. releases Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.05.08 under Security & Privacy
Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino protects Lotus Domino system against viruses, malware and spam. It is another Dr.Web product for large corporate networks providing security for Lotus Domino applications servers that create infrastructure for communication and sharing of corporate information resources. Read the rest of this entry…
PC Magazine (Russia) names Dr.Web AV-Desk best “product-as-a-service” of 2007
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.22.08 under Security & Privacy
PC Magazine (Russia) names Dr.Web AV-Desk best “product-as-a-service” of 2007
Dr.Web AV-Desk is a unique anti-malware and anti-spam service which enables Service Providers to deliver complex information protection to an unlimited number of subscribers regardless of their geographical location. Dr.Web AV-Desk allows optimizing operation of the anti-virus for a particular provider network where users get an efficient and automatically updated Dr.Web anti-virus via the local network. Possibility of installation in an infected system, high detection rate, language independent spam analysis, exceptional stability, efficient use of Internet traffic - these are the main benefits of Dr.Web.
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Anti-Phishing Working Group’s Tokyo Counter eCrime Conference Unites Global eCrime Responders
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.19.08 under Security & Privacy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic crime responders, investigators and counter-ecrime technologists will join law enforcement and public policy officials from across the globe in Tokyo next month for the second annual Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS II). CeCOS II will unite IT operations, security, and law enforcement thought-leaders from across the globe for first time to voice operational priorities in the global confrontation against phishing and eCrime.
The second annual CeCOS, to be held on May 26 and 27 in Tokyo, will engage questions of operational challenges and the development of common resources for the first responders and forensic professionals that protect consumers and enterprises from ecrime threats every day. CeCOS II is co-hosted by the APWG and the Council of Anti-Phishing of Japan, and its Program Partner for the event is the Council of Europes Economic Crime Division at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs. Hitachi Information Systems, Ltd., SecureBrain Corporation, and Kaspersky Labs Japan are CeCOS II industry sponsors. The Japan Network Security Association and other governmental agencies and associations have also joined to sponsor CeCOS II. Read the rest of this entry…
New FTC Videos Help Consumers Spot Phishing Scams
[ No Comments ] Posted on 04.07.08 under Government News, Security & Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission has released three 60-second videos to help alert consumers to phishing scams. Phishing uses deceptive spam to trick consumers into divulging sensitive or personal information, including credit card numbers and other financial data, through an email or a link to a “copycat” site. The goal of the videos is to offer practical, useful, and memorable messages.
The videos are the newest tool on OnGuardOnline.gov, the agency’s multimedia initiative to help consumers be on guard against Internet fraud, secure their computers, and protect their personal information. The award-winning site features tips, articles, how-to videos, interactive quizzes, and tutorials in English and Spanish. The new videos also will be featured on YouTube www.youtube.com/ftcvideos and on the FTC Web site at http://ftc.gov/bcp/edu/multimedia/video/ogol/phishing/index.shtml