http://www.silicon.com Results for virus en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817563p,00.htm The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall and the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall-Outbound product lines as well as most email clients support STARTTLS. This has profound advantages, especially in situations where the user is outside the organization or... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817561p,00.htm With frequent virus attacks and the alarming influx of spam, email loses the efficiency to communicate. Email has undoubtedly become a valued communications tool among organizations worldwide. The Radicati Group, a market research firm in Palo Alto... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817562p,00.htm Throughout the growth of image spam volume, Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall's OCR techniques enabled it to maintain its target 95 percent effectiveness rating in the fight against spam with almost no false positives. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817564p,00.htm This paper describes how to use a Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall to obtain a level of redundancy and high reliability for email system without the complexity of setting up redundant email servers. So much business is accomplished via email that it... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817560p,00.htm With its combination of technologies specifically designed to meet these criteria over SMTP and HTTP protocols, Barracuda Networks is able to provide best-of-breed protection for customers of the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall and Barracuda Web... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817573p,00.htm Anti-Virus solutions were created to protect against known threats, and are by nature reactive and signature-based. This made it fairly easy to signature malware and to block it with an Anti-Virus solution. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817550p,00.htm If one gets attacked by a regular virus, it will cost ones time and money to clear up and reputation may be damaged when company computers start sending out spam email or other irritations. In simple terms, it's industrial espionage by virus. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817463p,00.htm Clearly inbound email security - anti-virus, anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies - will continue to be very important. However, anti-virus and anti-spam technologies are almost universally deployed and, overall, are very good at stopping these... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817460p,00.htm Starting with a foundation of anti-spam and anti-virus capabilities, organizations should focus on other capabilities, as well, including policy management and a variety of other tasks designed to protect the network and the company from external... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817646p,00.htm There is a higher probability that most data centers will be affected by a virus, hardware failure, power failure or upgrade gone wrong than by a disastrous weather-related event like wind, fire or rain. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817576p,00.htm These sophisticated Web-based attacks are specifically designed to hit the "Blind Spots" of traditional security systems that rely on signatures or databases (such as anti-virus, URL filtering and reputation based security). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817510p,00.htm Java completely eliminates many of the most common mechanisms exploited in common virus and Trojan Horse attacks. This white paper discusses the applicability and desirability of Java as a programming language for use in secure systems. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812653p,00.htm AV vendors attempting to keep up with the current flood of malware are faced with some daunting problems. The number of incoming customer submissions, honeypot and crawler collections, collection-swapping samples and other sample sources has grown... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813022p,00.htm As virus writers create increasingly sophisticated malicious code and find ever more effective methods to propagate, enterprises find themselves scrambling to keep their networks, servers, and end-user computers safe from new threats. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812720p,00.htm Even back then, virus naming wasn't very consistent between vendors, but at least virus encyclopaedias and third-party resources like vgrep made it generally straightforward to map one vendor's name for a virus to another vendor's name for the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812726p,00.htm Organizations are increasingly asking for more proactive virus-detection techniques because of the rising number and severity of threats entering corporate networks. Trojans, viruses, worms, and other types of malicious code continue to be the most... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812651p,00.htm This paper proposes a multi-dimensional attempt to be carried by the anti-virus industry in order to stop the spread of bespoke packers written specifically to conceal malware. Despite the fact that run-time PE packers have demonstrated some... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812652p,00.htm The Nuwar virus (a.k.a. As 2007 comes to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the current threat landscape. The past 12 months comprised a record-breaking year. McAfee recorded well over 100,000 new viruses and Trojans, a 50 percent jump in the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812666p,00.htm Most are familiar with the problems of virus-infected email attachments and productivity-draining spam, but now companies must also address the threats posted by outbound email. Email is the lingua franca of business today. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813014p,00.htm Seeing the popularity of removable storage, virus authors realized the potential of using this media as an infection vector. And they are greatly aided by a convenience feature in operating systems called AutoRun, which launches the content on a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000