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Websense Launches First Security Appliance
Providing solution providers with an additional weapon in their security arsenal, Websense announced the release of its first appliance to deliver gateway security that includes Web filtering, traffic inspection and deep inspection of Web 2.0 content. The Websense V10000 signals a change in the Websense model, which had been a software-only security vendor. By providing…
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Trend Micro Asserts Channel Commitment in SAAS
As businesses continue their rapid adoption and migration to cloud-based services, Trend Micro is pledging to keep working with its solution providers in the delivery and management of software-as-a-service accounts. Demonstrating its commitment to working with channel partners on services, Trend Micro announced its Hosted Security for the Channel program, a new initiative to educate…
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Conficker Tools Available, Countdown Hype in Overdrive
When the clock strikes midnight tonight, Conficker.C—the worm on everyone’s mind for the last week—will phone home for new instructions, kick into overdrive, steal every piece of data it can find and—if you believe the hype—destroy the Internet as we know it. Well, at least that’s what the hype machine would have you believe. Security…
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Stopping Conficker: The Tools You`ll Need
Thanks to the exaggerated dangers posed by the Conficker worm, many are wondering if they are safe from the predictions of gloom and doom expected to hit internet connected PCs on April 1. Luckily, it takes very little to be prepared for and stop Conficker from impacting your PC and ending the world as we…
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FBI Report: Internet Fraud on the Rise in Recession
Small businesses may need the services of a trusted adviser such as their IT solution provider in the midst of the current recession more than they ever have before, given the recession-spurred rise in Internet fraud recently reported by the FBI. Or at least they should be careful about what businesses they choose to buy…
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Conficker: Don`t Be Made a Fool April 1
In just three short days the world will learn how dangerous the latest variant of the Conficker worm is. Some reports say that more than 10 million PCs are already infected and the activation of the worm will cause massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The concern is so great that the alarms have…