15 January 2013

Spammers versus spam senders There’s a big difference, because spammers generally don’t send their own spam in bulk any more. That hasn’t worked for a decade or so, because if you send 10,000,000 unwanted emails as fast as you can from the same server, or even the same data centre, you make an easily-identified target. […]

As it is, Whitten explains, Facebook gives users the option of linking their mobile numbers with their accounts. Users then can receive updates via SMS and can also login using their phone number rather than their email address. Whitten found that when sending the letter F to Facebook’s SMS shortcode – which is 32665 in

Service providers need higher level of encryption support “If you look at one of our typical deployments, yes, they want security, they want SSL, but the numbers they support are in the thousands,” he said. “It’s nothing compared to a business model that is supporting millions of users. When we are talking to these SaaS

Download the Sophos Mobile Encryption app from Google Play for Android, or from iTunes for iOS devices (iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads). New features available in this version Protect access to your Sophos Mobile Encryption application with an optional password. Fully transparent key management, so you don’t need to enter the passphrase each time you

As we explain below, next-generation firewalls are typically defined as firewalls enhanced with intrusion prevention and application intelligence. On the other hand, UTM systems include those features—plus additional technologies such as email security, URL filtering, wireless security, web application firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs). In this view, UTM systems include NGFWs as components. Manager’s

When you consider the country’s huge online population, it’s not surprising that the U.S. sends so much spam. Spam comes from “bots” — computers infected with malware and under the control of a criminal. “Bot masters” can use servers anywhere in the world to give the bots instructions. So spam-bots in the countries on our