Secure Sockets Layer certificate provider GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com) and the company’s Web application security Armorize (www.armorize.com) have partnered to offer Armorize malware scanning services GlobalSign SSL Certificate customers. According to GlobalSign announced Tuesday, the partnership will allow all OrganizationSSL GlobalSign, ExtendedSSL and SSL managed clients to benefit from 30 days of malware through the free service [...]

Barracuda Networks Inc., a leading provider of content security, data protection and application delivery solutions, today launched the Barracuda Laboratories Midyear 2010 Report on the security, reveal the data in two key areas: search engine malware and the use of Twitter and the crime rate. The company presents this data in security Bside DefCon in [...]

PALO ALTO – Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware websites, today announced it is introducing Dasient SafesITe security seal for websites to communicate that are continually being tested free of any malware from the most reliable accurate and real-time tracking service – Dasient WAM (Web Anti-Malware). SafesITe Dasient seal the first seal is specifically [...]

Hosting suppliers that implement Commtouch messaging security solutions benefit from savings and improved detection of spam, malicious software and phishing, all while maintaining their same infrastructure. “Many tools employed by hosting providers could be ‘free’ in principle, but finish up costing so much in infrastructure, integration and upkeep that they cancel out the supposed savings,” [...]

McAfee’s Avert Laboratories asserts spam recorded in the second quarter shot up eighty % compared to quarter 1 of the year. This follows a quick reprieve from spam following last year’s shutdown of the McColo ISP. June alone saw the biggest quantity of spam recorded by McAfee, surpassing the prior monthly high in October by [...]

And it is searching for the partnership of hosting suppliers in distributing its solution. In a talk with the Buzz , Neil Daswani and Ameet Ranadive, 2 of the company’s 3 co-founders, describe an elemental change in the way malware is spread and exactly the situation the company was created to combat. Many circumstances have [...]

Three years back, I tried to condense Computer security into ten steps you might finish in about an hour. After a false-positive on a pathogen scan, I returned to that recommendation and noticed that those tips are sorely superseded. I could re-examine the 1st 3 tips here and will cover the remainder in posts later [...]