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This paper considers how Web-based security threats are evolving, within the context of IT trends including mobile, home computing and other forms of remote access that could all potentially increase the attack surface of the organization.

The web today is a prime vector for attack. Interrupting information flows, which are increasingly transmitted over the internet, has become the prime focus for today's financially motivated hackers.

The components required of an effective web security solution are many and varied, including a range of tools that guard against specific types of threats

Based on detailed feedback from actual end users, the Nemertes PilotHouse Awards give insight into the quality, effectiveness, customer service, and overall satisfaction of "Security-as-a-Service" vendors.

This book is a quick guide to understanding IT policy compliance. It surveys the best steps for preparing your organization's IT operations to comply with laws and regulations - and how to prove compliance to an auditor.

This white paper examines the looming threat horizon that is forcing companies to reexamine their endpoint security functions and discusses ESET's solution for integrated security management that is built around its advanced heuristic technology.

Analysis of ESET's ThreatSense.Net®, a sophisticated malware reporting and tracking system, shows that the highest number of detections this month, with almost 9.90%, was the Win32/Conficker class of threat.

View this ESET Monthly UK threat report to find out the top computer threats in the UK.

This paper is designed to provide a basic understanding of what heuristics are and how they are used in the anti-malware industry.

This document combines the thoughts of both Research teams in ESET Latin America and ESET, LLC into a single paper, proposing a comprehensive vision of how the threatscape is likely to evolve in 2010.

Why all the hype? Is cyberwarfare really something enterprise information security professionals should be concerned about? It's hard to know what the next cyber crisis will be, but here are a few best practices that enterprise security teams should consider to avoid becoming victims.

The emergence of covert information theft as a key tactic of malware propagators. Most importantly, the paper highlights the crucial danger points for any business that doesn't defend itself against viruses which operate in the background.

Unfortunately, people are frequently seduced by the word "free" and overestimate the supposed benefits such products offer. In order to illustrate this type of malicious methodology, the case of a rogue product is analyzed here.

The traffic lights are always at amber on the Internet, because there are always risks, so here are some tips for reducing your exposure to attacks from cybercriminals.

3rd International Conference on Cybercrime Forensics Education & Training. What is the information that the end-user or end-site really needs to know about an incoming threat?

This report provides a report of the Top Computer Threats in the United Kingdom.

McAfee Labs foresees an increase in threats related to social networking sites, banking security, and botnets, as well as attacks targeting users, businesses, and applications. However, in 2010 McAfee also expects to see an increase in the effectiveness of law enforcement to fight back against cybercrime is also anticipated. Read this report to learn more about what to expect in 2010.

Despite the six-year-old CAN-SPAM Act, spammers routinely abuse the law and continue to deliver their obnoxious email. One year ago, a major spam-hosting ISP was shut down, causing an impressive drop in botnet activity. Today, however, spam authors are more active and smarter than ever. Spammers love to tailor their messages to the news and the season. Read this report to gain a greater understanding of current spam threats.

How do you measure security effectiveness? Conventional security solutions may appear to be holding back targeted malware attacks but this eBook shows you how to check the performance of your current infrastructure. Whether you are 'secure', 'infected' or 'recovering', you can benefit from a Threat Discovery Assessment.

With all the benefits and opportunities the Internet provides, it can also be a very inhospitable place, requiring organizations' constant vigilance to protect themselves from attack. To better understand important security issues affecting organizations today, IDC recently completed a survey of more than 260 IT and Firewall managers and executives in the US and Europe that aimed to profile their organization's firewall deployments.

Learn how Google Message Discovery offers significant advantages over onsite server or media-based email archiving services.

This paper considers how Web-based security threats are evolving, within the context of IT trends including mobile, home computing and other forms of remote access that could all potentially increase the attack surface of the organization.

Medium organizations around the globe are increasingly concerned about cyberthreats, and the rising number of incidents shared publicly certainly justifies their worries. In the first half of 2009, for example, McAfee Labs saw almost as much new malware as it did in all of 2008. At the same time, most organizations have frozen or cut their IT security budgets. Threats up, budgets down. This is what we call the "security paradox."

Browsers are the least-protected and therefore easiest medium for transferring malware, which is why protecting your company against web-borne threats should be part of a total security solution. This brief explains the key benefits of implementing a web security solution with McAfee. Read more.

Medium organizations around the globe are increasingly concerned about cyberthreats, and the rising number of incidents shared publicly certainly justifies their worries. In the first half of 2009, for example, McAfee Labs saw almost as much new malware as it did in all of 2008. At the same time, most organizations have frozen or cut their IT security budgets. Threats up, budgets down. This is what we call the "security paradox."