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10 things you should be doing to protect your company against email risks

2007-11-02 23:30:15 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...attachments and use word filtering to avoid confidential data leaving the company. For instance you can block external emails containing Social Security Numbers, credit card details or patient information 6: Add a disclaimer ; In order to disclaim against company liability, ensure confidentiality and comply with regulatory rules you must add...
 
Tags: policy, email policy violations, email-policy, email policy rules, rules, email policy, risks, email risks, email
 
 
 
 
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Phishers, Spammers, and Malware Authors Clearly Consolidating

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2007-12-09 21:14:53 by HASH0x89fa6a4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attachments. That allowed them to access a database containing the personal information of people who visited the lab over a 14-year period starting in 1990. The institution, which has a staff of about 3,800, conducts top-secret research that is used for homeland security and military purposes And, of course, there's a Chinese connection ,...
 
Tags: malware, malware attachments, malware attack, malware authors, hand malware authors, spammers, modern malware, storm worm malware, emails courtesy
 
 
 
 
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The top six corporate email risks

2007-10-27 19:27:40 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...attachments growing, their size is increasing as well. According to the Radicati Group, attachments make up more than 85% of all email data. Large attachments use up bandwidth and storage space. Although the cost of storage space has decreased over the years, the larger the message store, the more management it requires and the longer it...
 
Tags: risks, email risks, email, email disclaimer, email communications, companys email system, company network, company, explicit email
 
 
 
 
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Disable Your Computer's Parasites

2007-08-01 19:23:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...attachments. Also, rigorous anti virus programs can scan attachments before you can open them so that your risk against viruses and worms are properly managed However, as an Internet user, you have more to worry about than viruses and worms. Unfortunately, anti virus programs are not designed to detect other types of threats and if you are...
 
Tags: computer, adware, adware continues, internet, internet connection pretty, spyware, anti virus programs, unwittingly install adware, regular computer
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...attachments when the payoff is the promise of tutu-clad swine parading across the screen! So to add to a home computers defense, we need utilities that detect and remove malicious software. Antivirus and antispyware tools can take care of this for you. (Yes, you need both; they detect different kinds of attacks The case could be made that...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Security In The Cloud: Introducing Cloud Mashups

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2008-04-21 16:40:49 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
...attachments and CRM data with Salesforce.com and new attachments with Appirio (if someone from Appirio is reading this and can say differently, please do As it happens, Salesforce.com already uses Amazon for computing and storage so its the same back-end storage. But what happens when another cloud storage provider pops up that offers a...
 
Tags: cloud, cloud mashups, cloud storage arrangements, security, appirio cloud storage, appirio, data, data portability, crm data
 
 
 
 
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Severance and personal details of GlaxoSmithKline employees exposed

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2008-06-13 13:10:18 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...attachments on the intranet When they were opened up they gave details of all 540 or so workers. It had such details as their names, address, position and if they had put in for redundancy what figures they could expect Evan] Wow! The redunancy (or severance) payout information adds a twist to this breach. Not only can the personal...
 
Tags: information, personal information, details, employees, personal details, staff, fear, glaxo workers fear, gsk staff
 
 
 
 
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory visitor information exposed

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2007-12-11 13:45:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...attachments if we are not absolutely sure who the e-mail is from and we must not click on [URLs] embedded in e-mails unless we are certain of the source." - Laboratory Director Thom Mason The lab has sent letters to about 12,000 potential victims We continue to put in place new and more sophisticated security systems in an attempt to stop...
 
Tags: information, personal information, security, store social security, retrieve information, regular information security, security systems, cyber-security issues, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Are your digital devices Certified Pre-0wned?

2008-03-17 16:11:45 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...attachments you werent expecting. Then you had to worry about surfing even trusted websites with JavaScript turned on, even with the latest patched browsers. Now you have to worry about plugging in the shiny new digital toy you got as a gift. Perhaps its a digital picture frame, digital camera, music player or silly programmable gizmo....
 
Tags: devices, malware, low volume malware, drive, tech devices, usb drive, previously unknown malware, digital picture frame, inexpensive digital devices
 
 
 
 
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Waukesha County job applicant data exposed in mailing

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2008-07-15 08:07:06 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...attachments - such as the applications - be included. And, Matthew's case was not filed with the state We followed the state's protocol," Pollen said P.I. asked: So anyone who applies for a job with Waukesha County could have their private information disclosed