Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the successful OESISOK certification of its new personal products Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 by OPSWAT. Both products attained OESISOK certification in the Antivirus, Antispyware and Antiphishing categories, with the integrated Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 solution also gaining a certificate in the Personal Firewall category.

Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced that its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has documented step-by-step how corporate data were being stolen and stored on remote servers owned by criminals. In its October 2008 Malicious Page of the Month report, Finjan describes how a corporate user, while browsing the web for his regular business needs, got infected with a Trojan.

Comodo Security Solutions, Inc., the computer security company famous for its widely acclaimed free firewall, has released Comodo Internet Security (CIS), a complete antivirus and firewall security package free to all PC users. Among its many powerful features, this security software detects and prevents malware such as viruses, adware, spyware, Trojans, bots and rogue software, and includes always-on, real-time protection against threats.

Software anti-tamper start-up, Metaforic announced the immediate availability of MetaFortress, a software security solution that protects against all forms of hacking and software piracy. MetaFortress uses a network of thousands of cross-referenced checks, which could require years of painstaking work to overcome, therefore greatly increasing software protection time from minutes to several months or even years.

PandaLabs, Panda Security's malware analysis and detection laboratory, has detected several malicious files that are exploiting the latest vulnerability announced by Microsoft (MS08-067) to infect users and steal confidential data, including instant messaging passwords, and online login credentials.

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Tall Emu has released Version 3 of Online Armor personal firewall software, which promises to be even better than the award winning version 2 - winner of “The Best Firewall Software of 2008”. The new version of Online Armor now supports Vista (32bit), offers even better protection, has an improved GUI interface, is easier to use and is more robust. It is also now available in Italian and French with many more languages to be rolled out over the next couple of months.

A new critical Windows vulnerability has been discovered and Microsoft is acknowledging it's criticality by releasing an out-of band patch before the regular Windows update batch due Nov. 11.  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request.

OpenDNS, the award-winning navigation service that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable, today announced its PhishTank anti-phishing service has seen a half-million individual phishing scams reported in the two years since the service was launched.

SanDisk Corporation and McAfee, Inc. today announced SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise with anti-malware protection from McAfee. In addition to protecting corporate USB flash drive users from data leaks, the solution includes the McAfee® Scan Engine, which offers advanced heuristic analysis for comprehensive detection of both known and unknown threats. Expected to be available before year’s end, this “always on” safeguard blocks malware from entering the secure USB flash drive even when the device is used outside of the firewall.