Zscaler, the industry-first, multi-tenant SaaS security service, announced today that it has released its 2009 web security predictions. The predictions focus on a variety of factors influencing the landscape today including cloud computing, mobile devices, increased complexity in browsers and web applications and changing business needs.

Yoggie Security Systems™ today announced the launch of its new Online Anonymity feature for its award-winning miniature security computers. With a single mouse click, surfers can completely 'cloak' their Web browsing making it virtually impossible for anyone to see or track the user's data, identify their computer or locate their country of operation. The new Online Anonymity feature, based on the open source Tor (The Onion Router) technology, protects the user from spying by anyone in the local network, Web sites they visit and even the user's ISP or any other authority that might employ tracking and spy programs.

Third Brigade experts in server and application protection, today announced that its customers which have deployed Third Brigade Deep Security are protected from attacks that could exploit a critical remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer 7 browser. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. Trend Micro customers that have deployed the Intrusion Defense Firewall plug-in to OfficeScan 8 are also receiving this proactive protection.

WhiteHat Security, the leading provider of website security solutions, today released the sixth installment of the WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report, providing a unique high-level perspective on the leading Web application security issues across industries such as retail, financial services, technology and healthcare, based on real-world websites. WhiteHat has published the report for two years, highlighting the top ten vulnerabilities, vertical market trends and emerging attack vectors.

Following up on promises made in September, Google has outlined plans to open their Chrome browser to third-party extensions. Web of Trust is included in an initial list of 15 add-ons that Google is targeting to support. Chrome's closest rival, Mozilla's open source browser Firefox, is popular because the browser can be extended with a multitude of add-ons. Web of Trust (WOT) has reached 2 million downloads since securing a place on Mozilla's coveted recommended add-on list.

Webroot, a leading security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced the latest release of Webroot® Web Security SaaS to further protect organizations around the world from the rapidly increasing amount of Web-borne threats.

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.

Netsweeper Inc. announces innovative enhancements with integration of real-time virus and malware scanning technology to its core content categorisation technology. With new web content being posted every minute of every day, the likelihood of malicious threats also being posted is a certainty.

Internet criminals are using Search Engine Optimization tactics to promote links to free hosted blog sites in an attempt to dupe unsuspecting visitors into infecting themselves with malware and fake anti-virus products, say experts from Marshal's TRACE threat team.

Cenzic Inc., the leading provider of Web application security assessment and risk management solutions, continues its ongoing commitment to community-based Web application security initiatives as the company announces the launch of a series that addresses relevant issues for individuals looking for education on the latest vulnerabilities and security issues.