IronPort Systems Inc., a leading provider of solutions that protect businesses against spam, viruses, malware and spyware, and now part of Cisco, today announced that it has enhanced the protection offered by its Web-security appliances with the addition of Exploit Filtering. Exploit Filtering utilizes IronPort’s distinctive Web-reputation technology to protect users from malware delivered through compromised Web sites even when these sites are not identified through URL filtering or signature scanning. Exploit Filtering is available on the IronPort S-SeriesTM family of Web-security appliances.

Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced that its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) discovered examples of obfuscated code embedded in rich-content files, and not only in HTML-webpages on legitimate websites.

Provider of messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, MessageLabs, has released the results of its Intelligence Report for August 2008. Mark Sunner, Chief Security Analyst, MessageLabs noted, "Over the course of this year, spammers have been highly focused on using as many of Google's free, hosted services as possible to distribute spam. Not only are the links contained within the spam emails difficult for traditional anti-spam filters to detect as they appear to be legitimate URLs, but it is also much more unlikely such filters will block emails based on the URLs they contain without causing significant collateral damage.

SAINT Corporation, a global leader in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, announced today that its SAINT vulnerability scanner has successfully completed the rigorous PCI Security Standards Council Approved Scanning Vendors (ASV) testing proces

In its latest trends report for Q2 2008, the Finjan Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) identifies and analyzes the latest Crimeware business operations, and provides a first-of-its-kind insider's look at the organizational structure of Cybercrime organizations. It all makes the cybercrime more successful and profitable than ever.

GoTrusted.com launched a new web-based application that streamlines the process of adding WiFi data security to any Apple iPhone or iTouch device.  The new web app allows users to access or create a subscription to GoTrusted's Internet security service. GoTrusted's service secures Wi-Fi and Edge-based Internet connections by encrypting all local network traffic and protects users from several vulnerabilities.

Major performance enhancements and revolutionary “Awesome Bar” make Firefox 3 the fastest, smartest, most powerful browser Mozilla has ever released

Mozilla released Firefox® 3, a major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser. Firefox 3 is the culmination of three years of efforts from thousands of developers, security experts, localization and support communities, and testers from around the globe.

Your organization's most-used software may also be the most vulnerable, according to Cenzic Inc.'s Q1 2008 Application Security Trends Report. Cenzic, the leading provider of application security vulnerability assessment and risk management solutions, released the report revealing the Top 10 vulnerabilities companies faced in the beginning of 2008.

Yahoo!, Inc. and McAfee, Inc. announced a partnership to deliver a safer Web search experience through Yahoo! Search. Launching in beta today, the new SearchScan feature by Yahoo! Search, powered by the award-winning McAfee® SiteAdvisor® technology, provides always-on alerts to users for "risky" sites with security concerns such as spyware, adware and other malicious software that can infect and damage a user's PC.

Acunetix, a pioneer on web application security scanning technology, has announced that the sophisticated SQL injection attacks recently launched on the websites of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the UK's Civil Service and the United Nations could have been prevented with the use of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner.