Latest News

• One in 300 PCs affected by malware
  Microsoft reveals the bitter truth.
• Microsoft tweaks Vista security
  Too many pop-ups were too much trouble.
• Users hit by multi-browser threat
  Scripting flaw can leave holes.
• New Microsoft flaw found
  Non-critical - but potential for DoS attack.
• New encryption Trojan roving for victims
  Ransom malware hits UK.
• 'IT nightmare' Skype burrows into networks
  Rogue apps on rise, says Reconnex.
• P2P program rips open power station
  Another Japanese security scare.
• Malware using search engines to spread
  Consumers asking for trouble - literally.
• Botnet chaos shut down hospital
  Freelance programming gone wrong.
• Malware out to get Macs, says report
  Users are still being naive.

Insight Articles

• Finding software vulnerabilities with "honeyclients"
  Overcome the limitations of the honeypot by using a honeclient - it's the new way to track down malware before it strikes.
• The five fallacies of endpoint security
  Before dismissing this as another round of marketing jargon, consider this: the endpoint proponents might have a point.
• Rootkits offer the lure of total control
  The fundamental problem in detecting rootkits is that you can't trust your operating system. You can't believe what the system tells you when you request a list of running processes or files in a directory.

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Case Studies

• Case study: Bosch Siemens
  They make some of the world's best domestic applicances. And they have the same web security issues as everyone else.
• Case study: Harvey Nichols
  How a famous shop sought to minimise the internal threat posed by web security.
• Case study: Maxxium Worldwide
  How one of the world's most prominent beverage companies integrated Websense across three access centres in Sydney, Vancouver and Amsterdam.

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White Paper Library

• E-crime & Web Threats
  An overview of the state of malware in 2005.
• Avoiding web-based security threats
  Analysing the threats in real-time, before they strike, is the future of enterprise-level security.
• Instant messaging - an instant threat
  Traditionally, IM is seen as a menace that is better off banned. But it can be used in a secure way with a product that can police it effectively.
• Protecting against complex internal threats
  Packet sniffing alone won't spot the most sophisticated malware, which is now aimed at exploiting applications weaknesses.
• Security Trends Report - 2005 up close
  A detailed look at the threat trends for the second half of 2005. The message? Increasing sophistication.

Reports

• Building a Web security ecosystem to combat emerging threats
  The rapid infection rates of malicious attacks mean that slow-responding systems will cripple most customer environments because of the inability to get ahead of initial infections. Author: IDC
• Secure Content Management forecast 2005-2009
  Spyware has moved up behind viruses as the one of the biggest malware concerns. This report extract charts its rise, and makes some predictions for how the malware space is evolving. Author: IDC
• Websense - a company overview
  Some facts on one of the web protection industry's biggest players.