Jan 27, 2009
Sunnyvale, Calif |
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New GlobalView URL Filtering Solution unveiled
This innovative solution leverages Commtouch’s many
years of messaging security and OEM partnership experience,
plus its unique Data Cloud architecture, to provide highly
accurate, secure protection against growing Web threats
while enabling safe, compliant browsing.
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Jan 12, 2009
Sunnyvale, Calif |
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User generated content breeding ground for new threats
Substantial growth in user generated content has opened
new opportunities for Internet security threats, according
to a new report by Commtouch. The fourth quarter 2008
Internet Threats Trend Report,
released today, is based on the automated analysis of
billions of email messages and Web sites in real-time at
Commtouch’s Global Detection Centers.
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Jan 06
2009
Sunnyvale, Calif |
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Record 13 New OEM Partners signed in Fourth Quarter
Commtouch
announced today the signing of 13 new OEM partners in the
fourth quarter of 2008, resulting in a total of 116 OEM
licensees using Commtouch messaging and/or Web security
technologies. During the full year 2008, a total of 32 new
OEM partners were signed.
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Oct. 19, 2007
Dark Reading
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A Torrent of SpaMP3 Accounts for 8-10% of Global Spam Over
18 Hour Period
Commtouch notes that the sound quality of the recordings is
very poor because they're recorded at a bitrate of 16 Kbps
and a sample rate of 11 KHz, at an average length of 30
seconds. The spaMP3 messages are also highly randomized to
avoid being caught by filters.
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Oct. 18, 2007
SC Magazine
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MP3 pump-and-dump spam targets inboxes
The spammers have varied their file sizes – on average 85
kilobytes – and have randomized the sound quality of the
recordings to avoid detection, researchers at
Commtouch said.
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Oct. 18, 2007
Information Week |
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MP3 Audio Spam Flooding the Internet with Pump-and-Dump Scam
Starting at 21:24 GMT Wednesday evening, according to
security firm Commtouch, a torrent of new spaMP3 flooded the
Internet. The
spam
messages, which contain short MP3 audio attachments pitching
the stock of a company called Exit Only, have accounted for
7% to 10% of all spam globally over the past 18 hours.
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Oct. 17, 2007
Silicon Republic |
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Spam hits all-time high during Q3 2007
“Blended spam demonstrates the ingenuity of spammers to
attempt to evade detection,” said Amir Lev, Commtouch
president and chief technology officer. “Most
antivirus and
anti-spam
technologies are not capable of blocking these types of
messages, so the malware threats are allowed to penetrate
the users’ computers.”
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Oct. 16, 2007
Net Security
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Spam reaches 95% of all email
Blended-threat email, spam
with malware hyperlinks inside, is one technique which
reached a new high during Q3.
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Oct. 8, 2007
Globes
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E-mail security co Commtouch signs 9 new contracts
"The third quarter was another strong quarter in terms of
new partners signed, continuing our earlier momentum. One of
our objectives for 2007 was to sign 30 OEM deals, and we
have nearly achieved this target already at the end of third
quarter. These new agreements, together with our existing
partner base, are laying the foundation for our future
growth in 2008."
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Oct. 1, 2007
SC Magazine
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Threat of the Month: Server-side polymorphic malware
Real-time response is critical to defend against server-side
polymorphic malware. A good AV solution should “block first
and ask questions later,” examining active outbreaks and
preventing them before they enter your network. If you
depend on a system that propagates responses before acting,
it may be too late.
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Aug. 8, 2007
DMAsia
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Draytek chooses Commtouch anti-spam technology
Adding the Commtouch
Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD) technology will
make VigorPro5500 an improved security appliance for small
to medium-sized enterprises.
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Aug. 8, 2007
Help Net Security |
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Zero-hour virus outbreak detection
New 5.0 version of Commtouch Enterprise
Anti-Spam Gateway now includes Zero-Hour Virus
Outbreak Detection to complement traditional enterprise
Anti-Virus solutions and block new malware variants from the
first moments they emerge on the Internet.
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Aug. 8, 2007
TMCNet
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Commtouch Intros New Solution to Speed Up E-Mail Spam
Detection
“We see more and more similarity and overlap between spam
and malware innovation and distribution methods, so it is a
natural next step to integrate Commtouch’s Zero Hour
solution into the Enterprise Anti-Spam Gateway, to provide
the ultimate inbox protection,” said Haggai Carmon, vice
president of products at Commtouch, in a statement.
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Aug. 2, 2007
SC Magazine
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Commtouch Spots Zip Spam Spike
Commtouch’s lab disclosed on Tuesday that spammers are
distributing email runs with ZIP files containing a text
file with a stock promotion. The attachments are sometimes
password-protected.
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July 26, 2007
CIO Magazine
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Slamming the company door on porn
"It's important that they know their legal responsibilities
when handling illegal content in the workplace."
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July 25, 2007
PC World
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E-mail Filtering to Block Porn from Corporate Networks
Anti-spam users can now scan e-mail traffic for child
pornography and
other inappropriate content, in addition to scanning for
spam or
spyware messages.
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July 24, 2007
SC Magazine
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Add Excel to trend of spam attachments
"Excel is a natural progression after the recent spate of
PDF spam, which itself is a natural development from basic
image spam," said Amir Lev, Commtouch’s chief technology
officer.
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July 24, 2007
Computer World |
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Pump-and-dump Scammers Turn to Excel
According to Amir Lev, Commtouch's chief technology officer,
the turn to Excel is just the latest twist in the scam.
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July 18, 2007
SecurityFocus
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Spammers dump images, switch to PDF files
SecurityFocus' Robert Lemos writes that foiled by
increasingly accurate corporate spam filters, spammers have
dumped pictures for PDFs in their bulk e-mailings.
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July 18, 2007
eWeek
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Image Spammers Utilize
PDF
Many messaging security tools are not effective at detecting
images in the PDF form, writes Brian Prince.
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July 18, 2007
SC Magazine
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FBI warns of three spam hoaxes
SC's Dan Kaplan reports on the FBI's announcement of three
email scams.
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July 13, 2007
SC Magazine
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Email security vendors see PDF spam spike
Frank Washkuch reports on the latest PDF spam outbreak,
which increased global
spam
traffic by as much as a third.
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July 11, 2007
ComputerWorld
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Commtouch Reports Huge Spike in PDF Spam
"The popularity of the PDF format for legitimate business
communications makes it difficult for traditional antispam
solutions to block effectively without causing massive false
positives," said Rebecca Herson, senior director of
marketing at Commtouch.
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July 8, 2007
IT World Canada |
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Commtouch Joins IWF and Image Analyzer to Help Companies
Block Online Adult Content
With resources from IWF and Image Analyzer,
anti-spam users can now scan e-mail traffic for child
pornography and other inappropriate content, in addition to
scanning for spam or spyware messages, explained Rebecca
Herson, senior director for marketing at Commtouch.
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July 3, 2007
The Motley Fool |
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CTCH selected as one of the Motley Fool's 'Top 10 Technology
Stocks'
Commtouch was choosen by over 31,000 ranked players of the
Motley Fool CAP community who evaluated over 4,700 stocks
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June 10, 2007
Security Products |
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Commtouch CTO Amir Lev on 'The Elusive Enemy' of Email
Viruses
Anti-virus protection advances to trap even the
sneakiest of viruses: the server-side polymorphic
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May 27, 2007
CSO
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Polymorphic malware changes shape to fool detection schemes
Network detection must be tuned to work in real-time.
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May 21, 2007
Government Computer News |
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Laser Targeting By Hackers
Commtouch reports shows how hackers continue to come up with
new and better schemes for getting past AV defenses.
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May 6, 2007
Security Manager |
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Server-side Polymorphic Malware Exploits Zero-Hour
Vulnerability of Traditional AV
Q1 2007: Malware Outbreak Trends, released today by
Commtouch (NASDAQ: CTCH), shows how malware writers are
using speed, variation and social engineering techniques to
mass-distribute their malicious code across the Internet.
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May 6, 2007
DM News
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Social Engineering Used to Spread Malware
Spammers are increasingly using social-engineering
techniques to lure e-mail recipients to open e-mail infected
with malware, according to a new study by e-mail security
company Commtouch.
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May 3, 2007
eWeek
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Commtouch: Malware Writers' Tactics Evolving
A new report by security vendor Commtouch claims attackers
are increasingly spreading server-side polymorphic malware
via e-mail in a bid to circumvent
anti-virus
tools.
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May 3, 2007
Bristish Computer Society |
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Sophisticated Viruses and Social Engineering are Increasing
Instances of PC Infection
The rise of server-side polymorphic malware uses the zero
hour vulnerability of traditional antivirus solutions,
according to Commtouch.
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May 3, 2007
PhysOrg
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Server-side Polymorphic Primary Distribution Method For
Email-borne Malware
"The server-side polymorphic distribution method is an
evolution of earlier tactics, where malware writers would
introduce new variants over a period of weeks or months, to
try to bypass
anti-virus engines," said Rebecca Herson, senior
director of marketing at Commtouch.
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May 2, 2007
Security IT Hub |
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Server-side Polymorphic Distribution Evolves
Attackers are increasingly spreading server-side polymorphic
malware via e-mail in a bid to circumvent anti-virus tools.
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April 22, 2007
Seeking Alpha
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Shlomo Greenberg Reviews Commtouch Software Ltd.(CTCH)
Commtouch Software Ltd. (CTCH) has yielded a 36.5% return
for investors since the beginning of the year.
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April 21, 2007
DM News
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Hijacked newsletter spam the latest trend
According to Commtouch analysis, newsletter spam aims to
evade anti-spam filters by disguising itself as a legitimate
form of mass distributed message.
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April 19, 2007
IT News New Zealand |
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No End to Spam
Zombies were detected in over 100 countries, having spread
to almost every corner of the globe
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April 13, 2007
Pc World New Zealand |
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Black Friday: Massive Virus Outbreak
Consumer Alert: Many antivirus programs fail to catch
today’s nasty Storm Worm variant.
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April 9, 2007
Help Net Security |
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Podcast: The Present State of E-mail Security
Commtouch CTO Amir Lev discusses the current state of e-mail
security and presents an overview of the threats.
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April 1, 2007
ebizQ
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Why Is Image Spam Flooding Our Inboxes? A Discussion With
Commtouch
Listen to or download the entire 10:39 podcast
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March 31, 2007
The Jerusalem Post |
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Most Malicious Internet Activity Traced to Israel, Taiwan,
Poland and US
Web-savvy criminals have turned Israel into the world's
highest ranking source of malicious Internet activity per
user.
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March 28, 2007
Globe and Mail |
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Modern Pump and Dump Scams Use Botnets and Image Spam
Thanks to new scam technology, one of the oldest cons in the
book is working better than ever
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March 16, 2007
Search Security |
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Image spam tricks spam filters, clogs networks
Commtouch CEO Lev predicts image spam with handwriting
instead of printed text, as well as audio messages.
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March 9, 2007
The Register
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Virus writers go after anti-virus vulnerabilities
Stormy weather for malware defenses
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March 8, 2007
Computer World |
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Bagle worm still swarming over the internet
The Bagle worm continues to plague the internet over three
years after it first appeared, with many anti-virus engines
unable to keep up
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March 7, 2007
Tech World
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Bagle worm continues to plague the Internet
The Bagle worm still plagues users because its creator
cranks out hundreds of variants each day that can overwhelm
antivirus defenses.
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March 7, 2007
Computer World |
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Bagle worm wtill thriving after three years
"Evasion is the name of the game" - says security expert
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March 5, 2007
SecurityFocus
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Stormy Weather for Malware Defenses
Massive variant malware straining AV resources
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March 1, 2007
CXO Today
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Four Indian OEMs Secure Licenses from Commtouch
"The Commtouch solution consistently shows top
spam detection
rates,"
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March 1, 2007
EFY Times
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Commtouch Enters Indian Secure Messaging Market
The number of e-mail users in India is expected to double in
the next four years and the total number of users is
expected reach 59 million in 2010
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Feb. 28, 2007
Digital Media Asia |
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Commtouch Signs Deals With Indian Secure Messaging Providers
Real-time Anti-spam and Zero-Hour
Virus Outbreak Protection solutions licensed to
Indian secure messaging providers - Cyberoam, Gajshield, K7
and Netcore.
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Feb. 24, 2007
BSD News
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New Anti-spam Solutions for Service Providers
Commtouch anti-spam technology is available within Message
Partners' Message Processing Platform (MPP) for internet
service providers and enterprises.
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Feb. 22, 2007
eBiz
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MPP Offers Service Providers Comprehensive Solutions for
Virus, Spam and Content Filtering
Policy engine gives service providers the flexibility they
need to offer differentiated service offerings based on
domain and customer type.
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Feb. 8, 2007
Chief Security Officer Online |
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RSA - New Threats Could Hamper Tradition Anti-Virus Tools
"Static solutions are not enough for dynamic threats" - RSA
President Art Coviello
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Feb. 7, 2007
Tech World
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New Malware Overwhelming Signature-Based AV Tools
Signature-based technologies are now "crumbling under the
pressure of the number of attacks from cybercriminals," said
Art Coviello, president of RSA
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Feb. 6, 2007
Computer World |
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RSA: New Threats Could Make Traditional Antivirus Tools
Ineffective
RSA president Art Coviello predicts "as many as 200,000
virus variants" in 2007
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Feb. 6, 2007
Computer World |
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Looking at Patterns in the Spam
Martin McKaey interviews Commtouch CTO Amir Lev about
Recurrent Pattern Detection technology
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Feb. 4, 2007
SecurityProNews
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Storm Worm Dancing Past PC Defenses
Security firm Commtouch said in its Malware Trends Outlook
Report that four reasons have contributed to the continued
spread of Storm.
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Jan. 26, 2007
Red Herring
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Pfizer's Unwanted Pitchmen
Red Herring reports on
spam
and Pfizer 'Viagra' lawsuit
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Jan. 24, 2007
eWeek
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'Storm' Worm Continues Surge Around Globe
Experts are forecasting an increase in spam as a result of
the "Storm" worm
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Jan. 23, 2007
Silicon Republic |
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Even Malware Decides to go Tabloid
An escalation in spam has been forecast by Commtouch in the
wake of emails containing the Storm worm, so named because
the emails made use of media coverage of the recent European
storm in the subject line.
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Jan. 23, 2007
SC Magazine
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Storm Worm Raging, Now with Fake News Stories
At its peak, the Trojan was responsible for about 17% of
emails worldwide
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Jan. 20, 2007
Information Week |
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Antivirus 2.0: The bouncer approach
The antivirus model in use today is broken, largely because
it's set up to block known malware and has no way of
anticipating the nature of the next attack
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Jan. 20, 2007
Mr. Dobb's Portal |
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Successive, Low-volume Attacks Struck Targeted Networks in
Waves
Each contained a slightly different version of a particular
malware.
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Jan. 17, 2007
InformationWeek
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Anti-Malware Model Needs Repair
Today's antivirus model is broken, largely because it seeks
to block known malware without any way of anticipating the
nature of the next attack.
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Jan. 11, 2007
IT Management
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Virus Evolution Trumps Traditional Anti-Virus Screening
Methods
IT Management reviews 2006 malware trend report published by
Commtouch and Proofpoint
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Jan. 10, 2007
IT Web
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Global Spam Soars 30%
Worldwide spam levels reached 87% of all e-mail received
during 2006, an increase of 30% from 2005
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Jan. 10, 2007
Silicon Republic |
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Virus Writers Up the Ante
New breeds of computer viruses released last year succeeded
in beating traditional antivirus systems
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Jan. 9, 2007
Network World
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Of Zombies and Predictions
Michael Osterman Surveys the Growing threats to Messaging
Security
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Jan. 4, 2007
CIO Insight
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Zombie activity accounts for 85 percent of the spam
"Spam outbreaks got bigger, faster and smarter during 2006,"
Amir Lev, president and chief technical officer for
Commtouch.
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Jan. 4, 2007
Monsters & Critics |
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Happy New Year worm takes top honors for December
The most circulated, and fastest spread worm in December
2006.
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Jan. 3, 2007
InformationWeek
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'Happy New Year' Worm Gains Ground
Tibs-infected messages made up nearly 12% of all e-mail sent
worldwide.
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Jan. 3, 2007
DM News
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Happy New Years virus breaks out
Spammers celebrated the New Year with a “Happy New Year!”
e-mail virus
attack.
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Jan. 3, 2007
Baseline
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Spam bloat to 1.7 billion MB per day.
Baseline covers Commtouch's year-end spam trends report
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Jan. 3, 2007
MSN Money
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Commtouch signs 8 new OEM partners in Q4 2006
Global deals include an agreement with Openwave Systems
(OPWV).
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Jan. 3, 2007
Tech Web
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'Happy New Year' Worm Zooms To Top Of Malware Chart
Worm made up almost 12% of all e-mails sent worldwide.
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Jan. 3, 2007
WebProNews
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Should Happy New Years! Virus Be Forgot?
Commtouch reported were 3,262 virus variants in 65
hours
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Jan. 2, 2007
IT Web
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Challenging year ahead for anti-virus solutions
Commtouch Software says that the “Happy New Year!” virus,
which ended 2006 with a blast, indicates that there is a
challenging year ahead for traditional anti-virus solutions.
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Jan. 2, 2007
Red Herring
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Spam 2006: Zombies, MySpace, AOL
2006 was the year of
spamming
dangerously and zombies in your home.
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