| Attorney General Abbott settles spyware lawsuit
AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today concluded a year-long investigation and legal action against Sony BMG Music Entertainment by obtaining an Agreed Final Judgment that provides restitution to consumers and brings sweeping reforms that will protect consumers nationwide. Texas was the first state in the nation to take legal action against the music giant after determining that Sony BMG released millions of compact discs containing harmful software that was not disclosed to consumers. Today's precedent-setting action prohibits Sony BMG from selling CDs containing XCP, MediaMax or any other content-protection software that hides or cloaks its software files. Sony BMG must also destroy any existing CDs embedded with XCP or MediaMax technology, continue working to withdraw those CDs from the marketplace, and submit to independent, third-party monitoring of any software-enhanced music CDs for the next five years.
Cyberoam Partner Training Program on Identity-based Security with GateWorx
Cyberoam, the provider of Identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances for Internet security, today announced a five-day Partner Training Program in Egypt in association with GateWorx, Cyberoam's exclusive distributor for the region. The comprehensive training is scheduled from 23-28 December. The Cyberoam Partner Training Program aims to empower its partners from Egypt, Libya and Saudi Arabia with complete information on changing threat scenario and network security needs of enterprises. "Cyberoam's Partner Training Program is designed to strengthen the technical and security expertise of our partners," says Harish Chib, VP-Marketing, Cyberoam. "Identity-based internet security enables enterprises to create security policies in accordance with their business requirements while maintaining high levels of threat protection.
Defense preaches good Netiquette
Those around when the Internet first flourished commercially might remember the term Netiquette. It sounds quaint today, but back in the day, when you first hopped online, you had to learn a set of rulesInternet etiquette so to speakto stay in the good graces of the Cyber Elite. These rules may have seemed arbitrary to the new users, particularly as they were flamed for not following such practices. Many prescriptions were supported by common sense though. For instance, one rule I remember (and still try to abide by) was to always send e-mail in plain text. This was smart. Certainly, e-mail clients such as Eudora could fancy up electronic missives with all manner of pretty fonts and colorful backgrounds. The resulting e-mails may have looked nice to the sender, but there was absolutely no guarantee that the recipient (or recipients, if you were on a mailing list) had software that could render these e-mails correctly.
Top Ten Viruses Most Frequently Detected by Panda ActiveScan in 2006
A report by Panda Software, US, finds that the absence of large-scale virus epidemics has, once again, been the most notable characteristic of the year. In fact, the list of frequently detected viruses during 2006 has varied little throughout the year. This does not necessarily mean that there is a lower risk of infection. What is happening is that the attacks have become more silent and more specific, as they are increasingly motivated by financial gain rather than simply gratuitously attacking users' computers. A report produced by PandaLabs in the third quarter of 2006 revealed that 72 percent of Internet threats were financially motivated. "Despite what people may think," explains Luis Corrons, director of PandaLabs, "the risk of virus infection is greater than ever.
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