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Researchers at McAfee said they have detected the largest outbreak of malware in three years, an infection impacting hundreds of thousands of users whose machines contain poisoned media files. Security firm SafeMedia has warned that the use of peer-to-peer software to steal personal information is likely to increase sharply. UK government proposals to make ISPs take action against the estimated six million users who access pirated online material every year could prompt an explosion in Wi-Fi hijacking, experts warned today.. Peer to peer technology (P2P) has been described as the “new national security risk” by a retired general at a recent Government Reform Committee hearing. Data on more than 5,000 ABN Amro customers has reportedly been found on the BearShare peer-to-peer network. A Japanese policeman has been sacked after the personal information of thousands of people relating to criminal investigations was leaked on to the internet from his computer. Fortinet’s FortiGate is another product that has not changed much since we last saw it. This device focuses on three layers of protection: first is a firewall and VPN; the second layer is IPS/IDS; and the final layer is securing content from viruses and spyware, web filtering and IM and P2P blocking. Consumer peer-to-peer (p2p) internet applications are growing at a blistering pace. Evidence is everywhere: worldwide, users send more than 10 billion instant messages every day (J.D. Powers and Associates); Skype's 136 million users account for 7 percent of international long-distance traffic (Morgan Stanley); video file sharing may account for up to 60 percent of all internet traffic (CacheLogic). P2P is here to stay, so shore up your defences and embrace the technology's potential for a distributed architecture. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. Kaspersky Lab has patented a method of antivirus scanning that assesses files according to when and how they first appeared on the computer. Secure Computing is warning of a new Trojan in the wild that is infecting multi-media files on a victim’s hard disk.
Despite the old adage that Mac computers are impervious to security threats, a throng of recent attacks over the past couple of years have made it necessary for Mac users to protect themselves. World Intellectual Property Day (April 26 of each year) came and went; pundits and politicians all made their statements, countries and their counsels all presented their positions, international organizations implored their members to protect intellectual property and the creativity and innovation represented. Peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing programs often carry hidden packages containing spyware, adware and viruses, a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official testified on Tuesday before a US House of Representatives oversight committee. To call the Astaro Security Gateway appliance just a UTM would be a major understatement. This product can be loaded with so many feature sets that it could become the only security appliance needed for total protection. A Seattle man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty last year to using file-sharing programs to perpetrate identity theft. The Web is now a participatory medium. The downside to this ubiquitous connectivity and user participation is a new slew of security threats many IT professionals have yet to fully grasp. The iPrism appliance is a feature-packed web-content management device that incorporates St Bernard's hybrid technology. The iPrism appliance is a feature-packed web-content management device that incorporates St Bernard's hybrid technology.