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- Yes, I am the Web surfing police
- One of the duties that long ago fell upon me as the IT Manager in a small company is the responsibility to monitor and report on the Web surfing activities of my co-workers. Yes, I am the Web surfing police in my company. It is not a job...
- Tags: Web, Web Surfing, SurfControl Plc, Monitoring, Websense Inc., Web Site, Offense, Channel Management, Marketing, Tim Malone
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Websense to release endpoint data leak prevention software
- The endpoint security product from Websense would help in enforcing policy regarding data protection in real-time. An excerpt from TechWorld: "This endpoint software can be used with Content Protection Suite, which is based on the network product we originally acquired from PortAuthority, or it can be...
- Tags: Software, Websense Inc., Tools & Techniques, Security, Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-12-26
- Websense - I need to pass through it !
- In my office we need to have politics for all workers. However, we of TI need to have access the specific sites. As we do not want to make separate politics, we would like to know if he has some way to pass thru WebsenseWrong place for such questions....
- Tags: tionono@..., Websense Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- ALERT - Super Bowl website can infect your computer!
- WebSense is reporting via Suzi Turner that the Super Bowl XLI / Dolphin Stadium website has been compromised with malicious code. With all the traffic going there with the Super Bowl coming up, a lot of people will get infected. A link to a malicious javascript file...
- Tags: Security, News, Browsers, Malware alert, Super Bowl, Websense Inc., computer, Web site
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
- Online email accounts held hostage for blackmail
- Websense is reporting that a new form of cyber-extortion has emerged in recent days that exploits the promiscuous nature of cyber-cafes and PC-terminals. By stealing email credentials from unsuspecting shared-terminal users, the attackers steal all the victims emails and contacts and then sends a single message in the email...
- Tags: Browsers, e-mail, Mobile/Wireless, Security, Websense Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- Online email accounts held hostage for blackmail
- Websense is reporting that a new form of cyber-extortion has emerged in recent days that exploits the promiscuous nature of cyber-cafes and PC-terminals. By stealing email credentials from unsuspecting shared-terminal users, the attackers steal all th
- Tags: security, cyber cafe, sslvpn, george_ou@..., e-mail, Websense Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Phishing and Pharming
- Organizations face a complex challenge in securing their computing environment. Organizations and their employees are increasingly targeted in phishing attacks designed to steal proprietary company data and distribute malicious code. New pharming incidents also present increasing challenges that IT needs to address. This paper describes phishing and pharming and...
- Tags: Pharming, Websense Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2006-12-08
- Protecting Organizations from Spyware
- Once considered only an annoyance, spyware has evolved from a nuisance to a malicious threat. Preventing spyware from infiltrating an organization requires security measures at multiple points on the network, gateway, and endpoint. This paper describes the impact of spyware on organizations and explains how WebsenseŽ software can be...
- Tags: Websense Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2006-12-06
- Spyware/ malware
- How do combat these problems? Do you try to block them at the server or at the web firewall? Do you use Websence or another web blocker? What do you do if a user opens an email that has a Trojan or a root kit? What if the user decides...
- Tags: Mail Security, malware, networking, security, software, trojan horse, Websense Inc., zlito@...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Content filtering
- We are currently exploring a new way to filter internet content in our remote offices. Currently we have 6 remote locations with a total of about 80 users among them. In each office is roughly 30-15-8-6-12-12 users. Their e-mail is filtered through the main office, so the...
- Tags: lazzdevil@..., internet, browsing, office, remote, security, 8e6 Technologies, content filtering
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Websense Security Labs Security Trends Report 2006
- Websense Security Labs researches today's advanced internet threats, focusing on malicious websites, phishing, and other emerging threats associated with spyware, keylogging, and instant messaging and peer-to-peer use. This report summarizes findings for the second half of 2005 and presents projections for the upcoming period. ...
- Tags: Websense Inc., Internet, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2006-04-24
- E-CRIME & WEB THREATS
- Businesses are now facing a new type of information security threat whose characteristics are less widespread in number, more insidious, better-targeted, financially-motivated and driven by organised crime. This is no longer the domain of teenage hackers, but hardened criminals for whom information-based crime offers bigger rewards and less...
- Tags: Information Security, Web, Websense Inc., Hacking, Security
- White papers 2006-04-24
- Help with Websense
- Here is the problem we have run into in the last week.We are trying to stand up a Wireless network for the public to access after fighting with the board of trustees since August about it. They want it filtered after having many debates.The issue...We have 2 servers running...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Websense Inc., ISA
- Discussion threads 2006-03-10
- Ensuring Information Security: New Regulatory Challenges.
- Regulations have increasingly been created to protect data, users, and corporations from potential web based threats. Websense not only aids compliance with some of the more prominent information security regulations, but will increase productivity, manage bandwidth, and decrease legal liability. Read our whitepaper to find how Websense helps organisations achieve...
- Tags: Information Security, Websense Inc., Security
- White papers 2005-11-01
- 'Puddle phishing' comes to small banks and local credit unions
- Mark Vernon describes the new twist on phishing exploits--"puddle phishing." It's not just the behemoths like Citibank and Bank of America in phishers' crosshairs. Can smaller banks and credit unions do anything to prevent targeted phishing attacks? Many large banks are all too familiar with the problem of...
- Tags: Websense Inc., Mark Vernon, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Financial services, phishing, bank, Financial Service IT Newsletter, Difficulty, E-mail, Dan Hubbard, Spam And Phishing
- Technical articles 2005-08-09
- Is spyware clogging your firewall?
- If you're troubleshooting intermittent network connectivity, spyware could be the culprit. Jonathan Yarden tells you how to check your firewall for spyware infection. Organizations frequently ask me for assistance in diagnosing and resolving Internet problems. After a bit of detective work, I usually find that the problems...
- Tags: Web, HTTP, Websense Inc., TCP, Jonathan Yarden, TCP/IP, Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, INTERNET, NETWORKING, spyware, Checkpoint Firewall-1, firewall, Firewall-1, Wild Tangent Updater, network, Web site, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Problem, Socket, Firewalls, Cyberthreats, Network Security, Security
- Technical articles 2005-06-17
- Computer criminals hold files for ransom
- Cyberscofflaws are now using encryption to hijack and ransom users files, according to Websense, a California-based Web security firm. News.com reports that a Websense customer was victimized in early May, 2005. The victim visited a malicious Web site exploited a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer to surreptitiously install the PGPcoder/Gpcode...
- Tags: computer, encryption, Websense Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-25
- Those Aren't Just Files You're Swapping - The Dangers of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
- Employees are using company resources to access peer-to-peer (P2P) applications on company time and exposing organizations to serious and potentially catastrophic risks. Swapped files from P2P networks may contain viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. And, since P2P is primarily used to exchange pirated audio, video, and software files or...
- Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Websense Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
- White papers 2005-05-25
- Spyware's adversary is software, policy, and action
- Greenborder seems an interesting conceptYesterday our company was in a webinar with Greenborder. The company has a very interesting product on protecting against viruses, spyware, adware, malware, keystroke loggers and the like by running any untrusted materials in a virtual machine.I've been in a lot of webinars and seen...
- Tags: GreenBorder, it management, software, spyware, zaferus
- Discussion threads 2005-03-30
- Transparent Identification of Users in Websense Enterprise V5.5
- This paper explores transparent identification in detail, describing the identification process and functionality of the components involved. The transparent identification feature allows Websense to filter user Internet requests without prompting users to log on via a Web browser. You have several options for implementing transparent identification in your network. In...
- Tags: Websense Inc., Identification Feature, Internet, Web Browsers
- White papers 2004-12-01
