Taking the spam fight beyond message deflection, InfoWorld, 1 June 2005

“AppRiver -The SecureTide service combines a spam detection system with more than 60 types of filtering techniques, anti-virus engines, perimeter security, and e-mail content management feature.
Habeas - Email Monitor gives message senders a real-time view of their messaging environment, providing information about delivery rates to inboxes and bulk folders as well as about a sender's e-mail reputation.
OmniTI - Ecelerity 2.0 is an e-mail engine designed to optimize existing ISP and enterprise messaging infrastructure by providing additional security, management, and performance features for inbound and outbound message flows.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/01/HNinboxwrap_1.html



AppRiver Secures E-Mail Tide, Interviews.com, 1 June 2005

“Using a service to filter e-mail before it hits the corporate mail servers can eliminate backscatter, the proliferation of bounced messages that occurs during a virus surge. Customers can send all outbound messages to AppRiver, which will clean them and deliver the good ones. The AppRiver service also provides perimeter security, which conceals the user's message infrastructure to protect from a myriad of attacks, including Denial-of-Service and directory harvesting.”

Full Story at http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3509296



Service Providers Look to BlueTie for Enhanced Email and Collaboration, Bluetie, 1 June 2005

“BlueTie, Inc. announced that it will be demonstrating its award-winning and patented web-based application at SuperComm 2005. SuperComm 2005 will take place June 6-9 at McCormick Place in Chicago. BlueTie senior management will be highlighting the application, providing further details about its platform and testimonials from current Service Provider partners.”

Full Story at http://www.bluetie.com/about/press/060105.html




Commtouch’s RPD Technology is Integrated into Kodak’s Secure E-Mail Services (SES) Following OEM Agreement with Aliroo Ltd., Commtouch, 1 June 2005

“Commtouch announced today that it signed an agreement with Aliroo Ltd. leading to the integration of Commtouch RPD technology into Aliroo’s PrivaWall secure email messaging system. Kodak, which previously obtained rights to market Aliroo's PrivaWall secure email messaging system worldwide, is now distributing Commtouch RPD technology to its customers.”

Full Story at http://www.commtouch.com//Site/News_Events/pr_content.asp?news_id=363&cat_id=1



Group pools data to trap phishers, CnetNews.com, 1 June 2005

“The group has expanded its simple list of phishing scams into a database that can be used for analyses and to share information with members. Additionally, a standard XML, or extensible markup language, form has been created to facilitate the submission of data on attacks to the organization.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/Group+pools+data+to+trap+phishers/2100-1029_3-5728622.html?part=rss&tag=5728622&subj=news



New Mytob worm poses as IT administrator, InfoWorld, 1 June 2005

“The variant, dubbed "Mytob.bi" by some security researchers, scans the hard drive of an infected machine and sends copies of itself to e-mail addresses it finds in the Windows Address Book. The worm poses as a message from an IT administrator, warning recipients that their e-mail account is about to be suspended.”
Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/01/HNmytobworm_1.html



Are you ready for SPIT?, Yahoo.com, 1 June 2005

“ The future threat of SPIT is an example of the need to apply authentication to other types of inboxes, not just e-mail inboxes. Vendors are already mobilizing for the SPIT fight. The idea is to enhance existing network security measures by collecting and passing additional information along on a call by call basis.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/infoworld/20050601/tc_infoworld/60022