Newborns to get e-mail addresses, SCMP.com, 2 June 2005

“The scheme, called "e-mail 4 all". The scheme is one of a dozen projects the government is undertaking to popularise the internet and promote "e-government" amid plans to get at least 40 per cent of the state's 5 million people connected by 2010. The internet penetration rate is now about 17 per cent among Malaysia’s 25 million population.”

Full Story at http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZ4PJRGA9E.html



Asia Malaysia

Population (2005 Est.) 26,500,699
Internet Users, (Year 2000) 3,700,000
Internet Users, Latest Data 3.1 %
Use Growth 9,513,000
(2000-2005)
Penetration 157.1 %
(% Population)
(%) Users in Asia 35.9 %

Full report at http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm#asia



AOL goes high-speed, again, CnetNews.com, 2 June 2005

“AOL on Wednesday began offering its Internet service, which includes AOL e-mail and content, to customers in the Washington, D.C., area and Chicago over DSL lines from Covad Communications. The new service offers customers 1.5mbps download speeds.”

Full Story at
http://news.com.com/AOL+goes+high-speed%2C+again/2100-1038_3-5729761.html?part=rss&tag=5729761&subj=news



AOL Aims to Get Up to Speed With DSL, Washingtonpost.com, 2 June 2005

“America Online Inc. yesterday began offering high-speed Internet access with AOL e-mail and content in the Washington area and Chicago, a move that company officials hope will stem the loss of dial-up users as the service is rolled out nationally later this year.”

Full story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/01/AR2005060101918.html?nav=rss_technology



Yahoo and Cisco combine their anti-spam technologies, InfoWorld, 2 June 2005

“Yahoo and Cisco Systems are combining their anti-spam technologies to create a new e-mail authentication system. Te system, called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), wil
l draw on Yahoo's DomainKeys authentication technology and Cisco's Internet Identified Mail. The technology will be offered to other industry players on a royalty-free basis in an effort to reduce the amount of spam spread across the Internet.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/02/HNyahoociscoantispam_1.html



Yahoo, Cisco Team on E-Mail Authentication, eWeek.com, 2 June 2005

“Yahoo and Cisco have joined forces to promote a cryptographic approach for authenticating e-mail in the battle against fraud and spam. Yahoo Inc. has been rallying around an approach it calls DomainKeys since late 2003, while Cisco Systems Inc. a year ago developed a authentication technology called Internet Identified Mail.”

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1822720,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594



Security Remains the Name of the E-Mail Game, eWeek.com, 2 June 2005

“A the INBOX conference, he executives from e-mail service providers and software makers said that the fight against spam, phishing attacks and viruses has just begun. While threats may still be real, the market for e-mail security also has turned from a seller's market to more of a buyer's market as the first wave of customers have already installed technology such as anti-spam software. the need for e-mail authentication so that users could verify the senders of e-mails and help cut down on phishing and other fraudulent activity.”

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1823283,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

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

New Bagle variants spreading, InfoWorld, 31 May 2005

“MessageLabs found about 145,000 copies of just one of the new Bagles download variants. The first Tuesday variant appeared to start on a Yahoo Inc. Web mail account. Symantec Corp. also report seeing at least one new Bagle variant Tuesday, but found the worm was spreading less quickly than MessageLabs reported.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/31/HNnewbaglevariant_1.html



Blank virus blanks email, Register, 31 May 2005

“A new version of the Bagle Downloader is spreading like wildfire via email, according to email filtering firm MessageLabs. MessageLabs has intercepted almost 70,000 copies since the arrival of the virus at lunchtime on Tuesday. The virus appears to have originated from a Yahoo! group.”

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/31/bagle_downloader/



U.K. moves to tackle phishing, CnetNews.com, 31 May 2005

“The U.K. government is proposing changes to a fraud law that would mean scammers behind phishing attacks could face up to 10 years in jail. The Home Office has published the government's Fraud Bill, in which it suggests a new offence of fraud to close loopholes in the current law.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/U.K.+moves+to+tackle+phishing/2110-7349_3-5726941.html?part=rss&tag=5726941&subj=news



Social networking companies feel pressure, 31 May 2005

“Social networks such as Friendster and more business-oriented networks such as LinkedIn help users make new social and business contacts via the Web and help connect people with similar interests. Yet even as Friendster and other pioneering social networking providers struggle, a new and more focused generation of players in the sector is emerging. Among the more promising social networking companies are companies geared to specific interests or affinities, including MySpace.com and Thefacebook.”

Full story at http://news.com.com/Social+networking+companies+feel+pressure/2100-1038_3-5726427.html?part=rss&tag=5726427&subj=news



E-Mail: Dangers Within and without, eMarketer, 01 June 2005

“IDC predicts that the market revenue for anti-spam solutions will experience a compound annual growth rate of 42% through 2008, reaching $1.7 billion. The firm also expects the anti-virus market to reach $4.85 billion in 2008 as companies invest in protecting their e-mail gateways.”

Full Story at http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003425



Skype, Tom offer interactive services, SCMP.com, 1 June 2005

“Skype Technologies is developing interactive voice response services in partnership with Tom Online. For Tom Online, Skype could provide a platform for its fast-growing services such as interactive voice response content, whereby users pay to listen to entertainment on their mobile or fixed-line telephones. [Internet-based interactive voice response] services are one of the things that Skype and Tom are looking at together.”

Full Story at http://technology.scmp.com/techmain/ZZZMPD3GA9E.html