CYREN’s GlobalView™ Security Lab (GSL) has detected a huge increase in spam over the last few days with the share of spam approaching 90% of all email traffic. In comparison the average spam share in January 2014 was 75%. After analyzing the traffic it became clear that one campaign was
CYREN, previously operating as Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH), today announced access to the CYREN Security Center, which gives the industry online insight to the latest global trends in Internet security. As a leading global information security company relied upon by the world’s largest service providers and software vendors for Web, email,
Today the Commtouch Security Lab (CSL) published its Security Number of the Month for December: Ninety days ago a substantial spam campaign focusing on dubious offers and fake prizes began. However since December 10, the campaign has been thematically recycled and sent as a Christmas themed email, featuring subjects such
Today, Commtouch published results of a poll among recent Don’t Risk the Blacklist – Stop Outbound Spam webinar participants. The December 4th poll of the Commtouch webinar attendees shows that nearly 90 percent of their respective organizations have had an IP address appear on a blacklist in the last 12
Today the Commtouch Security Lab (CSL) published its Security Number of the Month for November: Within the last 30 days, the CSL detected 343,927 new malicious websites. The average of nearly 11,500 new threats every day increases the digital foothold of cybercriminals as well as the likelihood that victims will
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Resilient Network Systems, the leading provider of Trust Network solutions, today announced that the company has appointed Richard A. Spires as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board of Directors. (Source Link) Spires brings nearly thirty years of transformative executive experience in both private and
The third quarter of 2013 saw further use of real-time malware campaigns and a dramatic increase in phishing sites, according to the Q3 Internet Threats Trend Report issued by Commtouch. Overview The ever-growing exploitation of current news events continued in Q3. The time between the news event and the related
This is not the main point of story, but my mom’s Gmail account was hacked. She blames me for this – I am in the security industry and I should have seen it coming and stopped the bad guys. She has a point and I intend to try harder from
Cybercriminals continue to respond with lightning speed when they see an opportunity to exploit a national or global news story to spread malware. In fact, the Commtouch Security Lab now sees instances of criminals inventing “breaking news†that appears to relate to high-profile current events. The Commtouch Security Lab continually
Although spam levels are generally down, certain types of spam have increased their share of the spam pie. One category that has been on the increase is diet products, such as promotion for ‘green coffee beans’ that promise weight loss miracles. Since June 2013 these products have been highly prominent
