News: Website Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Report, Released by Cyveillance
Arlington, Virginia - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 11, 2007 - Cyber intelligence firm, Cyveillance, has released a new report, indicating that United States-based web surfers are more at risk to malware attacks and online identity theft schemes than citizens from other countries, with more than 63 percent of malware distributed on U.S.-based web sites.
In addition, ''Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Report'' reports that more than 2 million URLs world-wide distributed malicious downloads to site visitors. Cyveillance also determined that despite the rate of traditional phishing attacks leveling off, there was a 20% increase in the aggregate quantity of brands targeted, indicating that phishers continue to change targets. Since 2005 over 1,400 companies have been attacked.
Using intelligence collected through its comprehensive Internet monitoring, Cyveillance found that of the 284 brands targeted by phishing attacks for the first time during the second calendar quarter of 2007, more than 80 percent were U.S.-based financial institutions. These figures draw a distinct parallel to the total number of compromised credit cards found online, of which more than 80 percent were supplied by US issuers.
Malware distribution via the Web has evolved into a specialized ''fraud chain'' comprised of malware hosting sites, distribution sites and drop sites. China and the United States host 60 percent of sites where malware binaries are stored, while 63% of the sites being used to attract and distribute malware are hosted in the United States. The United States also hosts over 50 percent of the world's malware drop sites, which collect information from infected computers that use keyloggers, screen scrapers and other approaches to passively harvest sensitive personal information.
Panos Anastassiadis, CEO of Cyveillance remarked, ''Through comprehensive Internet monitoring, our cyber intelligence analysts have seen a significant quarter over quarter increase in malicious online risks targeting U.S. citizens. As Internet utilization rates continue to rise, the risks to organizations and consumers for data and identity theft grow exponentially. Understanding where these threats are coming from and who they are most likely to target goes a long way in proactively neutralizing these risks.''
The high Internet utilization rates and strong economies in western countries have created a target rich environment for cyber criminals around the world. Looking forward to the second half of 2007, Cyveillance expects to see continued growth of cyber criminals using these highly successful formulas for targeting and stealing personal and financial data from lucrative western nations such as the United States.
All figures and statistics in the Cyveillance report are actual measurements rather than projections based upon sample datasets. The cyber intelligence included in this report includes data collected and analyzed between April 1 and June 30, 2007. Cyveillance leverages its patented Internet monitoring technology platform to continually sweep and collect information from more than 200 million unique domain name servers and 150 million unique Web sites. Cyveillance's technology discovers on a daily basis more than 100,000 new sites, 80 million blogs, 90,000 message boards, thousands of IRC/chat channels, and billions of spam emails. For more information about Cyveillance's research findings, please visit: www.cyveillance.com/fraudreport-Q207).
Cyveillance cyber intelligence firm, provides an intelligence-led approach to security. Through continuous, comprehensive Internet monitoring and sophisticated intelligence analysis, Cyveillance proactively identifies and eliminates threats to information, infrastructure, individuals and their interactions, enabling its customers to preserve their reputation, revenues, and customer trust. Cyveillance serves the Global 2000 and OEM Data Partners protecting the majority of the Fortune 50, regional financial institutions nationwide, and more than 30 million global consumers through its partnerships with security and service providers that include AOL and Microsoft.
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News: Fat Jack Web Hosting, Completes SWsoft Virtualization Deployment
Suwanee, Georgia - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 10, 2007 - Web hosting company, Fat Jack Hosting (formerly Frontier Power Hosting) has completed a virtualization agreement with SWsoft server virtualization technology firm, to afford Fat Jack customers with the latest and most stable virtualization environment.
In addition, the SWsoft deployment will be a cost-effective solution for Fat Jack's hosting customers. According to the company, for eight years, the web host provider has conducted an investigation process which revealed that SWsoft would be the best choice to provide its virtualization and automation software. Its product line includes Virtuozzo, the state of the art operating system virtualization solution. After exhaustive testing, the web host concluded that SWsoft's suite of virtualization products met and exceeded other software's capabilities.
Ralph Smith, Fat Jack Hosting Manager remarked, ''When dealing with SwSoft, we experienced none of the product issues we encountered with other virtualization providers. There was no pressure to purchase expensive partner hardware and SANS arrays, when what we already had in place was more than adequate. There was also no contending with promising but not enterprise-ready virtualization software like Xen. Like us, SWsoft had already proven itself a leader in the industry. The choice, therefore, was obvious.''
The greatest advantage of the SwSoft alliance, however, is that the technology is being deployed at about 25 percent of VMWare's deployment cost. Those savings can, in turn, be passed on to Fat Jack Hosting's clients. Built from the ground up, Fat Jack's Virtualization 2007 minimizes outage issues, under loads its Web servers by 30 percent and employs its own team of virtualization specialists.
Recently, Fat Jack Hosting debuted its new Ground Floor Clustering Technology. Designed as a backup system technology, it is the same application used by Amazon, eBay and other top e-commerce sites. Its implementation is hoped to afford Fat Jack Hosting customers the highest online availability and performance. According to the company, Ground Floor Clustering Technology is the same expensive r backup system Amazon, eBay and other top sites use to maintain a high level of online availability and performance. From clustered storage arrays to specialized clustering hardware, Fat Jack Hosting's entire hosting infrastructure is based off an industrialized design model.
According to a recent Harris Interactive poll, ''More than a third (35 percent) of U.S. adults who have personal/professional data and digital information stored on a PC or a laptop never back up their files, and a vast majority (76 percent) of those who do back up their files don't do it often enough.'' While this oversight can prove aggravating on a personal level, it can be downright devastating on a professional level.
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News: Web Hosting, Custom Designed Website, Donated by HotPress
Denver, Colorado - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 10, 2007 - Website solutions firm, HotPress Web, is donating a free, custom-designed $5,000 website, to one charity, church, or non-profit by month-end, with 25 pages, site map planning, custom website design, full content entry assistance, a content management system, and one year of free website hosting.
The website will enable the awarded organization to deliver text, photo galleries, audio, and video as well as functionality for blogging, podcasting, calendars, and electronic donation collection. The Cunningham Foundation, a Denver Colorado charity that helps the people of Ethiopia, was the last organization to receive a donated website from HotPress Web. The only eligibility requirement is that the organization be a charity, church, or non-profit.
Steve Thiel, Managing Partner at HotPress Web, ''We believe philanthropy is an important part of a successful business model. Investing in people and infrastructure not only helps to improve quality of life, but to also create new resources and opportunities for economic growth. Giving is a virtuous cycle. The process for selecting an applicant will be fairly subjective. We want to get involved with more than the organization's website - we desire to work with people who are passionate and really making a difference in society.''
HotPress Web is a web marketing company in Denver Colorado that provides web services that support non-profits, charities, churches, and government agencies in their efforts to provide information to constituents.
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News: Server Webinar Series, Hosted for eDiscovery Microsoft Exchange
Santa Clara, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 10, 2007 - Mimosa Systems live content archiving solutions firm, has debuted a new four-part webinar series, hosted by industry experts and dedicated to the subject of email archiving and eDiscovery for Microsoft Exchange Server.
The series addresses the issues many IT and legal professionals have as they struggle with effectively storing and managing the explosion of user-driven information in a way that complies with the ever-increasing demands of legal discovery. Attendees will gain insight to help them implement an effective email archiving and eDiscovery strategy that will reduce risk, optimize performance, and lower costs.
According to Forrester Research, eDiscovery technology spending will grow from $1.4 billion in 2006 to more than $4.8 billion in 2011 as enterprises prepare for electronic discovery. Driving technology adoption in this area are amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and broader retention management strategies which call for a more proactive approach to meet compliance standards.
Bill Savarino, a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Cohen Mohr LLP, remarked, ''In simpler days, the focus with email was on keeping backups. That's not the case any longer. As emphasized by the recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, organizations today need retention, retrieval and production capability for all electronically stored information, not just e-mail, including point-in-time records of email, folders, calendars, contacts, notes, and tasks - with a complete audit trail of edits. The law has finally caught up to the high-tech era. Organizations have no choice but to keep pace. Ignorance is no longer an excuse.''
The webinar series is intended for IT professionals responsible for managing Microsoft Exchange Server, as well as legal professionals concerned about litigation readiness and regulatory compliance.
Part I: Email Archiving 101: It's Not Just About Email Anymore
Part II: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 101: Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse
Part III: Email Archiving 101--Customer Case Study
Part IV: Best Practices for Email Retention and eDiscovery
Email Archiving 101: It's Not Just About Email Anymore - Part I of the series is hosted by domain experts Martin Tuip, 8-time Microsoft MVP for Exchange Server, and Mark Diamond, CEO of Contoural, Inc. Tuip and Diamond will address the issues associated with staggering information growth and the benefits of instituting an enterprise email archiving strategy as a viable, long-term solution for managing Microsoft Exchange. Attendees will gain insight for reducing Exchange storage by 50 to 60 percent; defining effective email retention policies; and gaining fingertip access for eDiscovery of information required for litigation readiness and regulatory compliance. Tuip and Diamond will discuss how the implementation of an effective email archiving strategy can reduce risk while optimizing overall performance, giving organizations a strategic business advantage.
Mimosa NearPoint addresses critical customer requirements around email information archiving, eDiscovery, regulatory compliance, business continuity, and storage optimization. Mimosa NearPoint provides legal search workflow, immediate mailbox and message recovery, disaster recovery, email archiving, and self-service search and access in one solution. By leveraging cost-effective storage, NearPoint also optimizes e-mail storage and reduces overall infrastructure costs.
Mimosa Systems, Inc. delivers next-generation information management solutions for information immediacy, discovery, and continuity. Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange Server is the industry's most comprehensive information management software solution for Microsoft Exchange, unifying email archiving, recovery, and storage management. With options for eDiscovery and disaster recovery, NearPoint ensures litigation readiness and email continuity, while leveraging cost-effective disk technologies to optimize email storage growth. Mimosa is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, recognized for its competencies in Networking Infrastructure Solutions, ISV/Software Solutions, and Advanced Infrastructure Solutions. Mimosa is a privately held company whose investors include August Capital, Clearstone Venture Partners, Dot Edu Ventures, JAFCO Ventures, and Mayfield Fund. Mimosa was founded in 2003 and is based in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Munich, Germany, and Pune, India.
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News: Blogging for Business Report, Highlights US, European and Asian Blogosphere
Dublin, Ireland - (Website Hosting Directory) - September 10, 2007 - E-commerce market data resource firm, Research and Markets, has issued its new ''Business Blogging for Pharma: Growth in the Blogosphere in the US, Europe and Asia'' report.
According to the report, social media is shifting the way that the global economy operates. Internet journals and communities have enabled consumers to communicate their experiences with company's products and services to other consumers. A consequence of consumer-generated marketing is that relationship management throughout the lifecycle of a product is taking the place of mass marketing in consumer-driven industries.
The scope of the report includes:
Introduction to social media and their relevance to the pharmaceutical industry
Sizes and assesses the growth in the blogosphere in the US, Europe and Asia
Looks at blogging in other industries and highlights lessons that pharmaceutical companies can learn
Discusses current examples of pharmaceutical blogging and considers the future of blogging in the pharmaceutical industry
Report highlights include:
Strategic use of Internet applications, including online communities and blogs, will allow pharmaceutical companies to increase their awareness of the needs and concerns.
As blogs and online forums are so frequently updated they can be a good indication of the current market.
Companies from a broad range of industries have had success in authoring blogs and hosting online forums for their consumers.
Some of the benefits these companies have enjoyed include direct communication with influential consumers, higher search engine rankings for key search terms and the ability to respond quickly to marketplace events.
Other benefits highlighted:
Identify the best and worst practice lessons that can be learned from examples of business blogging in other industries.
Understand the potential liabilities of business blogging in the pharmaceutical market.
Assess opportunities to launch social media applications to support your company or brand.
Research and Markets is an international market research and market data resource, with major research publications from most of the leading publishers, consultants and analysts, concerning key industries, top companies, new products and the latest trends. The market research reports and industry newsletters from specialist research firms and niche market analysts, are listed at the same price as the specialist research firms.
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