'Obama Trojan' Rides Coattails of President-Elect Nov 6, 2008
Several security tool vendors -- including Cloudmark, Sophos, and Websense -- today are reporting massive amounts of spam messages that promise video clips of an "amazing" Obama speech, election news results, or interviews with Obama's advisers ... Websense is also , but according to its report, some of the email lures promise a video interview with Obama's advisers, while others promise the "amazing speech." ... "The email actually contains links to a file called 'BarackObama.exe' hosted on a... (InformationWeek)
Spammers use 'Obama' emails to load trojans Nov 6, 2008
Meanwhile, Websense is reporting several variations of malicious email lures promising video clips showing interviews with Obama's advisers and portions of his acceptance speech ... "The US election has been closely watched by people worldwide making it an ideal topic to use as a lure by cyber criminals seeking to steal information from unsuspecting victims," Dan Hubbard, chief technology officer at Websense, said. (The Age)
Trojan Exploits Obama Presidential Win Nov 6, 2008
Researchers at Web security company Websense said in a blog that they have seen at least 25,000 e-mails through the systems using that particular technique, which, in addition to distributing data-stealing malware, also incorporates the victim's computer into a botnet, a network of computers programmed to perpetuate spam campaigns. "Spam is sent from countries all around the world. If you get infected, your computer will be turned into a spam spewing factory," said Cluley. (CRN)
Weekly Outlook: October 27, 2008 Oct 27, 2008
Earnings Boyd ( ), BP ( ), Ceradyne ( ), KC Southern ( ), Royal Carib ( ), SAP ( ), Schnitzer ( ), US Steel ( ), Under Armour ( ), USG ( ), Valero ( ), Whirlpool ( ), Apollo ( ), Centex ( ), Cephalon ( ), Fiserv ( ), GMarket ( ), Lan Air ( ), McKesson ( ), NetLogic ( ), Walter ( ), Websense ( ), STMicro ( ). Wednesday: Economic Weekly Crude, Durable Orders (-1. (Forbes -- Markets)
Microsoft Bug: Patch Now, Patch Fast Oct 26, 2008
Meanwhile, an advisory by San Diego-based Websense also alerted users that hackers have unleashed attacks by installing the Gimmiv. The alert noted that only 25 percent to 36 percent of vendors could detect the malicious exploit code. (CRN)
Local companies are feeling the painOnly 6 of 70 saw gains this week Oct 11, 2008
Among San Diego's larger companies, Realty Income and Websense posted gains for the week ... Websense has seen sales grow since its acquisition of rival Surf Control and its push to sell content-filtering systems to midsize companies. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Splunk and Systex Sign Strategic Partnership With Major Resource Investment to Serve Growing Demand for Splunk in the Asian Market Oct 6, 2008
Systex is also a value added distributor and reseller for world-class solutions including AirDefense, BMC Software, CA, Check Point, Cisco, EMC, HP Software, IBM, McAfee, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, Sun, Symantec, Websense, and others. About Splunk Splunk is the IT Search company innovating large-scale, high-speed indexing for IT infrastructures. (PR Newswire)
Spammers on Facebook with 2 IP a/c Sep 25, 2008
said Websense channel manager (SAARC and India) Jyoti Prakash. Websense Security Labs discovered this new malicious social-engineering spam campaign. (India Times)
IronPort feature detects exploited websites Sep 24, 2008
Leading URL filtering leaders like Websense Inc. increased its capabilities and market share with its purchase of competitor SurfControl plc last year ... Leading URL filtering leaders like Websense Inc. increased its capabilities and market share with its purchase of competitor SurfControl plc last year. (Search Security, MA)
NYSE & NasdaqReal Most Active Sep 19, 2008
Websense () bounded 1 ... 0 content classification and malware protection product, Websense Web Security Gateway. (Investors Business Daily)
Datatec acquires stake in Inflow Tech Sep 13, 2008
Inflow has alliances with 22 global technology vendors including CheckPoint, Nokia, McAfee Ironport, Websense, Radware, NetApp and Quantum. The investment will also provide Datatec with a platform to add additional vendors and eventual incorporation into the Westcon brand. (India Times)
'Obama Sex Tape' E-Mail Is Dangerous Virus Sep 12, 2008
The e-mail, titled "Barack Obama sex story with girls," seems to come from an address called "obamasex@obama.com," reports the Internet security company Websense. The e-mail reads in part. (Fox News -- Politics)
Obama in sex video? Be careful! Sep 12, 2008
According to researchers at Websense Security Labs, a new spam email that targets the upcoming US presidential election with fake news about a sex scandal involving the Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Ukrainian women is doing rounds on the Internet. The subject line says "Obama sex video!!!" and the email appears to come from infonews@obama. (India Times, India)
Calbreath: Some firms are islands of stability in downturn Sep 8, 2008
Another strong performer was Websense, a Sorrento Valley company that provides data security systems to prevent data loss from computer viruses, sabotage or human error ... Doug Wride, Websense's president, said the economic downturn was relatively irrelevant to the company's bottom line. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Captcha is broken - now what? Sep 1, 2008
" He is referring to those squiggly, distorted images commonly seen when registering for internet services such as free email accounts or blogging sites. The user has to type the letters in the image before proceeding. Captcha stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. The idea is that humans can read the letters, but computers cannot, thus preventing automated scripts from registering. Websites use Captchas in an attempt to disrupt the spam and... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Acquisition Helps Ready Internet Security Software Firm For Web 2.0 Aug 22, 2008
Most people know Websense as the forbidding white page that pops up when you try to visit a Web site your employer doesn't care for ... That's why Websense (NasdaqGS: - ) has been buying companies that help it become a more complete Web security firm ... Websense rolled out the resulting product lineup on a limited basis in the second quarter. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Websense, Inc. Chooses Pearson VUE for Exclusive Test Delivery Aug 8, 2008
Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson VUE, the electronic certification and licensure testing business of Pearson, announced that it has signed a contract with Websense, Inc. Pearson VUE began exclusive delivery of the Websense Web Security Professional Certification exam in its Pearson VUE(R) Authorized Test Center network on June 23, 2008. The Websense Certification program is tightly integrated with the Websense Authorized Training program ... "This is an important milestone for Websense," said Jon... (PR Newswire)
8/1: Agent-HIN Trojan Gives Remote Intruder Access Aug 2, 2008
exe is registered as a new system driver service named "c3ci6aip4mj," with a display name of "Websense CPM Report Scheduler" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under. (eSecurityPlanet)
Legit Websites Heavily Compromised Jul 31, 2008
A survey released today, and conducted between January and June by Websense, found that hackers compromised 50 percent more legitimate Websites during this period than between July and December 2007. According to the study by messaging and data protection vendor Websense, more than 75 percent of Websites containing malicious code are legitimate sites that have been infected ... According to the Websense survey, hackers are mainly targeting the top 100 Websites, especially the of these sites. (eSecurityPlanet)
Callaway Golf earnings up, sales down Jul 31, 2008
Websense Inc. said second-quarter revenue increased to $73 million from $50. 4 million a year earlier. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Legitimate websites face new threats Jul 30, 2008
As many as 75 per cent of the websites distributing viruses are actually legitimate sites that have been compromised, according to a study being released Tuesday by security firm WebSense Inc. That is up from 50 per cent six months ago, the study found ... The cyber criminals are increasingly sophisticated and their software often goes undetected for days, said Stephan Chenette, general manager of WebSense's security labs ... The results are part of Websense's bi-annual State of Internet... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
The Wrath of Cons Jul 25, 2008
Websense, an online security company, has seen a dramatic increase in the number of spam attacks around economic and financial topics in the past six months, says spokesman Cas Purdy. One worrisome example came when the Securities Investor Protection Corp. investors that its good name is being used in an identity theft email scam. (SmartMoney)
Trojan plays anti-China games for hacking Jun 23, 2008
Internet security agency Websense Security Labs has discovered a new storm worm social-engineering tactic, capitalising on the recent global attention around the upcoming Olympics, to be held in China. These malicious sites speculate that the upcoming Olympics in Beijing would be under the threat of failure because of recent earthquake in China, and then tricks visitors to click on what looks like an embedded flash video player, that really leads to the download of a malicious executable. (Economic Times)
Enterprise boards are lacking IT involvement Jun 22, 2008
Websense survey finds IT is not to blame 08 Apr 2008. IT leaders criticise current qualifications 27 Mar 2008. (IT Week)
Three Steps to Secure Cloud Computing Jun 17, 2008
At least this is the prediction of Jim Haskin, CIO at Websense, a San Diego-based data security provider, and others. A scary thought. (CIO Information Network)
San Diego Executive Pay Jun 13, 2008
Are you a gourmet who has had to come up with creative ways to cut costs as food prices soar. How do you shop for and prepare meals on a budget. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
US-CERT Warns About Phishers Scamming Disaster Donors May 21, 2008
And on Monday, Websense Security Lab about a phishing site that "poses as a representative of the Red Cross and provides multiple bank account numbers for donors to wire their donations to.". Jim Clausing, a security researcher at the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center, observed on Saturday that scammers have been setting up fake sites to collect donations for years. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Hackers harpoon US executives with phony email subpoenas May 8, 2008
"The success rate was incredibly high," Websense Security Labs manager Stephan Chenette told AFP.. "Most likely due to the nature of the content and the real data, the emails had their exact names and legal language in there that made it seem like a serious subpoena.". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
The SaaS approach to email security May 6, 2008
The easiest thing to do would be to simply prevent employees using these kinds of tools but I dont think this is very practical in todays organisations, says Mr Jonathan Wilkinson, Business Development Manager, APAC, Hosted Security, Websense Inc, Australia ... Thats where Websense pitches in, with its web security solutions and tools for organisations to enforce and report on Internet usage policies ... Websense has 3,500 organisations currently using this service from practically every... (Hindu)
A home for the chat-terati May 5, 2008
Websense, a leading player in web content filtering and online security, is launching its hosted email security solutions in India ... Definitely some of the SMEs are our targets, says Jonathan Wilkinson, business development manager for Asia-Pacific and Middle East at Websense ... So why would a SMEs or any other company for that matter, shift from a traditional anti-virus suite and an in-house online security team to a hosted service like Websense. (Economic Times)
The iPhone video threat Apr 23, 2008
Collins also uses SurfControl from WebSense to block all shopping sites. Ephraim Schwartz is editor at large at InfoWorld. (InfoWorld)
More accountability needed in data protection Apr 11, 2008
Security breaches that affect consumer data should result in gaol terms or fines for those responsible, according to Websense research ... Software vendor Websense surveyed over 100 security professionals at this years e-Crime Congress in London ... Phil Vasic, country manager A/NZ, Websense, said that the upper echelons of public and private companies need to take more action to prevent cybercrime and data theft. (Secure Computing)
Web 2.0 in Enterprise Needs a Lock Apr 11, 2008
A peer-to-peer discussion led by Charles Renert, senior director of advanced content research at Websense, showed how easily collaboration tools can insert malicious code into trusted sites. Collaboration and social networking tools have already made strong inroads into the enterprise, both through sanctioned channels and through unauthorized downloads. (Datamation)
Stocks Stumble on Slowdown Fears Apr 10, 2008
Websense gained 7% after raising guidance, while FormFactor fell 3% on a warning. The Nasdaq lost 26 to 2322, the S 11 to 1354, and the Dow fell 49 to 12,527. (SmallBusinessComputing)
U.S. woes will harm world economy, IMF says Apr 10, 2008
Websense shares show 6 ... The price of shares in San Diego's Websense gained 6 ... Websense executives reiterated their 2008 guidance for the company at an analysts' conference in San Francisco and released preliminary financial results for the first quarter ended March 31. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Data Loss Problems Still Not A Priority At Most Companies Apr 3, 2008
" This, he says, would include data related to intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions. Lambert says among the data safety specialty firms that have been acquired by security firms, Pointsec now part of Check Point Software Technologies () probably has the most market share. McAfee () acquired two others in this field, SafeBoot and Onigma. Websense () bought Port Authority. Trend Micro acquired Provilla. Symantec bought Vontu and is partnering with GuardianEdge Technologies. Symantec... (Investors Business Daily)
Websense Catches Security Threats With 'HoneyGrid' Apr 2, 2008
Grid Computing Planet: Websense Catches Security Threats With 'HoneyGrid ... Websense is using grid computing technology to speed detection of internet security threats ... The Websense ThreatSeeker Network, which the company terms an "Internet HoneyGrid," uses and advanced grid computing systems to parse through more than one billion pieces of content daily, searching for security threats. (eSecurityPlanet)
Hackers infiltrate Google searches Apr 2, 2008
Mass Web attacks were also reported in mid-March by Websense, a security vendor in San Diego that filters Web sites for corporations. Hackers were probing Web pages looking for vulnerabilities to an attack that allowed the hackers to get into and make changes to any SQL server databases behind the vulnerable sites, said Charles Renert, senior director of advanced content research. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Google: Web sites slow to fix serious Flash flaws Mar 30, 2008
With Web site management also frequently outsourced, it's just not practical for many companies to fix the issue the same way as Google, according to Dan Hubbard, vice president of security research with Websense, a content-filtering vendor. But that doesn't mean that everyone is ignoring the issue. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Learning to protect computers through hacking Mar 27, 2008
com - were infected through a carefully planned SQL Server attack, according to Websense, which filters Web pages for corporations. SQL Server attacks trick Web pages into revealing the contents of any SQL Server databases that power them, and it's another type of attack that the students in boot camp were practicing. (San Francisco Chronicle)
MSNBC, other high profile sites compromised in massive hack attack Mar 21, 2008
-based Websense Inc. alerted MSNBC and the public about the security breach Tuesday ... Websense has been tracking the exploit since February and discovered the MSNBC intrusion in one of their standard Web scans, says Stephan Chenette, manager of Websense Security Labs. (ITBusiness.ca)
NBCSports.com safe, secure for users Mar 20, 2008
The mass SQL injection attack, launched on several major sites, according to a WebSense report, intended to redirect users to a malicious site. Within minutes of learning of the issue, msnbc. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Websense looks to protect mobile data Mar 15, 2008
FOR Websense Inc's Asia Pacific vice-president Timothy Lee, the next big issue is the protection of data in mobile devices used by corporate users ... Websense has a solution called Essential Information Protection (EIP), which could secure corporate information by fingerprinting sensitive data, so that it could not be sent through secure network connections but not the USB port, for example ... He said that the technology in EIP, acquired when Websense took over an Israeli company called Port... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Spammers Get Past Security Into Google's Gmail Mar 4, 2008
Spammers have found ways to break CAPTCHAs, according to Stephan Chenette, manager of Websense Security Labs ... Websense experts can see how often CAPTCHAs are being broken, and for the Gmail traffic there's only a 20 percent success rate for one prong of the attack ... But when he visited some of the Web pages, the text was in Russian, leading Websense to conclude that the authors -- who specify a pay rate of $3 per broken CAPTCHA -- are likely Russian as well. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Googles CAPTCHA caught by spammers! Feb 29, 2008
As an example, Websense Security Labs noted that on Feb 6, 2008, the spammers defeated the Windows Live Mail , and now the spammers have broken through CAPTCHA defences. So, how did they do it, and beyond simply the kudos of breaking through Google s defences and the ability to send spam through Gmail, why did they do it. (iTWire)
Delhi tops office personal web surfers Feb 16, 2008
The survey, conducted by internet security firm Websense and research firm Nielsen Company, further found that enterprises are incurring a yearly productivity loss of about Rs 1,60,000 per employee due to personal surfing ... The Nasdaq-listed Websense said the survey assesses the impact of the internet at work and gauges awareness of Internet security risks among IT managers ... "The survey findings are an eye-opener and highlight how essential it is for Indian IT managers to prioritise their... (India Times)
Leaking information a job threat: Survey Feb 14, 2008
MUMBAI: Leaking confidential information of the company is a major concern of employees as it puts them at greater risk of losing their job, according to the latest survey on awareness of Internet security risks among employees by Websense Inc, a leading company in Web security and content protection. The survey titled "State of Security India", was conducted across five Indian metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad among employees of 450 large, medium and small organisations... (India Times)
Dow Chemical hurt by surging costs and restructuring Jan 30, 2008
Websense reported a loss of $27 million, or 59 cents per share, for the fourth quarter of 2007 and a loss of $14 ... Gene Hodges, CEO of the workplace Web-filtering company, said the Websense had retained more of SurfControl's customers than anticipated. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
DC Fires, Disciplines Workers For Visiting Porn Sites Jan 28, 2008
The city has installed another 20,000 copies of the software, from Websense Inc., to do filtering on all PCs. In addition, Kundra said users now will be redirected from porn sites to a page about the city s computer usage policy. (Computerworld)
Vishing Attacks on the Rise Jan 25, 2008
Online security firm, Websense has released its top ten web security threat predictions for 2008 with a particular focus on event based threats. According to the security firm Sophos, the US has held on to its position as the worlds top spammer despite increasing arrests and convictions of known spammers. (IDM.net.au)
Better Focus On Efficiencies Is Said To Sway Symantec Results Jan 25, 2008
Rival McAfee () got into data loss prevention a few years ago, and then so did Websense. (). (Investors Business Daily)
Most malware now comes from legitimate sites Jan 25, 2008
The number of legitimate websites compromised by attackers has surpassed those purposefully created by attackers, according to a new report by security research firm Websense ... With this in mind, organisations need to ensure their Web, messaging and data security solutions can protect the avenues hackers seek to exploit for financial gain, said Dan Hubbard, vice-president of security research, Websense ... In the second half of 2007, Websense, leveraging its unparalleled visibility of the Web... (Business Standard)
Treasury rates fall Jan 23, 2008
Web surfers are more likely to experience a malicious attack from legitimate sites that have been compromised than from sites operated by hackers, according to a new report by San Diego-based Websense. The company cited an attack that originated from the United Nations' HIV/AIDS Asia Pacific portal, where hackers hid a Trojan horse that infected Web site visitors running computers without adequate virus protection. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Websense shares up on report Jan 9, 2008
Shares of San Diego-based Websense Inc. rose nearly 9 percent after the company whose software monitors employees' Internet use said its quarterly billings and revenue exceeded forecasts ... Websense shares rose $1 ... Websense's $401 million acquisition of SurfControl in October has led to positive results, CEO Gene Hodges said in a statement. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Five Hot Trends in 2008 Jan 4, 2008
Symantec recently acquired Vontu, while RSA and Websense made acquisitions of their own earlier this year, snatching up Tablus and PortAuthority. 2. (CIO Information Network)
Protecting Data Leakage With a Shadow Jan 3, 2008
Lumension recently struck a deal with Websense, which Szerszen said would provide "in-line data analysis and policy capabilities together with Sanctuary's ability to enforce data transfer policies to endpoint storage devices.". Those efforts are all aimed at delivering a security platform that provides a single, policy-based Web interface for unified administration, management and compliance reporting, Szerszen said. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Malicious websites cash in on Bhutto`s assassination Dec 29, 2007
Websense Security Labs, a global anti-virus vendor, discovered malicious websites attempting to capitalise on the news of Bhuttos assassination ... According to Websense Regional Director (SAARC & India) Surendra Singh, once installed, these Trojans steal banking account details, passwords and other sensitive information stored on the computer ... Websense has found around 15-20 such sites and is in the process of verifying the same. (Business Standard)
Will DLP make your shop more secure? Dec 21, 2007
Actually, the increasing reliance on DLP tools to manage endpoint technologies is, in part, the push behind Websense Inc.s preview of its Open Endpoint Initiative that seeks to ensure easy integration with its Content Protection Suite and third-party endpoint security tools, he said ... As part of the initiative, Websense announced a partnership with Scottsdale, Ariz ... Websenses endpoint DLP tool certainly offers customers an alternate method to address data loss, but it may not be the... (ITWorld Canada)
Know your privacy rights when using online social networking Dec 19, 2007
Websense aims to buck the. This product is not, in the strictest sense of the term, an extrusion detection product. (iT News)
Save Your Files Online For Sharing In A Snap Dec 14, 2007
Content-filtering systems such as Websense may block access to the file-storing site altogether. Second, if you're a Macintosh user, make sure that all the features you're looking for work on your system. (Investors Business Daily)
Malware Doubled In 2007; Next Year Isn't Looking Better Dec 7, 2007
Websense, another computer security firm, offers a similar view of 2008 in a it issued on Wednesday. Dan Hubbard, VP of security research at Websense, predicted a surge in attacks that attempt to exploit interest in the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China ... Websense anticipates that attackers will look increasingly to exploit weaknesses in the interconnected nature of Web sites today, which often include data from ad services, widget providers, and other third-party sources. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Symantec Closes Vontu Deal Dec 4, 2007
Earlier this year, Websense, of San Diego, bought Port Authority for $90 million, and Cisco Systems jumped into the space when it acquired e-mail filter and anti-spam provider IronPort. Vontu's specialty is combining endpoint and network-based technology to accurately detect and automatically protect confidential data wherever it is stored or used. (eWeek)
Businesses blind to the security risks of temporary staff Nov 29, 2007
More than 80 per cent of temporary staff have the same level of access to company documents as permanent staff but without the same accountability, according to research released today by security firm Websense ... A worrying level of apathy among businesses toward basic data security processes is leaving them wide open to the risk of accidental or deliberate data breaches, according to Websense ... Websense says businesses are also failing to manage the use of social networking sites, which it... (Register)
Product focus evolves in data loss prevention market Nov 29, 2007
Trend Micro (Provilla) and Websense (PortAuthority) have also moved in ... Trend Micro (Provilla) and Websense (PortAuthority) have also moved in. (Search Security, MA)
Webroot's SAAS Move Wins Praise Nov 28, 2007
"Websense, after the acquisition of SurfControl, now has a service business. Secure Computing has a service business. Microsoft is sharpening their content-related services both hosting and security.". Gartner analyst Peter Firstbrook said Microsoft is the biggest player in the space besides Google-Postini, and said he expects Cisco will get into the game with IronPort technology. (eWeek)
