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Upcoming Webcast: Rethinking Your Security Strategy – Fend Off Attacks with New Models, Methods and Messaging

Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 8:00 AM by James Robinson

Today's cybercriminals always seem to be three steps ahead of their white hat counterparts. Their dynamic methods make it essential for security professionals to stay informed and be prepared for advanced attacks. And if you're struggling to keep... Read more >

Filed under: cybercrime, cybersecurity, Office of the CSO

Vista Equity Partners Announces Waiver of Financing Proceeds Condition

Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:00 PM by News Release Archive

SAN DIEGO and AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vista Equity Partners today announced that its affiliates, Tomahawk Acquisition, LLC ("Parent") and Tomahawk Merger Sub, Inc. ("Purchaser"), waived the "Financing Proceeds... Read more >

10 Data Security Tips: Keep Your Sensitive Information Where it Belongs

Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:30 AM by Tom Clare

Last week’s headlines revealed that the NSA PRISM program details were exfiltrated using a USB thumb drive. The news is filled with cautionary tales of data theft and cyber espionage. With advanced cyberattacks, data theft by employees through portable... Read more >

Filed under: content security, data security, data loss prevention, DLP, best practices, data loss, data, cybercrime, targeted attacks, hacking, data theft, content categorization, advanced malware

O Canada! Our home and malicious land?

Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:59 AM by Fiaaz Walji

Three years ago, when we first looked at the state of cybercriminal activity in Canada, we were a bit surprised to find ourselves in the top 10 for the cybercrime trio of hosting malware, phishing sites and botnet command and control centers. Cybercriminals... Read more >

Filed under: Phishing, malware, cybercrime, Canada, advanced malware

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways Can Help You Pick the Right Web Security Vendor

Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:00 AM by Joerg Sieber

Selecting the right web security solution is becoming more crucial for companies concerned about advanced threats, malware infections and data theft. Vendors are promising multitudes of features, and the words "Advanced Threat Protection", "Zero... Read more >

Filed under: Web Security, Web Security Gateway Anywhere, malware, Gartner Magic Quadrant, targeted attacks, Gartner

Gartner Recognizes Websense as a Leader in Latest Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways

Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:05 PM by News Release Archive

Websense continues leadership position for four consecutive years after independent security analysis SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in protecting organizations from the latest cyber attacks and... Read more >

SC Magazine: Users do not apply Java patch despite its availability

Posted: Friday, June 07, 2013 6:34 PM by April Tellez

A recent Java update was only downloaded by seven per cent of users. According to research by Websense Security Labs, a month after April's Java update was released by Oracle, only seven per cent of users had upgraded to the latest version. Also,... Read more >

SC Magazine: One month after recent Java update, 7 percent of users patched

Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 6:24 PM by April Tellez

Websense said Tuesday that Java users aren't getting much better at patching the software. The security firm had revealed in March that 94 percent of users were currently running a version of Java that is vulnerable to at least one exploit aimed at... Read more >

Attending the 2013 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit?

Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2013 12:05 AM by Tom Clare

Once again, Websense has prepared a very comprehensive agenda for the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in Washington D.C. next week at the Gaylord Hotel. We look forward to you joining the sessions we've created especially for the event... Read more >

Filed under: threats, data security, data loss prevention, security threats, TRITON, data theft, Gartner, Websense TRITON

SC Magazine: In the first quarter, Koobface worm infects users at record high

Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:22 PM by April Tellez

Discovered in 2008, Koobface propagates on social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, through socially engineered messages sent to those on an infected user's "friend's" list. The messages appear as if they are coming from... Read more >

Infosecurity Magazine: Be careful where you get your Apple iOS7 news – it may be a phish

Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:19 PM by April Tellez

iOS7, the next iteration of Apple's operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, will be discussed at the Apple developer conference WWDC (San Francisco, kicking off 10 June), probably released to developers thereafter, and possibly released... Read more >

Dark Reading: No Java Patch For You: 93 Percent Of Users Run Older Versions Of The App

Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:15 PM by April Tellez

Despite growing awareness of the dangers of Java bugs and exploits, plus Oracle's update of the app in mid-April, some 93 percent of users still aren't running the latest version of the beleaguered app. That's only a 2 percent improvement... Read more >

CSO Magazine: Researchers find Java users woefully tardy on patching

Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:09 PM by April Tellez

Java has been a jackpot for hackers in recent months and an analysis of its users released Tuesday suggests why that's so. More than 50 percent of Java users are running a version of the program that's more than two years old, according to the... Read more >

Majority of Users Still Vulnerable to Java Exploits

Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 5:00 AM by Carl Leonard

Throughout the last 6 weeks, Websense® Security Labs™ has been collecting telemetry from our Websense ThreatSeeker® Network to provide insight into usage of the most recent version of Java. Following our March 2013 study that looked at what versions of Java are being used, we saw that almost 93% of users are still not patched to the most recent version of Java. This leaves the majority of users still vulnerable to the dangers of exploit code already in use in the wild.

Since the April 16th Java Critical Patch Update was released by Oracle we have seen that business are slow to apply the Version 7 Update 21 patch into their environment.

Filed under: Research, Vulnerability Analysis, Java

International Business Times: Businesses Failing to Protect the Data Gold Mine

Posted: Monday, June 03, 2013 6:05 PM by April Tellez

Data is the new gold, as cyber-criminals look to steal everything from your identity to your credit card information. But they are not going after you directly, they are looking to pilfer this information from the companies you deal with online and who... Read more >

Filed under: data theft, cybercrime, Websense Office of the CSO, Office of the CSO

Websense CSO named a 2012 Top Security Executive by ExecRank

Posted: Monday, June 03, 2013 5:05 AM by April Tellez

ExecRank has named Jason Clark, Websense chief security and strategy officer, to its prestigious 2012 Top Security Executives list. With more than 10,000 security executives in the United States, Clark ranked eighth out of 150 security executives honored... Read more >

iOS7 announcement prompts themed ransomware kits

Posted: Friday, May 31, 2013 2:15 PM by Gianluca Giuliani

At Websense® Security Labs™ we recently spotted an interesting case of a phishing domain related to the imminent release of the Apple iOS7 Operating System.

As gossips circulate news in the wild about iOS7 after the D11 conference presented by Apple CEO Tim Cook, cybercriminals are setting up a foundation for phishing and malicious activities. The domain name was registered about 22 days ago (from the date of this analysis), as also reported by our ThreatSeeker™ network

Filed under: Malware, Toolkits, iOS, Ransomware

San Diego Daily Transcript: Websense exec ranks among top security executives

Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:59 PM by April Tellez

Jason Clark, chief security and strategy officer for San Diego-based Websense Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN), has been named a 2012 Top Security Executive by ExecRank, ranking eighth out of 150 security executives honored. Clark leads the Websense office on the... Read more >

Websense CSO Named a 2012 Top Security Executive by ExecRank

Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:05 AM by News Release Archive

Jason Clark honored for thought leadership and success in the information security industry SAN DIEGO, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in protecting organizations from the latest cyber attacks and data theft... Read more >

ITPro: Websense highlights ‘crisis of trust’ in IT security

Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:51 PM by April Tellez

End users' faith in IT security has been put to the test more than ever over the past year, according to online security company Websense's 2013 annual threat report. "Cyberthreats broke new ground with mobile devices, while reaching deeper... Read more >

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