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Websense, today released the most recent video report covering Web threat activity for October 2009. The video supplement to the monthly “This Month in the Threat Webscape” report presents an informative recap of the most pressing Web, email and data security challenges for the month. This month’s report covers:
· Facebook applications hacked
· Massive Facebook password reset phishing attack
· Microsoft Web Outlook credential stealing campaign
· The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alerting small and medium businesses to massive bank fraud responsible for $100 million in attempted losses
· FBI director Robert Mueller targeted in banking phishing attempt
Targeted Spear Phishing Attacks Steal Corporate Online Banking Credentials – What Should Businesses do to Protect Themselves?
The FBI recently revealed a sobering statistic – email phishing attacks and malicious Trojans targeting public institutions and small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) have led to approximately $100 million in attempted losses in the past several months. The phishing emails mainly hit SMBs, schools, court systems and other public institutions and contain either a malicious file attachment or a URL to an infected Web site. Read more>
The federal government designated October as national Cyber Security Awareness Month. In this short video on the White House blog, President Obama explains the importance of cyber security and gives strategies for protecting yourself while online.
Since its inception 15 years ago Websense® has been on the leading edge of Internet security, helping protect businesses, their employees and their essential information from Web-based threats. The combination of our Web, email and data security technologies, along with the research conducted in the Websense Security Labs™, enables us to protect our customers from today’s most advanced online security threats which span multiple attack vectors.
In this blog post, Websense provides some advice for staying secure while using the Web. You can also stay on top of the latest threats by reading the Websense Security Labs blog and by following the Security Labs on Twitter at www.twitter.com/websenselabs.
How Government Agencies Can Enable Employee Access to Web 2.0 for more Open and Transparent Governing
As a result of the Open Government Brainstorm, the Obama administration recently stated that it will discuss with the public (via the Whitehouse.gov blog) ways that the federal government should begin using more social media and Web 2.0 tools to create a more effective and transparent government. Websense offers advice and technology to help government can accomplish its Web 2.0 plan safely and securely.
Earlier we discussed the first five requirements of DLP, including accurate identification of data; the ability to address data whether at rest, in use or in motion; both content and context analysis; an advanced policy framework; and robust workflow and reporting. The remaining five requirements of an effective DLP solution are as follows:
Data loss can be complicated, but preventing it doesn't have to be. To effectively protect all your essential information, your business must implement a DLP solution that addresses these key requirements:
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