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Organization’s today are increasingly looking to outsourced security service providers to provide greater return on their security investments and cost reductions. Websense has built its managed security service provider (MSSP) partner program to deliver global, strategic partners with the core product, delivery, and support expertise required to enable Websense market-leading content security technologies. The Websense MSSP Partner Program is designed to enable profitable growth through a tangibly differentiated offering.
The second half of 2009 saw malware authors focus their efforts to ensure they drove victims straight to them. In contrast to the first half of the year where mass injection attacks like Gumblar, Beladen and Nine Ball promoted a sharp rise in the number of malicious Web sites, Websense Security Labs observed a slight (3.3 percent) decline in the growth of the number of Web sites compromised. Instead, attackers replaced their traditional scattergun approach with focused efforts on Web 2.0 properties with higher traffic and multiple pages. Read more>
During each holiday season, many people shop for gifts for their friends and loved ones. This year, a recession weary population is hungry for bargains and many of them will grab the chance to avoid the crowds by choosing to shop online. eBay is predicting 85 percent of consumers will maintain or increase their online shopping this holiday season and studies show that 93 percent of consumers plan to buy a gift online.*
This fact is of particular interest to cyber criminals as it gives some insight into the potential number of opportunities they have to steal personal information like credit card data or otherwise cheat you out of your money. With many consumers using corporate networks to access the Internet in the run up to Christmas, Websense has released a guide for businesses and consumers alike on how to avoid getting more than you bargained for this festive season. Read more>
Watch the video overview of the threats expected to increase during the next year and security trends to watch for in 2010.
This video covers the following emerging security exploits and 2010 security predictions from Websense Security Labs:
· Interesting new trends in Web 2.0 and real-time search exploits
· Increased attacks on smartphone, Mac and Microsoft 7 platforms
· Changes to the ways that botnets operate, including new aggressive behavior
· New sophistication in email and blended attacks
The Internet is constantly and rapidly evolving. The presence of dynamic Web 2.0 elements on many Web sites today allow just about anyone to create and distribute content to a wide number of people. Unfortunately, this also creates an easy opportunity for cybercriminals to spread their malware. Web-based threats are constantly changing in an effort to stay ahead of the security industry. One minute a legitimate Web site with a good reputation may be safe, and the next minute it may be compromised with data-stealing Trojan horses and spyware.
- 12 new computer virus variants will have been written or generated* - $10,000 will be lost to phishing attacks and other cybercrime in the US alone**- Time spent deleting spam email will have cost American businesses $126,000*** read more>
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>
Cloud-Based Delivery Infrastructure Allows Internet Service Providers, Web 2.0 Properties, Mobile Carriers, Networking Solution Providers and other Third-Parties to Incorporate Websense Security Intelligence into Their Products and Services
Today Websense announced a carrier-level, cloud-based security service for third-party solution providers – the Websense® ThreatSeeker® Cloud. The service allows third-party solution providers to incorporate the security intelligence of Websense ThreatSeeker Network into their products and services so they can add greater value to their own offerings and protect their customers from Web-based security threats. The ThreatSeeker Cloud gives third-party providers real-time access to the advanced Web, data and email security intelligence of the ThreatSeeker Network through a Web-based API.
ThreatSeeker Cloud can be used by Internet service providers (ISPs) to deliver security protection or safe search functionality to their individual consumers; or it can be used by network solution providers who want to incorporate real-time security into their network devices without needing to install hardware or software; or by Web 2.0 properties wanting to classify hyperlinks and content posted to their sites in real-time to prevent visitors from clicking on malicious content. These are just a few examples of the many ways that third-party service and solution providers can leverage the ThreatSeeker Cloud.
Already, more than 3.5 million users are being protected by third-party services and solutions that are leveraging the Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud.
In another example announced today, a company called Radialpoint is using ThreatSeeker Cloud to provide its customers -- who are ISPs -- with industry-leading security intelligence so that those ISPs can then, in turn, deliver real-time threat protection to their customers, who are individual consumers. When users of the service visit a Web site – instantaneously and transparent to the user – the Web site and its content is analyzed through the Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud threat detection and protection network. If the Web site has been classified by Websense as malicious, fraud or phishing, the Internet user can be warned and protected from going to the site.
To read more about how Radialpoint is using Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud, read the press release.
To learn more about Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud, read the press release or visit the Web page here.
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.
Research shows that more and more enterprises are embracing Web 2.0 in the workplace. Yet, with all the excitement around Web 2.0 technologies and the new ways for businesses to use them, organizations must also be prepared for the increased security risks that they bring.
One recent example of all the excitement around Web 2.0 was the public launch of Google Wave, which aspires to be a step forward in the way people communicate and collaborate online. Google Wave consolidates elements of e-mail, chat, wikis, document collaboration, blogs, photo-sharing and other Web 2.0 applications into one hosted Web conversation, or a “wave.”
Given the public excitement and the strong brand recognition of Google, enterprises will likely see employees “pulling” Google Wave into the workplace -- with or without IT permission. To examine the risks that this presents, we asked Web and data security experts from Websense to weigh in with their opinions. Read More >
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