Making Sense Of E-Mail Threats

CRN Test Center reviewers took a look at Websense Hosted Security via a remote, “hands-on” sandbox provided by the vendor.

URL: http://www.crn.com/software/215900171?cid=topicalFeed

Report Names Top 10 Enemies of Internet Freedom

Reporters Without Borders calls out some of the most Internet-repressing countries in the world. In addition to tagging 12 countries as enemies of the Internet, the group also names another 10 countries — including Australia and South Korea — as threatening the Internet freedoms of their people.
– Round up the usual suspects.

Reporters Without Borders March 12 issued its quot;Enemies of the Internet quot; list which examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries. We’re not talking network management issues here but, rather, the imprisonment …

URL: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Report-Names-Top-10-Enemies-of-Internet-Freedom-549514/?kc=rss

BBC Responds to Botnet Controversy

BBC responds to critics of its technology program Click, which purchased a botnet to showcase the dangers of the cyber-criminal world. Some security and legal experts have objected to the show’s experiment, noting that it may have violated the law.
– Despite taking some criticism, the British Broadcasting Corp. is defending its decision to buy a botnet in an effort to inform the public about the dangers of cyber-crime. In an experiment, the BBC technology program ��Click�� bought a botnet over the Internet and used it to spam e-mail accounts …

URL: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/BBC-Responds-to-Botnet-Controversy/?kc=rss