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 Posted by SecExtra on June 11th, 2009

Managed security company, Network Box, has completed the migration of its patented new HQPUSH system to all 11 of its network operating centers (NOCs) throughout the world. Network Box has pioneered the use of push technology (pushing updates to customers as soon as they are available, rather than relying on system updates). The new system offers improved performance and lets Network Box push out security updates to its customers more effectively.

Since it was founded in 1999, Network Box has used push …

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 Posted by SecExtra on June 03rd, 2009

IIR Middle East’s brand new event Securecon will be taking place 4th – 7th October 2009, at the JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai. This event provides a much needed platform for the Middle East’s Information Security sector to gain insightful solutions and open dialogue from their regional and international peer’s and their suppliers.

This brand new forum/exhibition has been developed to service the Middle East’s’ rapidly developing Information Security market, incorporating the key elements and themes from their previous events as well as covering emerging issues discovered …

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 Posted by SecExtra on May 05th, 2009

Do you still think that a computer security system is an unnecessary luxury? Think again. Your confidential information could be compromised in certain circumstances on your computer.

In fact, the DRAM or memory chips in your computer can even be read by other people after your computer has been switched off. This means if you are not mindful of computer security you may be putting yourself in line for major problems. We need to find a useful approach that will allow you to work on your computer, or even turn it off, and yet ensure confidentiality.

Let’s start by first restricting access …

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 Posted by SecExtra on April 30th, 2009

Internet threats have risen by a massive 63 per cent in April, according to analysis by managed security company, Network Box. One in four (24.6 per cent) of these threats is a phishing attack.

The majority of viruses still originate from the US (14.9 per cent) and Korea (7.7 per cent).  China is slightly higher than last month, responsible for 5.8 per cent of the world’s viruses (up from 5.3 per cent last month). Korea is also the main source of intrusion attacks, responsible for 35 per cent of all attacks.

The US is also responsible for the majority of the world’s …

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 Posted by SecExtra on April 29th, 2009

Network Box, the managed security company, has released a new heuristics package which significantly improves spam detection (this includes malware carried over spam email) and also its own high-performance rules engine which increases scanning speeds by 100 per cent. This makes Network Box’s mail scanning system the most effective on the market.

Network Box has released two new heuristic mail scanning modules:
• The first module looks for suspicious characteristics of a threat variant, even before that variant has been recognised and a signature developed. The result is that new variants of known threats can be blocked effectively, based on these characteristics.
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