http://www.mailradar.com/articles/ Latest Articles on MailRadar en-us webmaster@mailradar.com Fri, 12 Mar 10 21:35:12 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.mailradar.com/img/mailradar_logo.jpg http://www.mailradar.com (Mis Asia Writer, Network World) Global spam volume grows by 25 per cent. A new research revealed a surge in spam levels in February 2010 to make up 89.4% of all e-mails.Spam levels in Hong Kong reached 90.6% and virus activity in China was the highest in the world in February, according to Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report. In Singapore, one out of every 319.2 e-mails contained a virus in a... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Spam-plague-in-February-and-more-to-come-297/page1.html Fri, 12 Mar 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Spam-plague-in-February-and-more-to-come-297/page1.html (Jody Gilbert, TechRepublic) What areas should you focus on over the next year? This survey-based list highlights the 10 most sought-after IT skills.At the end of last year, the Global Knowledge/TechRepublic 2010 Salary Survey asked, “What skill set will your company be looking to add in 2010?”. The skills listed by respondents include a mix of perennial favorites and cutting edge technologies.... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Email-Clients/Top-10-tech-skills-for-2010-296/page1.html Tue, 09 Mar 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Email-Clients/Top-10-tech-skills-for-2010-296/page1.html (Morgan Stewart,emailInsider) The Wall Street Journal is the latest to jump on the "email is dead" bandwagon. The article, "Why Email No Longer Rules... and what that means for the way we communicate," opens with the proclamation, "Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over." But they couldn't be more wrong. Email's... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Email-Clients/Email-Use-Is-Increasing-295/page1.html Fri, 05 Mar 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Email-Clients/Email-Use-Is-Increasing-295/page1.html (Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb) According to the latest study from Juniper Research, the market for cloud-based mobile applications will grow 88% from 2009 to 2014. The market was just over $400 million this past year, report says, but by 2014 it will reach $9.5 billion. Driving this growth will be the adoption of the new web standard HTML5, increased mobile broadband coverage and the need for always-on collaborative... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/Mobile-Cloud-Computing-294/page1.html Tue, 02 Mar 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/Mobile-Cloud-Computing-294/page1.html (Steven Andrés, PC World) Whether your business is a big fish or a small-fry home office, you can get hacked just the same, and the stakes are higher than a few canceled credit cards. Here are a few tips to protect your users and your networks - steps that even enterprise-class security specialists may slip up on.Steps for small businesses and enterprise-class security specialists: Know Who Might Be... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Security-tips-for-large-and-small-businesses-293/page1.html Mon, 01 Mar 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Security-tips-for-large-and-small-businesses-293/page1.html (Chris Silva, ZDNet) While mobile enterprise seems to be a lot of futurespeak, it turns out it does actually matter to CIOs, and has been highlighted in Forrester’s  recent “The Top 15 Technology Trends EA Should Watch” report.According to the report, all three areas - mobile networks gaining in power, mobile devices strengthening and mobile apps going mobile - represent an... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/Why-mobility-will-and-does-already-matter-to-IT-291/page1.html Thu, 25 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/Why-mobility-will-and-does-already-matter-to-IT-291/page1.html (Ellen Messmer, Network World) Is moving to virtualization  and cloud computing making network security easier or harder? When some 2,100 top IT and security managers in 27 countries were asked, the response revealed a profound lack of consensus, showing how divided attitudes are within the enterprise. The "2010 State of Enterprise Security Survey - Global Data" report shows that about... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Security-of-virtualization-cloud-computing-divides-IT-and-security-pros-290/page1.html Tue, 23 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Security-of-virtualization-cloud-computing-divides-IT-and-security-pros-290/page1.html (Ellen Messmer, Network World) Botnet attacks are increasing, as cybercrime gangs use compromised computers to send spam, steal personal data, perpetrate click fraud and clobber Web sites in denial-of-service attacks. Ranked by size and strength, these article presents the 10 most damaging botnets in the U.S.1. ZeusCompromised U.S. computers: 3.6 million. Main crime use: The Zeus Trojan uses key-logging techniques... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/America-s-10-most-wanted-botnets-289/page1.html Thu, 18 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/America-s-10-most-wanted-botnets-289/page1.html (hjkim, MailRadar community) In the recent years, the buzz words were collaboration and unified messaging. Even though these continue to drive how email server companies design their products, customers just want to be able to get their email and reduce their operational expenses. In this tough economy, the only function that customers are concerned about is getting and sending email. Because of this, they are... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/What-customers-want-in-an-email-server-279/page1.html Wed, 17 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/What-customers-want-in-an-email-server-279/page1.html (Brien Posey, TechRepublic) Server virtualization is becoming increasingly popular, and it seems that everyone is in a mad dash to virtualize their datacenter.  While there’s no disputing the benefits of server virtualization, there are some questions you should address before you begin to virtualize your servers.Virtualizing your servers offers significant advantages, but effective planning is... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/10-issues-to-consider-during-virtualization-planning-288/page1.html Mon, 15 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/10-issues-to-consider-during-virtualization-planning-288/page1.html (Lance Whitney, CNET News) "Bomb Blast." "Jackson is still alive: proof." "Obama cursed by Pope." These are just a few of the subjects used by cybercriminals last year to trick people into opening malware-infected e-mails.Spam that uses the latest news headlines was just one of the hot trends last year in the world of cybercrime, according to McAfee's... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Spammers-exploiting-more-news-stories-287/page1.html Thu, 11 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Spammers-exploiting-more-news-stories-287/page1.html (Tina, makeuseof.com) While spam protection has become quite effective at recognizing unsolicited bulk email, it’s still impossible to filter out and stop receiving spam. The easiest way is to control the information you’re releasing about yourself. Besides regular spam, you receive a lot of advertising in your inbox. Although these emails are often personalized, they still classify as spam.... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Antispam/5-ways-to-protect-hide-your-email-to-stop-receiving-spam-285/page1.html Mon, 08 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Antispam/5-ways-to-protect-hide-your-email-to-stop-receiving-spam-285/page1.html (Andy Moon, TechRepublic) A new survey found that only 8% of businesses (small, medium, and enterprise) have any current plans to utilize cloud storage and only 3% are using it now. These results suggest that, while there is a lot of potential for cloud storage, concerns about privacy, security, and pricing are keeping most companies from moving data out of their data centers, at least as a primary storage option.... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Web-Integration/Cloud-storage-adoption-slow-for-businesses-284/page1.html Thu, 04 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Web-Integration/Cloud-storage-adoption-slow-for-businesses-284/page1.html (by hjkim, MailRadar Community) When most people think about email security, they think in terms of virus and spam protection. The typical questions are: 'How do I protect my users from viruses and spam?', 'What about phishing?', 'How are Trojans and other threats stopped?'. What is missing is a comprehensive, holistic approach to email security. The above are some of the issues that... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Defining-and-designing-email-security-276/page1.html Wed, 03 Feb 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Defining-and-designing-email-security-276/page1.html (Matthew Broersma, ZDNet UK) Less than five percent of all email is delivered to mailboxes, as the rest is junk blocked by spam-fighting efforts, according to Enisa, the European Network and Information Security Agency.While anti-spam measures are well used by providers, junk email remains a key problem for them and takes up a large part of their annual budgets, according to the report. [...] One-quarter of very... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Spam-traps-catch-95-of-email-sent-274/page1.html Thu, 28 Jan 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Spam-traps-catch-95-of-email-sent-274/page1.html (Laura, Word to the Wise Blog) In 2010 e mail marketing is going to get much more challenging for everyone. Recipients, and their ISPs, are expecting more and better things from email marketing. Senders who are currently meeting expectations may struggle to meet those increasing standards within their current marketing frameworks. Successful marketers will be able to make the switch from sending mail that... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Studies-Benchmarks/Email-related-predictions-for-2010-273/page1.html Tue, 26 Jan 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Studies-Benchmarks/Email-related-predictions-for-2010-273/page1.html (Debra Littlejohn Shinder, TechRepublic) If it seems like you’re getting hit with more email scams than ever, you’re right. Email scams have been with us since the Internet went commercial back in the early 1990s. But scammers have gotten more sophisticated, and some of the more recent email scams are harder to detect — unless you know what you’re looking for.Let’s... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/10-email-scams-to-watch-out-for-272/page1.html Mon, 25 Jan 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/10-email-scams-to-watch-out-for-272/page1.html This article performs a comprehensive analysis of Axigen Identity Confirmation© - a Challenge / Response-based anti-spam system embedded in the Axigen solution. It is a pertinent presentation of the concept, characteristics and benefits entailed by Identity Confirmation in the context of the overall existing Challenge / Response anti-spam filtering technology and the way it has been, until now, approached... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Antispam/Identity-Confirmation-Challenge-Response-anti-spam-filtering-with-a-twist-271/page1.html Thu, 14 Jan 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Antispam/Identity-Confirmation-Challenge-Response-anti-spam-filtering-with-a-twist-271/page1.html (Linda McGlasson, Bank Info Security) Bogus security software applications are among the types of electronic crimes that grew 585% over the first half of 2009, according to a new study. The Anti Phishing Working Group's (APWG) latest report shows that rogue anti-malware programs, infected computers and crimeware broke new records in the first half of 2009.Other important conclusions drawn through this... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Reports/600-rise-in-phishing-in-2009-268/page1.html Mon, 04 Jan 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Reports/600-rise-in-phishing-in-2009-268/page1.html Cisco's Annual Security Report for 2009 highlights the impact of social media, particularly social networking, on network security and explores the critical role that people, not technology, play in creating opportunities for cybercriminals. The report also discusses trends in cloud computing, spam and overall global cybercrime activities that information technology professionals continue to face. Social... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Reports/Social-Media-is-the-newest-playground-for-cybercriminals-269/page1.html Mon, 04 Jan 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Reports/Social-Media-is-the-newest-playground-for-cybercriminals-269/page1.html (John E. Dunn, TechWorld ) The world is not only losing the war against spam, the situation might be about to get a whole lot worse with the emergence of a new type of automatic botnet able to thrive without direct human control, Symantec's MessageLabs division has warned. MessageLabs reckons this is a sign that today's botnets have been modified to more quickly adapt to the loss of a particular nodes,... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Reports/Report-predicts-the-rise-of-self-healing-botnets-in-2010-270/page1.html Mon, 04 Jan 10 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Security/Reports/Report-predicts-the-rise-of-self-healing-botnets-in-2010-270/page1.html Free email services based on Web-centric platforms have long been used as advertising delivery agents. This hybrid approach to compensating for the expenses of running a free service has opened the door to a brand new and very useful customer information strategy that can be used to your full advantage, no matter what messaging environment you have deployed.Third-party Content DeliveryThird-party content is... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Web-Integration/Axigen-AJAX-WebMail-Third-party-Web-Content-267/page1.html Sat, 12 Dec 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Web-Integration/Axigen-AJAX-WebMail-Third-party-Web-Content-267/page1.html (Bill Claybrook, TechTarget) Let's explore the pros and cons of running multiple vendors' platforms in your virtualization environment and review the virtual appliance and cloud computing markets.Virtualization environments: To mix or not to mix?If you have some combination of Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Solaris and Oracle in your data center and you follow our... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Standardized-virtualization-environments-preferred-survey-says-264/page1.html Thu, 26 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Standardized-virtualization-environments-preferred-survey-says-264/page1.html (Paul Mah, TechRepublic) The rush to open e-mails via the network can lead to potential leaks via mobile devices and other unsecured devices. Smartphone device loyalty will trump standardization in the enterprise. While it is conceivable for IT departments to lock down access at every nook and cranny, the truth is not every organization will have the resources or expertise to do so. Let's highlight some... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Studies-Benchmarks/Managing-e-mail-to-prevent-information-leakage-265/page1.html Thu, 26 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Studies-Benchmarks/Managing-e-mail-to-prevent-information-leakage-265/page1.html (Jason Hiner, TechSanityCheck)I’ve been running Linux on PCs since 1998, when Red Hat still cared about the desktop and Mandrake was supposed to be the distribution that was going to bring Linux to the masses. That was also about the time that the mainstream media got infatuated with the story of the free operating system from the Finnish hacker that was going to bring down Microsoft Windows.Spoiler... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Operating-Systems/The-market-has-rejected-Linux-desktops-Get-over-it--266/page1.html Thu, 26 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Operating-Systems/The-market-has-rejected-Linux-desktops-Get-over-it--266/page1.html (Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic) AppShopper, a Web site which tracks iPhone and iPod Touch applications, has noted that Apple’s App Store has surpassed 100,000 approved apps, although just over 93,000 are available. This revelation and the raging debate over the iPhone’s usefulness as a business device, got me thinking about just how many “business” apps were available in the... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/Only-two-percent-of-iPhone-apps-categorized-for-business-261/page1.html Tue, 10 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Mobility/Only-two-percent-of-iPhone-apps-categorized-for-business-261/page1.html (Pam Derringer, News Contributor, TechTarget) Windows job-seekers may have 30% more available openings today in the U.S. than their Linux counterparts. On the flipside, however, the number of Linux listings nationwide is growing while demand for Windows staffers is dropping.According to the latest figures from IT job site Dice.com, Windows had the most OS job listings on October 1 with 8,865 postings, but the... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Linux-jobs-outpacing-Windows-virtualization-is-hot--262/page1.html Tue, 10 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Linux-jobs-outpacing-Windows-virtualization-is-hot--262/page1.html (Kevin Beaver, CISSP) Even with the common vulnerabilities I've talked about in the past, Linux is a solid operating system (OS) that stands up well to security tests. This doesn't mean, however, that you should let your guard down. Over time, configuration tweaks, third-party software and human intervention tend to change the security posture of once-secure Linux systems. This will inevitably lead, at... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Operating-Systems/Hardening-Linux-with-Bastille-UNIX-263/page1.html Tue, 10 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Operating-Systems/Hardening-Linux-with-Bastille-UNIX-263/page1.html (Logan G. Harbaugh, TechTarget) It seems to be assumed that running eight OSes on a single large server with a virtualization suite is cheaper than running eight separate physical servers. Leaving aside for the moment the cost of virtualization software, training admins to use the software and so forth, let's look specifically at the cost of the hardware.Eight 1U dual-core servers with 4 GB RAM, one or two... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Server-hardware-cost-comparison-Is-virtualization-cheaper--258/page1.html Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Server-hardware-cost-comparison-Is-virtualization-cheaper--258/page1.html (Todd R. Weiss, SearchServerVirtualization.com) Despite the many benefits of server virtualization, the technology still poses challenges for corporate data centers. TechTarget's recent "Virtualization Decisions 2009 Purchasing Intentions Survey" asked users to identify their server virtualization challenges, and the list was substantial. Backing up virtual machine data and managing storage... http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Top-server-virtualization-challenges-Backups-and-bottlenecks-259/page1.html Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.mailradar.com/articles/Smart-Setups/Virtualization/Top-server-virtualization-challenges-Backups-and-bottlenecks-259/page1.html