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...

(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...

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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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,...

(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...

(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....

(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...

(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...

(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,...

(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...

Bucharest, Romania – March 4, 2010 – AXIGEN, the professional messaging solution vendor (www.axigen.com), announced today that it has expanded its mail servers’ mobile sync functionalities for BlackBerry® users by adding support...