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Spam Data
Email Processed (last 2 days)
| Yesterday 09/01 | Today 09/02 (so far) | |
|---|---|---|
| Blocked: Spam | 1,425,615,639 88.17% | 1,080,131,728 88.69% |
| Blocked: Virus | 1,206,897 0.07% | 870,816 0.07% |
| Quarantined | 9,921,116 0.61% | 7,090,711 0.58% |
| Allowed: Tagged | 8,727,564 0.54% | 5,900,162 0.48% |
| Allowed | 171,337,198 10.60% | 123,850,765 10.17% |
| Total Received | 1,616,808,414 100.00% | 1,217,844,182 100.00% |
| Last Updated Last Updated 09/02/10 21:30:48 GMT | ||
Web Data
| Domain Visits | Domain Visits |
|---|---|
| 1. google.com 160,198,756 | 6. yimg.com 38,757,069 |
| 2. fbcdn.net 95,534,798 | 7. yahoo.com 36,622,026 |
| 3. msn.com 76,453,878 | 8. google-analytics.com 33,420,392 |
| 4. doubleclick.net 62,818,260 | 9. scorecardresearch.com 21,482,817 |
| 5. facebook.com 54,232,436 | 10. windowsupdate.com 19,017,619 |
| Last Updated Last Updated 09/02/10 21:30:02 GMT | |
Virus Data
Viruses Blocked (last 24 hours)
Response Time to New Threats
Top Blocked Virus Threats
| Virus Name |
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| Last Updated Last Updated 09/02/10 21:30:48 GMT |
Threat News
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One Breach = $1 Million To $53 Million In Damages Per Year, Report Says
New Ponemon report studies real attack cases and their financial fallout; new Digital Forensics Association study tallies five-year public breach data.
2010-07-26 – dark reading -
10 Web Application Security Myths
Even in the Web 2.0 day and age, there remain myriad Web application security myths.
2010-07-13 – ChannelWeb -
ID Thefts Go Unreported Despite Notification Laws
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) announced that it had recorded 341 individual data breaches for the first six months of 2010.
2010-07-09 – techweb -
Firewall Market To Grow 6.7% Annually"
"The firewall's ability to define and defend a network perimeter has earned itself a reputation as an indispensable security product," said Chris Rodriguez, a research analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
2010-07-08 – techweb -
New Crypto-Cracking Tool To Target Databases
'Poet' takes advantage of commonly weak encryption-key deployment.
2010-06-15 – DarkReading -
OWASP Top Ten 2010 Web App Risks
This April, the OWASP published an all new 2010 list, focused on putting today's most common flaws into a risk management context.
2010-06-14 – eSecurity Planet -
Hacker Exposes Unfixed Security Flaws In Pentagon Website
Romanian hacker posts proof-of-concept attacks for Pentagon's public Website.
2009-12-08 – DarkReading -
Fighting the top IT security risks
Microsoft's recent Patch Tuesday included an FTP vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services (ISS) that was the target of a limited number of zero-day attacks.
2009-10-22 – SC Magazine -
Fighting the top IT security risks
Microsoft's recent Patch Tuesday included an FTP vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services (ISS) that was the target of a limited number of zero-day attacks.
2009-10-22 – SC Magazine -
Tech Insight: XSS Exposed
Pervasive Web application vulnerability is often misunderstood -- with dangerous consequences.
2009-09-04 – DarkReading -
Hacker Ring Tied To Major Breaches Just Tip Of The Iceberg
TJX-Heartland attacker and cohorts also reportedly hacked ATM machines in 7-Elevens, but their wide net is likely just one of many.
2009-08-24 – DarkReading