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Spam Data
Email Processed (last 2 days)
| Yesterday 05/16 | Today 05/17 (so far) | |
|---|---|---|
| Blocked: Spam | 518,122,863 72.68% | 418,796,222 71.19% |
| Blocked: Virus | 1,369,041 0.19% | 1,246,163 0.21% |
| Quarantined | 7,235,555 1.01% | 6,286,804 1.07% |
| Allowed: Tagged | 7,080,216 0.99% | 6,118,587 1.04% |
| Allowed | 179,112,457 25.12% | 155,845,241 26.49% |
| Total Received | 712,920,132 100.00% | 588,293,017 100.00% |
| Last Updated 05/17/12 03:00:07 GMT | ||
Web Data
| Domain Visits | Domain Visits |
|---|---|
| 1. google.com 65,821,983 | 6. yimg.com 17,028,668 |
| 2. gstatic.com 29,837,299 | 7. yahoo.com 14,460,047 |
| 3. fbcdn.net 28,426,860 | 8. msn.com 14,142,941 |
| 4. doubleclick.net 21,506,981 | 9. google-analytics.com 12,461,815 |
| 5. facebook.com 20,615,878 | 10. microsoft.com 7,907,329 |
| Last Updated 05/17/12 03:00:06 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 09/30/10 05:00:58 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