INFORMATION SECURITY TIP Be careful how and where you provide personal information! Phishing and social engineering scams are on the rise and becoming increasingly creative with the use of text messages, voice mails and emails. | ALERTS As part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2009, Microsoft released 6 patch updates to address 15 vulnerabilities that affect Windows and Windows Server. Without these updates, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could gain elevated privileges, execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service or a vulnerable application to crash. Perimeter’s Patch Management customers are already protected from these vulnerabilities and have the latest patches installed. Read more
| EVENTS VARNEX Fall Conference 2009 11/15-11/18 Indian Wells, CA | WEBCASTS 5 Regulatory, Security, and Financial Reasons Your Bank Should Move to Hosted Email 11/17 2:00 PM EDT Register Now Battling New Age Thieves: 5 Ways to Stop Social Engineering Attacks 12/8 2:00 PM EDT Register Now | COMPANY UPDATES
Managed Services Veteran Tim Harvey named as Perimeter's new CEO Read more Perimeter eSecurity Launches Archive Manager to Address Federal Email Compliance and Maintain Business Operations During a Disaster Read more Check out the latest blog topics. Read more  | PRODUCT UPDATES New Services / Enhancements Perimeter eSecurity's Product team is always working to improve services and enhance our customers' experience. Stay tuned each month to see updates on the services that you already subscribe to or might otherwise need as a part of your complete security solution! Read more | KNOWLEDGE CENTER Hear what our Experts have to say about pressing information security issues... Read more | SPECIAL OFFERS Complimentary Report The Radicati Group, a leading industry analyst in the messaging and collaboration market has published their report "2009 - Hosted Exchange Market Quadrant." It compares the most popular providers of Hosted Exchange by market share and features by dividing the market into four distinct quadrants: Top Players, Trail Blazers, Mature Players and Specialists.
Once again, Perimeter has been designated as the "Top Player" in Hosted Exchange. DOWNLOAD NOW | | | INDUSTRY NEWS  | FTC Delays Identity Protection Rules Until June 2010 The Federal Trade Commission said it delayed the enforcement of its Red Flags identity protection rules until June 1, 2010 at the request of Congressional members. Read more
| FDIC Warns Banks Of 'Money Mule' Bank Customers The FDIC issued a warning yesterday to banks about the rise in so-called "money mules" being deployed to move money stolen via online banking. Read more
| Is Your Online Bank Account Safe? Banks have thrown a lot of resources at online security. The problem is that whenever the good guys put sophisticated measures in place, the bad guys respond with even more sophisticated countermeasures. Read more | FBI Warns of $100M Cyber-threat to Small Business According to a report by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), banks and financial service providers are often part of the problem. Read more
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| Corporate Breaches Increase Chances Of Consumer ID Theft According to a report published last week by Javelin Research, individuals whose personal information has been compromised in a corporate breach are four times more likely to suffer identity theft or fraud. Read more | CFOs, IT Collaborate Around Technology Investments A new survey-based research report from CFO Research Services sheds some light on how CFOs and IT are working together to prepare for economic recovery. Read more
| Java, BlackBerry Desktop Get Security Bug Fixes Read more
| Mid-Size Businesses Struggle to Balance Security Threats with Tight Budgets Read more | Today's IT: Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Very Tight IT Budgets HP believes that the best way for enterprises to strip costs out of the environments and free up IT dollars for other uses is to integrate, standardize and virtualize as much as possible. Read more | Free PhoneSnoop app listens in on BlackBerry users The US-CERT has issued a warning about a new, free BlackBerry application that transforms the phone into a bugging device. Read more | Facebook Phishing Attack A new attack on Facebook users is a cunning combination of social engineering, Trojan horses, and botnets, according to researchers who've been studying it. Read more | SPOTLIGHT ON HOSTED EMAIL  | Looking to the Cloud for Email and Collaboration - Webcast Replay On this webcast you’ll hear experts discuss: - Discuss the current trends in messaging and collaboration services including services such as shared workspaces, mobility, instant messaging, voice and rich presence
- Compare the benefits of cloud email services to those of an on-premise system
- Outline the key decision factors to be considered when selecting between an on-premise and cloud solution. A must see for any organization, regardless of size, that is considering abandoning their on-premise solution.
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