Akonix in the News – 2007 Archives
Unified policy management
Akonix recently published an interesting document focused on the need for unified policy management
Network World | 12 11 07
Fantasy football, IM throwing productivity for a loss
Not only does football consume much of America's weekend this time of year, but new survey data also reveals that fans let their Fantasy Football obsession eat up time at work via instant-messaging chats.
Network World | 11 26 07
Trojan quickly building botnet via MSN Messenger
A trojan has used MSN Messenger to multiply the number of PCs added to a botnet 24 times in one day.
SC Magazine | 11 19 07
Los Angeles botmaster pleads guilty, faces 60 years in prison, $1.75 million fine
Don Montgomery, vice president of marketing at Akonix, enterprise instant messaging (IM) security vendor, told SCMagazineUS.com that Schiefer was also the first botmaster arrested for using IM to built a bot army.
SC Magazine | 11 05 07
Face Social Networks' Risks
Starting this month, Skype Ltd, the voice-over-IP division of eBay Inc, and MySpace, News Corp’s popular social networking site, will begin a service that will let the 110 million MySpace members who have Skype accounts call one another with the click of a button in an online profile. That news raised a red flag for Don Montgomery, vice president of marketing at Akonix Systems Inc in San Diego. He says IT has to be wary of young workers bringing social networking activities to the office.
Computerworld | 11 05 07
Skype-MySpace Combo to Make Convenient, All-in-One Malware Target
What happens when you put that track record together with MySpace, which can also be a bit of a cesspool when it comes to serving up malware?
eWeek | 10 18 07
IM security expert: Skype-MySpace is “an IT disaster”
Do you use Skype in your organization? Does your IT (or you, the IT) regard it as a security risk? Is that assessment given enhanced gravitas because of the MySpace deal?
ZDNet | 10 17 07
IM & Texting Are Here To Stay
But Should IT Managers Ban Them Or Embrace Them?
Processor | 10 12 07
Keep your IM-using employees on a need-to-know basis
As long as people have competed against others, whether commercially, militarily or athletically, their organizations have possessed information or practices that need to be kept secret. Naturally, competitors have always wanted to learn those secrets, and history is filled with stories of spies, patents, secret codes and inadvertent disclosure of confidential information.
SC Magazine | 10 03 07
New IM Attacks, Bugs Signal Stealthier Exploits
Attacks on instant messaging (IM) systems still aren’t as prevalent as those on email systems, and most IM attacks have been annoying worms aimed at recruiting bots or spewing spam. While IM attacks have increased only modestly this year, researchers at Akonix Systems, which sells IM security software, have seen about 300 IM attacks this year so far.
DarkReading | 10 01 07
Might as well dive in, the water is going to keep rising anyway
The best way to deal with any new technology is to recognize it early, study it, and then come up with a policy and a plan for managing it. Anticipate its adoption; allow it to the extent it is useful, with the proper controls; and restrict it where appropriate, putting the proper tools in place to enforce policy.
GCN | 09 04 07
MSN Messenger video-based exploit revealed
Security experts are advising users of MSN Messenger to be wary of untrusted Web cam conversations after exploit code was posted for a zero-day vulnerability in the instant messaging (IM) application.
Hacking News | 08 31 07
IM Threats Double in August
IM security vendor Akonix has counted 38 new malicious-code attacks on instant-messaging networks this month, double the number experienced in July.
PC World | 08 29 07
Security Firm Flags 38 Malicious Code Attacks Over IM This Month
The total IM-routed code attacks for this year is 264 so far.
Mobile Messaging | 08 28 07
Unmanaged instant messaging creates headaches for companies attempting to comply with New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
One of the more significant changes to the FRCP is the requirement that corporations and other parties involved in federal litigation must make available certain electronic messages and records as part of the discovery process.
SC Magazine | 08 02 07
IM attacks up nearly 80%, Akonix says -- and P2P is worse
The IM attacks where tracked by the Akonix IM Security Center, which is a collaborative effort between Akonix, its customers and other security and messaging vendors.
ComputerWorld | 07 28 07
SMBs unprepared for IM revolution
Firstbrook said vendors like Akonix are providing good technology for IM management
TechTarget | 07 25 07
10 ways to monitor what your users are doing with company computers
However, since instant messaging can actually be useful in the business environment, assisting customers and enabling instantaneous communications with co-workers, vendors, etc., you may prefer to control it rather than block it.
TechRepublic | 07 20 07
Flaws revealed for Trillian, Yahoo IM platforms
An attacker can take advantage of the flaw by sending a specially crafted address and using a social engineering attack to get a victim to place the mouse over the imported address.
SC Magazine | 07 17 07
Is Anyone Paying Attention to IM Security?
The Silicon.com piece is different, in that its point is stark and unequivocal: Instant messaging is on its way to becoming as ubiquitous as corporate e-mail, but only a fraction of companies are showing any inclination to secure it.
IT Business Edge | 06 29 07
IM at Work, Part 1: Idle Chatter, Serious Risk
A recent monthly instant messaging (IM) threat watch by security firm Akonix tracked 20 malicious code attacks over IM networks during the month of May, bringing the 2007 total to 170 threats. The number of security threats associated with unmanaged instant messaging during work hours is steadily increasing. On average, at least one IM attack occurs per day.
TechNewsWorld | 06 28 07
Suddenly Swindled: Thieves Turn To Instant Messaging
Last year, 12% of consumers who reported Internet fraud incidents to the Internet Crime Control Center said they were contacted at some point by scam artists using instant messaging services. How much fraud is being conducted on instant messaging services still isn't clear. That's because the IC3 study only began asking about instant messaging last year, says Rodney Huff, research assistant for IC3. The joint venture is run by the FBI and the nonprofit National White Collar Crime Center.
CNN | 06 20 07
How IT departments are securing instant messaging
For many enterprises, the simple solution was to block IM and force employees to use existing email, phone and fax resources. But the evolution of communication channels is leaving that model in the dust.
SC Magazine | 06 14 07
Yahoo Messenger Gets V for Vulnerabilities
Yahoo spokesperson Terrell Karlsten confirmed the company is looking into a buffer overflow issue in an Active X control.
eWeek | 06 07 07
IM Watch: Busy Week for Mobile IM
Instant Messaging Planet | 06 05 07
IM attacks jump 73 percent
Industry analysts have repeatedly warned of the dangers of allowing IM into the workplace.
Computerworld | 06 01 07
Akonix: IM Attacks So Far Increased 73% over 2006
"IM is becoming favored over e-mail as a distribution vector for malware as a result of e-mail security now being employed by 75 percent or more of companies, while IM security is only employed by 15 to 20 percent of companies," Montgomery said. "The hackers are simply turning to the open door."
eWeek | 05 30 07
Akonix Intros IM Security Appliance
Akonix Systems, Inc., provider of the most deployed instant messaging (IM) security and compliance products in the world, today introduced the Akonix A1000 IM Essentials Appliance, a simple-to-install and administer, all-in-one IM management solution designed specifically to address the risk management, archiving and compliance needs for IM use in small and medium-sized business.
Dark Reading | 05 29 07
Akonix Tracks 38 Malicious Code Attacks over IM Networks in April
Akonix Systems, a provider of instant messaging (IM) security and compliance products, announced that its IM Security Center researchers tracked 38 malicious code attacks over IM networks during the month of April, an increase of 23% from March.
IT News Online | 05 01 07
Akonix: Instant messaging attacks up 200 percent in a year
The growing adoption of instant messaging (IM) platforms in corporate environments has made the technology more attractive to hackers, who have, in turn, attacked IM 200 per cent more often than this time last year.
SC Magazine | 03 30 07
IM: The New Security And Fraud Channel
Most corporations are bogged down trying to change with the times and increase IT budgets, but yet another IT issue has surfaced: the dissemination of company data and permeation of malware via instant messaging programs. Enter Akonix Systems, a 7-year-old firm specializing in IM security systems, who is betting big that corporate America will turn to IM as the next best way to communicate.
Dailyii | 03 19 07
IM Security Appliances
The Akonix A6000 offered the best mix of content filtering, protection and user management, plus it was by far the best value from a bang-for-the-buck perspective, earning it our Editor's Choice.
Network Computing | 02 05 07
Akonix Tracks 48 New IM Threats in January 2007
Akonix Systems, a provider of instant messaging (IM) security and compliance products, announced that its IM Security Center researchers tracked 48 new attacks over IM networks in January, a 222% increase over January 2006.
IT News Online | 01 30 07
New security challenges in 2007: instant messaging, mobile networks and illicit content
In the US, changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure implemented on December 1, 2006 require capabilities for storing and retrieving Instant Message conversations considered relevant to legal actions.
Security Park | 01 23 07
Akonix predicts 2007 IM security drivers
SC Magazine | 01 08 07
Instant messaging attacks
Downloadsquad | 01 03 07
Research: IM Malware Attacks on the Rise
eWeek | 01 02 07
IM threats jump 15 percent in 2006, says Akonix
"We are seeing that more people are using instant messenger, and more people are looking to attack. What platform they're using doesn't seem to matter," he said. "Now users have various IM protocols, and a lot of them with Skype are very hard to block completely. So it's not always possible to block all IM traffic.".
SC Magazine | 01 02 07
