Akonix in the News
Read all about what the press and analysts are saying about Akonix's IM Management solutions.
BREAKING STORIES
Akonix A6000 named 2007 'IM Security Appliances Editors Choice' by Network Computing
"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 Magazine| 02 06 07
Akonix Named 2006 'Hot Company' by Info Security Products Guide
"With real-time communications technologies such as instant messaging gaining wide acceptance in the past few years, Akonix is well positioned to take advantage of this high growth market opportunity," said Rick Justice, chief editor of Info Security Products Guide. "Akonix solutions play a key role in helping secure, control and manage these real-time technologies, enabling them to be effective business and productivity tools."
Info Security Products Guide | 01 31 06
Akonix
Selected As 'Best of the Tests' Winner by Network World
"Lab Alliance members Christine Perey and Travis Berkley said they were impressed with Akonix L7 Enterprise's customization features for user configurations and policies, especially in governing file transfers by type, size or time of day. Akonix L7 Enterprise was one of nine products that stood out as the cream of the crop, earning our highest recommendation for enterprise deployment among the 42 finalists."
Network World Magazine | 02 28 05
Internet Fraud Netting More Millions
Internet fraud involving auctions, identity theft and other activities cost U.S. consumers a record $239 million in 2007, says a government report released Thursday.
Investors | 04 03 08
The Need for Unified Policy Management
In 2007, both IBM and Microsoft introduced new products, enhancements and integrations that will have a significant and lasting effect on communications in and across organizations. Named ‘unified communications’ (UC), these technologies typically include previously separate applications like email, instant messaging (IM), online conferencing, collaborative portals and even such familiar products as fax and telephone.
CIO | 02 11 08
Security Friday: Alerts on the Web
Mozilla has escalated the threat ranking for the vulnerability reported last week in the traversal of the directory structure for add-ons. The bug would allow for stealing of session information.
Daily Bits | 02 05 08
IM attacks get nastier
Attacks on instant messaging systems continued to grow more sophisticated and dangerous in January, according to Akonix, a vendor of messaging security systems.
Computer World | 01 30 08
Hackers Continue To Get Busy Over IM
On a more positive note, I suppose, the report notes that 2007 was the first year in which a hacker was successfully prosecuted for the illegal use of IM botnets in hijacking PayPal accounts. That crime is punishable by $1.75 million in fines and nearly 60 years in prison.
Redmond Mag | 01 03 08
IM-based threats still lurking
Over the last several years, the malware research community has seen the dramatic shift away from attacks sent to end users via email attachment or IMs toward greater use of compromised Web sites to distribute nefarious code – but, beware, the IM channel is still harboring plenty of threats. According to Akonix Systems, its researchers tracked some 18 new malware attacks being delivered via IM during the month of December, bringing the total volume of IM-based threats that it uncovered to 346 for the entire year of 2007.
InfoWorld | 01 03 08
'Diehard' virus variants flexing muscle
New Windows-based ‘downloader’ malware known as Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Diehard surged to the top of Kaspersky Lab’s ‘Virus Top Twenty’ list for December because of its explosive propagation, the security firm said. Security firm Akonix Systems, which specializes in instant messaging (IM)-based defense, said it counted three new IM-based worms in December – Cargar, Etest and YMWorm – and determined that there have been a total of 346 IM-targeted malware types for 2007, down from the 406 IM malware types seen in 2006.
Network World | 01 02 08
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
