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Cloudmark, the proven leader in real-time messaging security, announced today that it has joined forces with Simplicita, the company that frees carrier networks from zombies and botnets, to equip Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with real-time capabilities to detect and disinfect bot-controlled machines on their networks. Cloudmark will supply continuous data feeds on global botnet activity that will be integrated in Simplicita's ZBX zombie remediation system. The joint solution will offer service providers a highly reliable and accurate method for zombie detection, containment and disinfection.

Cloudmark statistics show that zombies generate more than half of the 92 billion abusive messages sent daily, more than 90% of phishing scams, and nearly all worms and viruses. Computer users are often wholly unaware of these activities and that their corporate and personal reputations may be compromised. Rob Fleischman, chief technology officer at Simplicita predicts that, "Within three ...

Fortinet -- the pioneer and leading provider of multi-threat security solutions -- today announced FortiClient Mobile, an integrated security software agent for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian OS-enabled mobile smart phones and PDAs.

Extending the capabilities of Fortinet's FortiClient endpoint security software, FortiClient Mobile allows mobile operators and handset manufacturers to offer subscribers increased security. The software is the first mobile endpoint security solution on the market to integrate full antivirus, MMS/SMS anti-spam, personal firewall and address book protection and IPSec VPN capabilities to protect mobile subscribers against constantly evolving and sophisticated mobile threats.

FortiClient Mobile secures the growing number of smart phone subscribers that leverage standard operating systems such as Windows Mobile and Symbian. These operating systems provide powerful access to mobile enterprise applications, such as Microsoft Office Mobile, as well ...

Cloudmark, Inc., the proven leader in messaging security solutions, is introducing a feature that safely unsubscribes email users from unwanted newsletters while equipping service providers and publishers to better accommodate subscriber preferences. Cloudmark's new "Safe Unsubscribe" capabilities provide greater visibility and granular control over an issue of growing risk, cost and customer dissatisfaction.

To date, users hesitate to follow "unsubscribe" links for fear of having their email addresses or other information captured and misused. Instead, readers wishing to stop receiving newsletters mislabel them "spam," causing false positives that compromise the efficiency of service providers' security systems and incite complaints from the publishers and recipients of legitimate newsletters being wrongly blocked. Fielding complaints and maintaining messaging security infrastructures costs Tier 1 and 2 service providers millions of dollars each year as does storing unwanted email...

Cloudmark, Inc., the proven leader in messaging security solutions, announced today that Kansai Multimedia Service (KMS), located in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and deploying cable internet service Zone Access Quality, or "ZAQ," will further extend its secure messaging solutions by introducing Cloudmark's Authority service to provide increased protection from spam, phishing and virus threats for ZAQ subscribers.

Cloudmark Authority's messaging security engine protects 100 million mailboxes around the world by detecting, analyzing and blocking abusive email in real-time. By introducing Cloudmark Authority, KMS provides a solution for ZAQ members that filters and blocks risky emails and new subspecies of abuse within moments of their first appearance, independent of content or language. Cloudmark's consistently high accuracy is achieved with a unique combination of reporting by the Cloudmark Collaborative Security Network with proprietary fingerprinting algorithms that uniquely identify a...