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Blame the 'Grand Children' of the North (GCON) over Boko Haram

When people are secluded and prevented from being exposed to the trends of civilisation and enlightenment for a very long time, either by rigid dogmatic religious beliefs or sticking tenaciously to native customs and tradition without room for personal self- examination or conviction; it is tantamount to a prison state, where inmates are shut out of the wider society and deprived of the benefits of socialization, which makes us to be aware, participate in and appreciate what is around us and, thus have a sense of belonging.

: Ituah Ayewoh, security consultant/analyst; Nigeria Watch International; Posted On Thursday, 22 January 2015 16:17

Experts: Angler EK is exploiting previous unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer

The dangerous Angler exploit kit has a new piece of ammunition to use in its attacks: a fresh Adobe Flash zero-day vulnerability. The kit is exploiting the previously unknown vulnerability in several versions of Internet Explorer running on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

: LARA LACKIE; Talking Point; Posted On Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:53

AppRiver dissects current global threats to cyber security...weighs Obama's in the balance

London, UK: AppRiver, LLC has released its year-end Global Security Report, a detailed summary and analysis of the malware and spam trends of 2014.

In total, AppRiver quarantined 893 million messages containing viruses in attachments last year, nearly doubling the number from 2013. The security vendor also quarantined 30.5 billion spam messages in its filters with nearly 5 billion captured in March alone. And for the first time, more spam originated from North America than Europe, which together accounted for 69 percent of all global spam traffic.

: LARA LACKIE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:40

OPSWAT acquires email security provider Red Earth Software

LONDON (UK): OPSWAT has acquired Red Earth Software, developer of email security and secure file transfer solutions.

The Red Earth Software acquisition now enables OPSWAT to extend its advanced threat prevention technology to protect email and file transfer in addition to servers, endpoints and proxy servers. Red Earth Software recently integrated OPSWAT’s multi anti-malware scanner Metascan® into its products Policy Patrol Mail Security, an email security solution for Exchange Server, and Policy Patrol Secure File Transfer, a solution that enables users to securely send large and confidential files. With the Metascan integration, Policy Patrol customers now have access to robust protection against malware threats.