security
Haute Secure Introduces Free Tool To Combat Online Fraud
ADOTAS — A start-up run by three former Microsoft Corp., employees has created a new tool to combat online security risks, according to reports. Haute Secure introduced a free online service that will allow consumers to detect and halt Internet-borne computer code created to steal private data. The service is similar [...] more...
Sendio Launches Anti-Spam Pricing Promo for Fed, State Governments
Sendio is slashing prices, particularly that of its I.C.E. Box for federal and state government agencies. Sendio is an email security establishment, working with businesses of all sizes to block unwanted email, viruses, phishing and botnet attacks through a Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) system. From now until April 30, 2007, all [...] more...
Microsoft Chasing Cybersquatters
Tech giant Microsoft has expanded its campaign against “cybersquatting,” the practice of buying up misspelled or unsold trademarked domain names and either filling the page with ads or offering to sell it to the trademark holder at an inflated price. Cybersquatting is illegal in both the US and the UK [...] more...
Connecticut Debates Age Check Bill for Social Networks
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has introduced a bill that would require all social networks operating in that state, including MySpace and Xanga, to verify users’ ages, require parental consent to publish the profiles of minors, and give parents access to their children’s data. Social networks, especially MySpace, have been criticized [...] more...
MySpace Giving Parents a Peek at Profiles
Spurred on by four recent liability lawsuits by families who claim their daughters were sexually assaulted by people they met through the service, News Corp-owned MySpace is developing a new tool that will allow parents to glean more information about their children’s MySpace profiles. Code named “Zephyr,” the software will monitor [...] more...
Protect and Prosper: How Online Brand Protection Makes for Happy Holidays
The busiest shopping season of the year is here. It’s a boon for major brands online, since nearly half of all Americans have indicated they plan to buy at least one gift online. But as the number of online shoppers grows, so too does the number of cyber criminals looking [...] more...
Microsoft Plays Detective, Casts 129 Lawsuits on Phishers
According to a Reuters report, Microsoft is aiding law enforcement efforts overseas by serving up 129 lawsuits related to phishing activity in Europe and the Middle East. The legal sweep arrives in the wake of the Redmond, WA giant’s unveiling of its Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative in March. Of the 129 [...] more...
Defending Your Brand Online: Five Assumptions Marketers Should Avoid when Building Trust and Brand Equity
It’s a sad but familiar tale: The marketing team at a global company works for months on the launch of a new product, only to find out after the fact that phishers and fraudsters are pulling their customers away, their profits down, and their reputation into the gutter. It happens more [...] more...
The Alter Ego Advantage: Why Nom de Guerre by Populus Reduces Online Vulnerability
Everyone needs a nom de guerre. While we enjoy the ability to interact more directly with others, an increasingly connected world makes it harder to maintain a sphere of personal, protected space. We have become vulnerable to exposure in surprising ways illustrated by some recent events: • Users [...] more...
Report: Sophisticated Crime Syndicates Taking Over Cyber Scams
Homespun hackers are dwindling as a threat to the online space, but much more sophisticated and threatening cyber criminals are emerging. According to a Reuters report, cyber-scams are increasingly being committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from such complicated scams. Said groups typically engage in ID theft, carding, [...] more...
Spotlight
Turn VP: Ad Network Shakeout “Inevitable”ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – Turn bills itself as the world’s first Smart Market for online advertising. Turn’s VP of product and [...] more...
Features
- Quality Video: DIY (Cheap) or Else December 1st 2008
- Will Widget Channel Be Tuned In? November 26th 2008
- Internet Vs. TV Smackdown: Friends or Foes? November 25th 2008
- Search Marketing Is Better Than a Bailout November 24th 2008
- With Ads, Pretty Is as Pretty Does November 21st 2008
Latest News
- Media6Degrees Announces Commercial Launch December 1st 2008
- Whither $400 million in GM Ad Spending? December 1st 2008
- Twittering Disasters December 1st 2008
- Huffington Post Reels in $25M December 1st 2008
- Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal a No-Go December 1st 2008
- I Got Me the Cyber Monday Blues December 1st 2008
- Strange Bedfellows: Obama and Spears Top Yahoo Searches December 1st 2008
- Thank God For Office Sex November 26th 2008
Reader Favorites
Classifieds
Most Commented
- Targeting Is the Ad Network "Killer App" (7)
- Vengence is Mine Saith Ballmer (6)
- Study: Blogs Beat Social Networks on Purchase Influence (5)
- Federal Bailout Proposed for Online Ad Industry (4)
- Ad Networks That Buck the Downward Trend (4)
- When Boomers, Gen Y Collide (4)
- Self-Serve Ad Exchange: This Century's Strowger Switch? (3)
- Bust-Outs and Layoffs: Apple, NBCU, Nokia, Spot Runner, WildTangent (3)

