The global spam rate is shown on a daily basis for this edition’s given period. Spam rate indicates the accumulated emails which have been tagged as spam, in comparison to total email traffic.

According to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7), worm infections in the enterprise rose by nearly 100 percent during the first half of 2009 over the preceding six month.That is horrible and indicates that more attentions should be paid to network security in enterprise. Before it does any harmful damages to us, we should [...]

Nowadays, almost every company has a network security admin! what will you do to ensure a proper training for your network security admin,properly training your security administrator is important. So, let’s see what makes a good network security administrator and what kind of training should be given to make a good network security administrator!
why [...]

1) Over-Believing the Software’s”Intelligence” without understanding how it makes determinations.
Software default settings are very seldom correct for YOU. For example, a device may say that a SQL server should respond in 50ms. But, if that device is across a WAN with a 200ms ping time–that is highly unlikely. This causes false SLOW SQL messages. This [...]

There is an illusion today towards discovering the loopholes in a network as wonders of global connectivity enfold. Such diversity seems to call for the need for companies to invest more in training their network operators on discovery of Network loopholes. Simultaneously, there also exists at large sophisticated [...]

by Brett Glass — pcmag.com
How private is your PC data? Thanks to the proliferation of Internet worms and hardware and
software spying tools, the erosion of loyalty between corporations and their employees, and the
9/11 disaster (which has caused many to value security over privacy and civil rights), the
likelihood is greater than ever that your computer is [...]

Here you will learn network troubleshooting tips, fix tcp/ip errors, tcp/ip settings, internet connectivity errors, how to fix pc errors, lan connectivity issues, traceroute and ping commands. Whether your operating system is Windows or Linux network problems are likely to arise. Many times the network problems arisee due to improperly [...]

This year, we’ve seen many ARP spoofing viruses, also known as ARP cache-poisoning viruses. This type of malware comes in many variants and is widely spread in China. Recently, we uncovered an ARP spoofing virus that exhibits several new features.
The new ARP spoofing virus inserts a malicious URL into the session of an HTTP response, [...]

Definition
To compete and win, businesses must increasingly operate with an expanding footprint. Today’s global economic climate creates significant obstacles to managing the enterprise. Offshoring, outsourcing, and telecommuting, as well as emerging markets worldwide, are driving the development of a virtual workforce that is widely distributed across a rapidly rising number of remote locations. A wide [...]

To be an effective network administrator, you don’t have to be a scientific genius. And you don’t have to memorize a bunch of obscure facts about hardware and software. Instead, you need to know two things:

Where to find the appropriate solutions to technology problems when they arise
How to use the right tools for [...]