Websense Enterprise has an option for enhanced web security called the “Security Group”.  This is a plug in for Websense Enterprise that will enhance the number of categories to be filtered and greatly enhances your network security by blocking websites that are infected with mobile malicous code, blocking spyware at the gateway, blocking sites that use mailicous keyloggers to track users keystrokes and capture passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information.  Many times this information is used for identity theft.  How can you protect your employees from these threats simply and affordably, while at the same time protecting your network from infection.  Websense security group plug in with Websense Enterprise is the simplest, most effective option we have found.  To find out more about this optional plug in, visit Incaption who is a Premium Websense Partner and can answer all of your questions and help you get your installation started right away.

Phishing attempts are running rampid and here is another example of a phishing attmept that was recently discovered by Websense Security Labs and Websense customers with the Web Security Suite are protected in real time from these threats as they are discovered by Websense Security Labs.  Below is the latest that was recently discovered.

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“Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of a phishing attack that targets customers of Interchange Bank. Users receive a spoofed email message which offers a credit of $75 to their account if they take part in a survey. The email provides a link to a phishing site that attempts to collect user account information”.

This phishing site is hosted in Romania and was up at the time of this alert.

Phishing email text:

Dear Customer,
At INTERCHANGE BANK, we are committed to protecting your financial interests with secure technology and educate you with ?best practices? for staying secure on the Internet. As a INTERCHANGE internet Banking customer, you have been chosen by customer department to take part in our quick and easy 7 question survey. In return we will credit $75 to your account - Just for your time!
Helping us better understand how our customers feel, benefits everyone. With the information collected we can make changes to improve and expand our services.
The information you provide us is all non-sensitive and anonymous - No part of it is handed down to any third party groups. It will be stored in our secure database for maximum of 3 days while we process the results of this survey.
We kindly ask you to spare two minutes of your time in taking part with this unique offer! To continue click on the link below:
< URL REMOVED >
Interchange Bank Park 80 West / Plaza Two Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

How can a SPAM filter product like Cloudmark help my users protect against viruses?  Well, it is simple, when Cloudmark is doing their analysis of SPAM to add to the database, they quite often discover that the e-mail message that they are evaluating is actually an infected e-mail.  It can be infected with viruses, trojans or other dangerous mobile malicous code that is intended to harm the recipients.  Cloudmark will then tag this as SPAM and now any Cloudmark customers receiving this message will be protected at this message will automatically be moved to their SPAM folder where it will not be opened and will not be able to harm anything.

Websense and Cloudmark are very similar in that both are “Best Of Breed” in their respective fields.  Websense has ove 350 of the “Fortune 500″ companies as customers and Cloudmark is well on it’s way.  Websense is Internet Filtering and Cloudmark is SPAM Filtering and both do what they do better than any other product on the market in my oppinion.  If you would like to find out more about either product, you can contact us at 303-660-9900.

Did you know that you can filter remote or mobile users with Websense just as if they were at the office?  Websense Remote Filtering allows for just that by simply installing a client on the machine that you want to filter and installing a separate server in your DMZ, you can apply all of the same policies, rule sets and filtering to your mobile or remote office users.  You will also be able to report on those users exactly as if they were at the office.  For more information on the new Websense Remote Filtering, click here

Websense Web Security Suite is an all inclusive suite of products designed to keep users at work safe on the Internet from the many, many web threats that exist today.  Most people just think of the obvious like porn or gambling sites.  It goes way beyond this now with very sophisticated sceems to steal personal, company and other sensitive information with the use of Spyware, Keyloggers, Mobile Malicous Code and the latest threat, Bots.  All of these are technologies that are deployed on unsuspecting users and most will never even know any of them are taking place.  Websense actually knows these threats and scans the Internet 24X7 to discover new ones.  These threats are then analyzed and categorized and then the appropriate filtering is pushed out to it’s customers automatically with no user intervention required to protect all of the millions of end users out there that are subscribed to Websense and have the Web Security Suite in place.  To learn more about Websense and how the Web Security Suite may help you, or for a free 30 day trial, visit Incaption and Websense Web Security Suite

The following is a real Phishing attempt that was recently discovered by Websense from a Bank.  Websense customers are alerted if their organization is targeted in any of these types of Phishing scams.

Phishing email text:

Dear CU @ HOME customer,

Because of the rapid increase of fraudulent activity in the field of online banking, we implemented a number of methods which increase the security level. They ensure your money is absolutely safe. We need your ‘urgent’ phone number to contact you when needed, for the updated security system to operate effectively. Our advice is to use a cell phone number or a phone where you are most easily available. Please pay attention this procedure is of great importance and should be treated respectively. We carry out constant, 24-hour monitoring of all the funds, and in case a cheating suspicion arises, our managers contact customers by phone to settle the situation and either approve or revoke the payment.

In order to fill in your urgent number, please pass the authorization process and follow the tips offered by the system.
In order to start the authorization process, please click on this link below:

 < LINK REMOVED>

T Walber
Security Advisor
CU @ HOME Banking .

Can you and your users be protected from web sites that are infected with Mobile Malicous Code?  The answer is yes, with Websense Security Group Plug In, you are automatically protected from infected sites as the advanced scanning capabilities of Websense allow them to discover these sites and add them to the database of blocked or filtered sites and this protects you and your users from getting infected or viewing any of these sites.

When you are considering Web Filtering, you have to look at many things, the first and most important is the database of the filtering company.  This is the backbone of the product and service that you are paying for.  Websense has patented technology to insure that there database is the most accurate in the industry.  This gives you accurate filtering so you are not over blocking and or underblocking web sites.  Also, this database is kept very fresh and Websense customers receive nightly updates further insuring the accuracy.  So, Websense can help you by providing you with the answer to your problem of web filtering and doing it very effectively.  Click here for a free 30 Day Trial of Websense

Websense continues to show value. The internet threat landscape has evolved drastically over the past few years. Security solutions that protected you against viruses and worms five years ago, simply do not take the preemptive approach needed to combat today’s blended attacks. New threats demand new security technology, and Websense security products deliver this protection.