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December, 2007

InfoWorld - Herd Intelligence Benefits IT Security, by Matt Hines, December 26
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/26/Herd-
effect-benefits-IT-security_1.html

TechNewsWorld—Researchers Shed Light on Shadowy Russian Botnets, by Andrew Burger, December 6,
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Researchers-
Shed-Light-on-Shadowy-Russian-Botnets-60640.html

eWeek— Combating Malware with Collective Intelligence, by Brian Prince, December 3
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2227307,
00.asp

 Eset Smart Security by Jason Saundalkar, December 1
http://www.itp.net/reviews/details.php?id=3245
E-commerceTimes—The Evolution of Spam Part Three: Now Taking Control of Your PC, by Andrew Burger, December 4
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/The-
Evolution-of-Spam-Part-3-Now-Taking-Control-of-
Your-PC-60587.html

 

 

 

 

 

November, 2007

DarkReading— AV Vendor Adopts 'Herd' Intelligence, by Kelly Jackson Higgins, November 30
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?
doc_id=140292
 Processor Magazine— Make It Difficult For Intruders, by David Geer, November 30 http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?
article=articles%2Fp2948%2F30p48%2F30p48.asp
&guid=&searchtype=&WordList=&bJumpTo=True
  WinPlanet—ESET Smart Security: Ultra-Efficient PC Protection with Minimal Overhead, By Joseph Moran, November 27
http://www.winplanet.com/article/3844-.htm
 eChannel Line— ESET offers faster security solution, by Staff, November 26 http://www.echannelline.com/usa/brief.cfm?
item=14842

eWeek—How Sweet is ESET’s New Security Suite?, by Frank Ohlhorst, November 20
http://www.channelinsider.com/article/How+
Sweet+Is+Esets+New+Security+Suite/
219846_1.aspx

E-Commerece Times—The Evolution of Spam, Part 2: New Defenses, by Andrew K. Burger, November 16 http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/The-
Evolution-of-Spam-Part-2-New-Defenses-
60344.html
 The Register— With one bound, Apple is free of 54 security bugs, by Dan Goodin, November 15
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/15/
behemoth_apple_patch_batch/
 Internetnews.com— Virus Infections Reflect Sloppy Manufacturing, by Andy Patrizio, November 14
http://www.internetnews.com/security/
article.php/3711266
Dark Reading— ESET Adds Linux Support, by Staff, November 14
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?
doc_id=139106&WT.svl=wire_2
E-Commerece Times— The Evolution of Spam, Part 1: New Tricks, by Andrew K. Burger, November 13
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/The-
Evolution-of-Spam-Part-1-New-Tricks-60282.html

PC Magazine — ESET Smart Security 3.0, by Neil J. Rubenking, November 9
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,
2214773,00.asp
 Information Week—Review: Five Security Suites That You May Not Know About, by Serdar Yegulalp
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle
.jhtml?articleID=202802869
 San Diego Metropolitan – November Issue  "The Best of 92101"
http://www.sandiegometro.com/2007/nov/bestof.php
Windows IT Pro —A Better-Integrated Endpoint Security Suite, by Renee Munshi, November 1
http://www.windowsitpro.com/articles/print.cfm?
articleid=97471

 

 

 

October, 2007

Dark Reading— ESET Adds Antispyware, Antispam, Firewall, October 31
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc
_id=137787

 

GottaBeMobile.com—ESET Getting Ready to Roll Out a New Upgrade, and a New Upgrade Path, Warner Crocker, October 29 http://www.gottabemobile.com/CommentView,guid,
f1e4b717-bc77-4d47-aa20-e07f59bd7a83.aspx

eWeek – ESET Claims Its Speed Is an AV Advantage, by Brian Prince, October 31 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,
2210422,00.asp
 SearchSecurity.com—Spammers exploiting SoCal fires, by Marcia Savage, October 24 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/24/
spammers-exploiting-socal-fires/
 San Diego Business Journal—Young tech companies nab spotlight at local awards, by Mike Freeman, October 20 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/
20071020-9999-1b20aea.html
 San Diego Union Tribune— Some S.D. companies speak of challenges they've had to face, by Bruce V. Bigelow, October 14 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/
20071014-9999-mz1b14trying.html

 

Reuters—Who should store data, stores or credit card companies? by Aarthi Sivaraman, October 5 http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/
idUSN0540085420071005

 

SC Magazine— Whitelisting - White horse or white lie? by Randy Abrams, October 3 http://www.scmagazineus.com/Whitelisting
----White-horse-or-white-lie/article/35903/
Eset Upgrades with Firewall and Antispam
http://www.computerwire.com/industries/
research/?pid=2BD8988B-0B72-4335-
A63A-E1FE6B8BD63B
 ESET Updates Antivirus For Network Scanning
By Andy Patrizio
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-
news/article.php/3707916
 ESET Takes Wraps Off New Internet Security Product
http://sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=118994&
link=perm

 

 September, 2007

 

 Spammers exploiting SoCal fires by Marcia Savage
http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/
24/spammers-exploiting-socal-fires/

Processor Magazine—Antivirus & Security Issues, by Chris MacKinnon, September 28 http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?
article=articles/P2939/23p39/23p39.asp&guid

bMighty.com— Experts Flag 10 Emerging IT Security Trends, by Mat Schwartz, September 27
http://bmighty.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?
articleID=202102359

TechNewsWorld—Media Player Exploits: New Vectors, New Threats, by Jack Germain, September 26  
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/
hedyfG9X4qltNS/Media-Player-Exploits-New-
Vectors-New-Threats.xhtml

 San Diego Business Journal—AeA Announces San Diego Tech Awards Finalists, by Staff, September 21
http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?
aID=117702&link=perm

 

bMighty.com - 10 Ways to Mitigate Your Security
Risks, by Mat Schwartz, September 13
http://www.bmighty.com/security/showArticle.
jhtml?articleID=201806086&pgno=1

 

 

 

 August, 2007

 

 

Government Computer News— You are naked without it, GCN Lab review | Antivirus programs seek and destroy malicious code waiting to pounce on remote systems by John Breeden, Lab Director & Senior Technology Analyst, August 13, 2007
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_21/44873-
1.html
   

San Diego Business Journal—ESET Sets Up New Headquarters, by Brad Graves, August 15, 2007
http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?
aID=116445&link=perm

Dark Reading—Researchers: Bugs Can Turn Security Tools Against Their Users, Kelly Jackson Higgins, August 17, 2007
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?
doc_id=131810&WT.svl=news1_2

InfoWorld—Storm Will Continue to Turn, by Matt Hines, August 17, 2007  
http://weblog.infoworld.com/zeroday/archives
/2007/08/storm_worm_will.html
 
Dark Reading—Slammer, Other Older Threats Making a Comeback, by Kelly Jackson Higgins, August 23, 2007
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?
doc_id=132301
 http://weblog.infoworld.com/zeroday/archives
/2007/08/storm_worm_will.html
 
San Diego Business Journal—Inc. 500 List Filled With San Diego Companies, by Preet Anand, August 24, 2007
http://www.sdbj.com/industry_article.asp?
aID=7249588.8435022.1518127.6351849.
727361.486&aID2=116770
Dark Reading—‘Dream Team’ Takes on Black Hats, by Kelly Jackson Higgins, August 28
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?
doc_id=132400&WT.svl=news1_3

Reuters— Monster says millions of users' data may be stolen, by Jim Finkle and Nick Zieminski, August 29 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830
/wr_nm/monster_hackers_dc
Dark Reading—Storm Hits Blogger, by Kelly Jackson Higgins, August 30
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?
doc_id=132793&WT.svl=news1_1

 

 

 July, 2007

 

 

Let’s Talk Computers - Hidden Dangers of Ecards & Egreetings, interview with Randy Abrams, July 21, 2007
http://www.lets-talk-computers.com/guests/
eset/e_cards/index.htm
   

ComputerWorld - Google cookie expiration plans called 'worthless', by Jaikumar Vijayan, July 19, 2007 
http://www.computerworld.com/action/
article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=internet_business&articleId=
9027411&taxonomyId=71&intsrc=kc_top

bizSanDiego Magazine - Foreign Exchange Tech firms comb the globe to open up new avenues for increasing revenue, by Andrea Siedsma, July 2007  
http://www.bizsandiego.com/index.php?option
=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=2

San Diego Business Journal - Operation Homefront San Diego donation July 16, 2007
http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=450613
4.69891602.1500694.2253491.5349935.329&lid
=&sid=&cid=&page=2

 

 June, 2007

 

 

SC Magazine— Anti-malware Management 2007 Review, by Peter Stephenson, June 15, 2007 http://scmagazine.com/us/grouptest/details/
2c7bd104-d1d8-2d5e-8fac-a9a3638ae563/anti-
malware-management-2007/

Review roundup: Slim is in for Windows desktop firewalls by Scot Finnie, June 12, 2007
 http://www.computerworld.com/action/
article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId
=9024319&intsrc=hm_list

New Trial For Teacher Convicted in Spyware Case
By Andy Patrizio, June 6, 2007
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-
news/article.php/3681916
 

People Section: COO announcement of Darrin Andersen, by Liz Wiedemann, June 4, 2004
http://sdbj.com/article.asp?
aID=114106&lid=&sid=&cid=&page=3
OneCare Antivirus Improves by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132498-
page,1/article.html

Antivirus Shroot in Innsbruck, by Neil Rubenking, June 1, 2007
http://www.appscout.com/2007/06/
antivirus_shootout_in_innsbruc.php
 Microsoft's OneCare improves antivirus test ranking by Gregg Keizer, June 1, 2007

http://www.computerworld.com/action/
article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=9022779

 

 May, 2007

 

The Ann Arbor News, Deborah I. Hicks—“Computer users should act to protect their personal data,“ May 14, 2007
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?
/base/news-22/117915379874080.xml&coll=2
  

SocalTech: “ESET Signs OEM Agreement,” May 23, 2007
http://www.socaltech.com/eset_signs_oem
_agreement/s-0009225.html
Net's Malware Infection: Growing by 5,000 Sites per Day By John P. Mello Jr.
http://www.technewsworld.com/
story/57435.html

Earthtimes.org - "bizSanDiego Honors San Diego Businesses at the 2007 Fast Growth Awards," May 4, 2007, posted bizSanDiego release about award winners that includes ESET.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show
/news_press_release,100659.shtml

 

 April, 2007

 

eWeek Strategic Partner, Hailey Lynne McKeefry - "Old Worry, New Answers: Anti-virus technology is not dead, but the vendors that solution providers favor are changing," April 24, 2007 http://www.esp.eweek.com/article/Old
+Worry+New+Answers/206057_1.aspx

 PC World, Erik Larkin - "ESET NOD32," April 23, 2007 (POST)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130906-
c,securitysoftware/article.html

Microsoft to patch Windows ANI zero-day early By Bill Brenner
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/
originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci12
49803,00.html

 

March, 2007

 

 

Developing Best Practices to Combat ID Theft,
Part 2
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/
NWsbRIzaWYgA5c/Developing-Best-
Practices-to-Combat-ID-Theft-Part-2.
xhtml

How Tough Is Vista's Defensive Lineup?
By Andrew K. Burger
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/
56073.html

 

Protecting Your Private Information
in Today's Evolving Threat Landscape
By Randy Abrams
http://www.convergemag.com/story.php?
catid=231&storyid=104157

 

Developing Best Practices to Combat ID Theft,
Part 1
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/
pKwvBUjQNWWDLB/Developing-Best-
Practices-to-Combat-ID-Theft-Part-1.xhtml

 

 

 

January and February, 2007

 

  E-Commerce Times, Andrew K. Burger -
”Meeting the SaaS Security Challenge,” February 27, 2007
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/
HMu34bOhVdP1zF/Meeting-the-SaaS-
Security-Challenge.xhtml
DarkReading.com, Kelly Jackson Higgins—” New Method Traps 'Fast' Worms,” February 12, 2007
http://www.darkreading.com/document.
asp?doc_id=117037&WT.svl=news1_1

eWeek.com, Matt Hines and Wayne Rash—” Root Server Attack Fizzles,” February 7, 2007
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,
2091782,00.asp
TechNewsWorld.com, Erika Morphy —” Hackers Launch Massive Attack on Internet DNS,” February 7, 2007
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/
55626.html

Scot’s Newsletter, Scot Finnie—”Eset's Nod32 2.7-The Best Antivirus Product of 2007,” February 2007
http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/
88.htm#avvii


InformationWeek.com, Gregg Keizer—” Security Experts Strategize At Microsoft HQ,” January 29, 2007
http://www.informationweek.com/story/
showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197001408


Forbes.com, Lisa Lerer—” A Hush-Hush Security Confab,” January 26, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/security/2007/01/26/
security-phishing-microsoft-tech-security-
cx_ll_0126microsoft.html
DarkReading.com, Kelly Jackson Higgins—” Microsoft's 'Secret' Security Summit,” January 26, 2007
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?
doc_id=115644&WT.svl=news1_1
 Internetnews.com, Andy Patrizio—”Did Christmas PCs Scare Spam?,” January 18, 2007
http://www.internetnews.com/security/
article.php/3654816
DarkReading.com, Kelly Jackson Higgins—”Experts Ponder Third-Party Mac Patches?,” January 16, 2007
http://www.darkreading.com/
document.asp?doc_id=114773
 E-Commerce Times, Erika Morphy—”Security Hole in Microsoft Word Threatens Millions,” January 3, 2007
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/
6zzdhP2lMXkOsR/Security-Hole-in-
Microsoft-Word-Threatens-Millions.xhtml
TechNewsWorld.com, Jennifer LeClaire—”Social Networking Sites in the Cross Hairs?,” January 3, 2007
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/
54932.html