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In The News Analyst Coverage Press Releases Events Press Kit Photo / Image Bank Quarterly Newsletter Real-Time Spam Outbreak Monitor  Spam Lab Online Statistics  Virus Outbreak Reports  Subscribe to Commtouch’s Quarterly Newsletter Watch Our Anti-Spam Video Webinar - Countering the zombie threats to messaging and web security News & Events  >  In The News 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Dec. 17, 2007 Globes Commtouch to reverse split Commtouch chairman and CEO Gideon Mantel said “We are extremely appreciative of our shareholders who demonstrated high levels of support for the reverse split proposal. The company will continue to work hard to prove that this vote of confidence is warranted. We have built a solid foundation, and it is from this position that we will continue to increase our value proposition to both our customers and the investment community.” Full story ... Dec. 17, 2007 Network World Commtouch takes aim at zombie machines “Our tracking process is a real-time process. Commtouch is constantly gathering information and analyzing it. We've found that typically within 15 minutes we can identify most of the IP addresses involved in a spam or malware outbreak.” Full story ... Dec. 11, 2007 Globes Commtouch e-mail defense software chosen by Checkpoint The solution includes anti-spam and anti-virus software. Full story ... Nov. 23, 2007 USA Today Despite Filters,Tidal Wave of Spam Bears Down on Emailers "Every year for the past four years has been the worst year yet," says Rebecca Steinberg Herson, vice president of marketing at e-mail security firm Commtouch. Full story ... Nov. 20, 2007 DM News Commtouch Tracks New MP3 Blackmail Spam This past weekend Commtouch identified a new form of mp3 spam with subject lines meant to frighten its recipients. The e-mail subject lines of the new outbreak included: “I'm monitoring you,” “You're being watched,” “Your phone is monitored,” and “The tape of your conversation.” Full story ... Nov. 20, 2007 Network World Spammer Pose as Private Eyes to Spread Malware Some common subjects headings for the malware e-mails include "I'm monitoring you," "You're being watched," and "The tape of your conversation." Commtouch says that the malware is sent in the form of a password-protected compressed file that appears to be an MP3 sound file. Full story ... Nov. 13, 2007 Australian IT Smarter Zombies, Spam Net Threat Spammers continue to find ways of dodging anti-spam engines and filters to clog our inboxes, according to Commtouch Q3 report. Full story ... Nov. 12, 2007 DM News Commtouch Debuts Online Spam Center Commtouch has debuted a new online tool that informs viewers of data about global virus outbreaks. Full story ... Nov. 11, 2007 PC World Database Tracks Virus Wars The Malware Outbreak Center monitors malware discoveries and how long it takes major antivirus vendors to respond. Full story ... Nov. 10, 2007 Network World Virus Database Tracks Vendor Performance A new online malware database details the latest virus outbreaks from around the world, and shows which antivirus tools were able to block the threat and which ones failed. Full story ... Nov. 9, 2007 Computer Technology Review Commtouch Unveiles New Malware Outbreak Center Broad zombie distribution networks spread new virus variants across the Internet so quickly that many anti-virus technologies have trouble keeping up, Commtouch's Virus Outbreak Detection Lab reported. Full story ... Nov. 9, 2007 Dallas Morning News Spam made up 95 percent of all e-mails in the third quarter of 2007 "In September, we had 48.3 million messages identified as spam, and we blocked 90 percent of the incoming mail as spam," said Laura McGee, manager of e-mail and calendaring at Texas Instruments Inc. Full story ... Nov. 6, 2007 SecurityProNews Commtouch Offers New Malware Outbreak Center Email security company Commtouch unveiled its Malware Outbreak Center and associated tools today, to provide a look at various aspects of spam and viruses. Full story ... Nov. 6, 2007 ad hoc news Commtouch Unveils New Online Malware Outbreak Center "Broad zombie distribution networks spread new virus variants across the Internet so quickly that many anti-virus technologies have trouble keeping up," said Haggai Carmon, vice president and head of the Commtouch Virus Outbreak Detection Lab. Full story ... Oct. 31, 2007 Tech Sakerhet Commtouch och svenska Halon Security har släppt årets tredje rapport om hot och trender inom skräppostande Ett sätt att komma runt virusfiltren är att inte bifoga någon skadlig kod i själva mejlet, utan istället lägga in en länk på vilken exempelvis trojanen finns att ladda hem. Skräppostarna måste då locka in mottagaren på adressen. Antalet skadliga URL:er som skickas ut uppgår enligt Commtouch till omkring 1 500 i timmen. Full story ... Oct. 22, 2007 Mag Securs Commtouch confie à Hermitage Solutions la distribution en France de sa passerelle anti-spam Après plus de 80 accords OEM passés avec les plus grands acteurs du marché de la sécurité dont Arkoon, F-Secure, Sendmail, Mirapoint et Watchguard, Commtouch renforce son réseau de vente propre et nomme Hermitage Solutions distributeur pour la France de sa solution anti-spam : Commtouch Entreprise Anti-Spam Gateway. Full story ... Oct. 19, 2007 Dark Reading A Torrent of SpaMP3 Accounts for 8-10% of Global Spam Over 18 Hour Period Commtouch notes that the sound quality of the recordings is very poor because they're recorded at a bitrate of 16 Kbps and a sample rate of 11 KHz, at an average length of 30 seconds. The spaMP3 messages are also highly randomized to avoid being caught by filters. Full story ... Oct. 18, 2007 SC Magazine MP3 pump-and-dump spam targets inboxes The spammers have varied their file sizes – on average 85 kilobytes – and have randomized the sound quality of the recordings to avoid detection, researchers at Commtouch said. Full story ... Oct. 18, 2007 Information Week MP3 Audio Spam Flooding the Internet with Pump-and-Dump Scam Starting at 21:24 GMT Wednesday evening, according to security firm Commtouch, a torrent of new spaMP3 flooded the Internet. The spam messages, which contain short MP3 audio attachments pitching the stock of a company called Exit Only, have accounted for 7% to 10% of all spam globally over the past 18 hours. Full story ... Oct. 17, 2007 Silicon Republic Spam hits all-time high during Q3 2007 “Blended spam demonstrates the ingenuity of spammers to attempt to evade detection,” said Amir Lev, Commtouch president and chief technology officer. “Most antivirus and anti-spam technologies are not capable of blocking these types of messages, so the malware threats are allowed to penetrate the users’ computers.” Full story ... Oct. 16, 2007 Net Security Spam reaches 95% of all email Blended-threat email, spam with malware hyperlinks inside, is one technique which reached a new high during Q3. Full story ... Oct. 16, 2007 Silicon France Arkoon renforce son offre Anti-Spam grâce à la technologie Commtouch Software Cet anti-spam est hérité d'un partenariat avec CommTouch (en OEM) et permet aux produits Arkoon de contrôler les spams en interrogeant un serveur externe. Cette solution a l'avantage de ne pas consommer les capacités 'mémoire' de l'appliance, notamment dans le traitement de vérification des signatures. Full story ... Oct. 8, 2007 Globes E-mail security co Commtouch signs 9 new contracts "The third quarter was another strong quarter in terms of new partners signed, continuing our earlier momentum. One of our objectives for 2007 was to sign 30 OEM deals, and we have nearly achieved this target already at the end of third quarter. These new agreements, together with our existing partner base, are laying the foundation for our future growth in 2008." Full story ... Oct. 1, 2007 SC Magazine Threat of the Month: Server-side polymorphic malware Real-time response is critical to defend against server-side polymorphic malware. A good AV solution should “block first and ask questions later,” examining active outbreaks and preventing them before they enter your network. If you depend on a system that propagates responses before acting, it may be too late. Full story ... Aug. 8, 2007 DMAsia Draytek chooses Commtouch anti-spam technology Adding the Commtouch Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD) technology will make VigorPro5500 an improved security appliance for small to medium-sized enterprises. Full story ... Aug. 8, 2007 Help Net Security Zero-hour virus outbreak detection New 5.0 version of Commtouch Enterprise Anti-Spam Gateway now includes Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Detection to complement traditional enterprise Anti-Virus solutions and block new malware variants from the first moments they emerge on the Internet. Full story ... Aug. 8, 2007 TMCNet Commtouch Intros New Solution to Speed Up E-Mail Spam Detection “We see more and more similarity and overlap between spam and malware innovation and distribution methods, so it is a natural next step to integrate Commtouch’s Zero Hour solution into the Enterprise Anti-Spam Gateway, to provide the ultimate inbox protection,” said Haggai Carmon, vice president of products at Commtouch, in a statement. Full story ... Aug. 2, 2007 SC Magazine Commtouch Spots Zip Spam Spike Commtouch’s lab disclosed on Tuesday that spammers are distributing email runs with ZIP files containing a text file with a stock promotion. The attachments are sometimes password-protected. Full story ... July 26, 2007 CIO Magazine Slamming the company door on porn "It's important that they know their legal responsibilities when handling illegal content in the workplace." Full story ... July 25, 2007 PC World E-mail Filtering to Block Porn from Corporate Networks Anti-spam users can now scan e-mail traffic for child pornography and other inappropriate content, in addition to scanning for spam or spyware messages. Full story ... July 24, 2007 SC Magazine Add Excel to trend of spam attachments "Excel is a natural progression after the recent spate of PDF spam, which itself is a natural development from basic image spam," said Amir Lev, Commtouch’s chief technology officer. Full story ... July 24, 2007 Computer World Pump-and-dump Scammers Turn to Excel According to Amir Lev, Commtouch's chief technology officer, the turn to Excel is just the latest twist in the scam. Full story ... July 18, 2007 SecurityFocus Spammers dump images, switch to PDF files SecurityFocus' Robert Lemos writes that foiled by increasingly accurate corporate spam filters, spammers have dumped pictures for PDFs in their bulk e-mailings. Full story ... July 18, 2007 eWeek Image Spammers Utilize PDF Many messaging security tools are not effective at detecting images in the PDF form, writes Brian Prince. Full story ... July 18, 2007 SC Magazine FBI warns of three spam hoaxes SC's Dan Kaplan reports on the FBI's announcement of three email scams. Full story ... July 13, 2007 SC Magazine Email security vendors see PDF spam spike Frank Washkuch reports on the latest PDF spam outbreak, which increased global spam traffic by as much as a third. Full story ... July 11, 2007 ComputerWorld Commtouch Reports Huge Spike in PDF Spam "The popularity of the PDF format for legitimate business communications makes it difficult for traditional antispam solutions to block effectively without causing massive false positives," said Rebecca Herson, senior director of marketing at Commtouch. Full story ... July 8, 2007 IT World Canada Commtouch Joins IWF and Image Analyzer to Help Companies Block Online Adult Content With resources from IWF and Image Analyzer, anti-spam users can now scan e-mail traffic for child pornography and other inappropriate content, in addition to scanning for spam or spyware messages, explained Rebecca Herson, senior director for marketing at Commtouch. Full story ... July 3, 2007 The Motley Fool CTCH selected as one of the Motley Fool's 'Top 10 Technology Stocks' Commtouch was choosen by over 31,000 ranked players of the Motley Fool CAP community who evaluated over 4,700 stocks Full story ... June 10, 2007 Security Products Commtouch CTO Amir Lev on 'The Elusive Enemy' of Email Viruses Anti-virus protection advances to trap even the sneakiest of viruses: the server-side polymorphic Full story ... May 27, 2007 CSO Polymorphic malware changes shape to fool detection schemes Network detection must be tuned to work in real-time. Full story ... May 21, 2007 Government Computer News Laser Targeting By Hackers Commtouch reports shows how hackers continue to come up with new and better schemes for getting past AV defenses. Full story ... May 6, 2007 Security Manager Server-side Polymorphic Malware Exploits Zero-Hour Vulnerability of Traditional AV Q1 2007: Malware Outbreak Trends, released today by Commtouch (NASDAQ: CTCH), shows how malware writers are using speed, variation and social engineering techniques to mass-distribute their malicious code across the Internet. Full story ... May 6, 2007 DM News Social Engineering Used to Spread Malware Spammers are increasingly using social-engineering techniques to lure e-mail recipients to open e-mail infected with malware, according to a new study by e-mail security company Commtouch. Full story ... May 3, 2007 eWeek Commtouch: Malware Writers' Tactics Evolving A new report by security vendor Commtouch claims attackers are increasingly spreading server-side polymorphic malware via e-mail in a bid to circumvent anti-virus tools. Full story ... May 3, 2007 Bristish Computer Society Sophisticated Viruses and Social Engineering are Increasing Instances of PC Infection The rise of server-side polymorphic malware uses the zero hour vulnerability of traditional antivirus solutions, according to Commtouch. Full story ... May 3, 2007 PhysOrg Server-side Polymorphic Primary Distribution Method For Email-borne Malware "The server-side polymorphic distribution method is an evolution of earlier tactics, where malware writers would introduce new variants over a period of weeks or months, to try to bypass anti-virus engines," said Rebecca Herson, senior director of marketing at Commtouch. Full story ... May 2, 2007 Security IT Hub Server-side Polymorphic Distribution Evolves Attackers are increasingly spreading server-side polymorphic malware via e-mail in a bid to circumvent anti-virus tools. Full story ... April 28, 2007 Soft Mail 2007년 1/4분기 스팸 경향 - 정상 뉴스레터를 납치하는 새로운 스팸 기술의 등장 하론 UTM 장비에 탑재된 스팸기술인 Commtouch의 Zero-Hour 엔진에서 모아진 스팸 자료들을 분석하여 2007년 1/4분기 스팸 통계를 발표하였습니다. Full story ... April 22, 2007 Seeking Alpha Shlomo Greenberg Reviews Commtouch Software Ltd.(CTCH) Commtouch Software Ltd. (CTCH) has yielded a 36.5% return for investors since the beginning of the year. Full story ... April 21, 2007 DM News Hijacked newsletter spam the latest trend According to Commtouch analysis, newsletter spam aims to evade anti-spam filters by disguising itself as a legitimate form of mass distributed message. Full story ... April 20, 2007 SecurityManager.de Fast 90 Prozent der weltweit verschickten E-Mails waren in den ersten drei Monaten dieses Jahres Spam Neue Spam-Technik: Newsletter-Hijacking könnte in Europa Milliarden-Schäden verursachen Full story ... April 19, 2007 Branchez-Vous Techno Dernière trouvaille des polluposteurs : le détournement de newsletters Dans son dernier rapport trimestriel, Commtouch indique que les polluposteurs détournent des lettres d'informations populaires dans le but de duper les filtres chargés de bloquer les pourriels. Full story ... April 19, 2007 The Enquirer Commtouch dévoile les nouvelles tendances du Spam pour 2007 Le spécialiste de la sécurité Commtouch vient de publier les chiffres des grandes tendances qui ont marqué le premier trimestre dans le domaine des spams. Full story ... April 19, 2007 IT News New Zealand No End to Spam Zombies were detected in over 100 countries, having spread to almost every corner of the globe Full story ... April 13, 2007 Pc World New Zealand Black Friday: Massive Virus Outbreak Consumer Alert: Many antivirus programs fail to catch today’s nasty Storm Worm variant. Full story ... April 9, 2007 Help Net Security Podcast: The Present State of E-mail Security Commtouch CTO Amir Lev discusses the current state of e-mail security and presents an overview of the threats. Full story ... April 1, 2007 ebizQ Why Is Image Spam Flooding Our Inboxes? A Discussion With Commtouch Listen to or download the entire 10:39 podcast Full story ... March 31, 2007 The Jerusalem Post Most Malicious Internet Activity Traced to Israel, Taiwan, Poland and US Web-savvy criminals have turned Israel into the world's highest ranking source of malicious Internet activity per user. Full story ... March 28, 2007 Globe and Mail Modern Pump and Dump Scams Use Botnets and Image Spam Thanks to new scam technology, one of the oldest cons in the book is working better than ever Full story ... March 16, 2007 Search Security Image spam tricks spam filters, clogs networks Commtouch CEO Lev predicts image spam with handwriting instead of printed text, as well as audio messages. Full story ... March 9, 2007 The Register Virus writers go after anti-virus vulnerabilities Stormy weather for malware defenses Full story ... March 8, 2007 Computer World Bagle worm still swarming over the internet The Bagle worm continues to plague the internet over three years after it first appeared, with many anti-virus engines unable to keep up Full story ... March 7, 2007 Tech World Bagle worm continues to plague the Internet The Bagle worm still plagues users because its creator cranks out hundreds of variants each day that can overwhelm antivirus defenses. Full story ... March 7, 2007 Computer World Bagle worm wtill thriving after three years "Evasion is the name of the game" - says security expert Full story ... March 5, 2007 SecurityFocus Stormy Weather for Malware Defenses Massive variant malware straining AV resources Full story ... March 1, 2007 CXO Today Four Indian OEMs Secure Licenses from Commtouch "The Commtouch solution consistently shows top spam detection rates," Full story ... March 1, 2007 EFY Times Commtouch Enters Indian Secure Messaging Market The number of e-mail users in India is expected to double in the next four years and the total number of users is expected reach 59 million in 2010 Full story ... Feb. 28, 2007 Digital Media Asia Commtouch Signs Deals With Indian Secure Messaging Providers Real-time Anti-spam and Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection solutions licensed to Indian secure messaging providers - Cyberoam, Gajshield, K7 and Netcore. Full story ... Feb. 24, 2007 BSD News New Anti-spam Solutions for Service Providers Commtouch anti-spam technology is available within Message Partners' Message Processing Platform (MPP) for internet service providers and enterprises. Full story ... Feb. 22, 2007 eBiz MPP Offers Service Providers Comprehensive Solutions for Virus, Spam and Content Filtering Policy engine gives service providers the flexibility they need to offer differentiated service offerings based on domain and customer type. Full story ... Feb. 8, 2007 Chief Security Officer Online RSA - New Threats Could Hamper Tradition Anti-Virus Tools "Static solutions are not enough for dynamic threats" - RSA President Art Coviello Full story ... Feb. 7, 2007 Tech World New Malware Overwhelming Signature-Based AV Tools Signature-based technologies are now "crumbling under the pressure of the number of attacks from cybercriminals," said Art Coviello, president of RSA Full story ... Feb. 6, 2007 Computer World RSA: New Threats Could Make Traditional Antivirus Tools Ineffective RSA president Art Coviello predicts "as many as 200,000 virus variants" in 2007 Full story ... Feb. 6, 2007 Computer World Looking at Patterns in the Spam Martin McKaey interviews Commtouch CTO Amir Lev about Recurrent Pattern Detection technology Full story ... Feb. 4, 2007 SecurityProNews Storm Worm Dancing Past PC Defenses Security firm Commtouch said in its Malware Trends Outlook Report that four reasons have contributed to the continued spread of Storm. Full story ... Jan. 26, 2007 Red Herring Pfizer's Unwanted Pitchmen Red Herring reports on spam and Pfizer 'Viagra' lawsuit Full story ... Jan. 24, 2007 eWeek 'Storm' Worm Continues Surge Around Globe Experts are forecasting an increase in spam as a result of the "Storm" worm Full story ... Jan. 23, 2007 Silicon Republic Even Malware Decides to go Tabloid An escalation in spam has been forecast by Commtouch in the wake of emails containing the Storm worm, so named because the emails made use of media coverage of the recent European storm in the subject line. Full story ... Jan. 23, 2007 SC Magazine Storm Worm Raging, Now with Fake News Stories At its peak, the Trojan was responsible for about 17% of emails worldwide Full story ... Jan. 20, 2007 Information Week Antivirus 2.0: The bouncer approach The antivirus model in use today is broken, largely because it's set up to block known malware and has no way of anticipating the nature of the next attack Full story ... Jan. 20, 2007 Mr. Dobb's Portal Successive, Low-volume Attacks Struck Targeted Networks in Waves Each contained a slightly different version of a particular malware. Full story ... Jan. 17, 2007 InformationWeek Anti-Malware Model Needs Repair Today's antivirus model is broken, largely because it seeks to block known malware without any way of anticipating the nature of the next attack. Full story ... Jan. 11, 2007 IT Management Virus Evolution Trumps Traditional Anti-Virus Screening Methods IT Management reviews 2006 malware trend report published by Commtouch and Proofpoint Full story ... Jan. 10, 2007 IT Web Global Spam Soars 30% Worldwide spam levels reached 87% of all e-mail received during 2006, an increase of 30% from 2005 Full story ... Jan. 10, 2007 Silicon Republic Virus Writers Up the Ante New breeds of computer viruses released last year succeeded in beating traditional antivirus systems Full story ... Jan. 9, 2007 Network World Of Zombies and Predictions Michael Osterman Surveys the Growing threats to Messaging Security Full story ... Jan. 4, 2007 CIO Insight Zombie activity accounts for 85 percent of the spam "Spam outbreaks got bigger, faster and smarter during 2006," Amir Lev, president and chief technical officer for Commtouch. Full story ... Jan. 4, 2007 Monsters & Critics Happy New Year worm takes top honors for December The most circulated, and fastest spread worm in December 2006. Full story ... Jan. 3, 2007 InformationWeek 'Happy New Year' Worm Gains Ground Tibs-infected messages made up nearly 12% of all e-mail sent worldwide. Full story ... Jan. 3, 2007 DM News Happy New Years virus breaks out Spammers celebrated the New Year with a “Happy New Year!” e-mail virus attack. Full story ... Jan. 3, 2007 Baseline Spam bloat to 1.7 billion MB per day. Baseline covers Commtouch's year-end spam trends report Full story ... Jan. 3, 2007 MSN Money Commtouch signs 8 new OEM partners in Q4 2006 Global deals include an agreement with Openwave Systems (OPWV). Full story ... Jan. 3, 2007 Tech Web 'Happy New Year' Worm Zooms To Top Of Malware Chart Worm made up almost 12% of all e-mails sent worldwide. Full story ... Jan. 3, 2007 WebProNews Should Happy New Years! Virus Be Forgot? Commtouch reported were 3,262  virus variants in 65 hours Full story ... Jan. 2, 2007 IT Web Challenging year ahead for anti-virus solutions Commtouch Software says that the “Happy New Year!” virus, which ended 2006 with a blast, indicates that there is a challenging year ahead for traditional anti-virus solutions. Full story ... Jan. 2, 2007 Red Herring Spam 2006: Zombies, MySpace, AOL 2006 was the year of spamming dangerously and zombies in your home. Full story ...

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