Akonix Security Center Alerts IM Users Of W32.Velkbot.A Threat; Customers Proactively Protected against Medium Risk Threat.SAN DIEGO -- Akonix Systems, Inc., the premier provider of business solutions for secure, managed and integrated multi-network enterprise instant messaging (IM), has identified a medium risk threat spreading on the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. network. Akonix is urging companies to put an IM security solution in place to help fend off the increasing worm and virus attacks on major public IM networks. The Akonix Security Center identified W32.Velkbot.A propagating through AIM today and has already protected customers through its Spim and Malware feature on Akonix L7 Enterprise. The threat has also been identified as Backdoor See trapdoor. .Win32.SdBot.gen, W32/SDbot.worm.hen.j and Gabby gab·by adj. gab·bi·er, gab·bi·est Slang Tending to talk excessively; garrulous. gab  bi·ness n. .A. The most recent threat leverages social engineering to fool unsuspecting IM users to click on a link after receiving a message they think is from someone on their 'buddy list'. "We are seeing new variants of threats come out everyday now, it is no longer a 'wait and see what happens' issue. Companies need to make the decision to protect themselves now from the increasing security risks associated with unmanaged instant messaging in the enterprise," said Peter Shaw, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Akonix Systems. Akonix L7 Enterprise is the industry's only IM management system that combines dynamically updated IM security policies and integrated anti-virus scanning using leading scan engines to provide the most comprehensive protection for corporate networks from IM-based attacks. More than 500 customers in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Entertainment depend on Akonix to manage, secure and enable IM for over 700,000 enterprise users. For more information on how Akonix solutions ensure networks are protected against the security risks of unmanaged IM use, please visit www.akonix.com, or contact Akonix's sales group at sales@akonix.com / 619-615-9415. For more information about the Akonix Security Center, please visit www.imsecuritycenter.com. About Akonix Akonix is the leading provider of enterprise-class business solutions for leveraging the power of multi-network enterprise instant messaging. Akonix's award-winning products leverage patent-pending core technology, an advanced IM application development platform, and certified strategic partnerships to deliver multi-network management, security, integration and compliance capabilities across all major IM systems, including America Online(R) AIM(R) and ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. (R), Microsoft MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Yahoo!(R) Messenger, Microsoft Live Communications Server, Reuters Messaging, IBM/Lotus SameTime and Jabber An open standard for instant messaging (IM). There are tens of thousands of Jabber servers on the Internet, most of which are privately run within a company or college campus. There are also hundreds of public Jabber servers that any user can register with, Google Talk being the largest. . More than 500 customers in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Entertainment depend on Akonix to manage, secure and enable IM for over 700,000 enterprise users. Akonix is the preferred IM management solution of some of the world's largest companies, including Cingular Wireless, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. and ING. For more information visit www.akonix.com. |
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