Akonix Security Center Automatically Protects Against W32.Opanki-G and W32.Pinkton.A Worms Spreading over Public IM Network; Immediate Response from Akonix Security Center Keeps Customers Protected and Updated with Latest Filters for Real-Time Blocking.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Akonix Systems, Inc., the premier provider of business solutions for secure, managed and integrated multi-network enterprise instant messaging (IM), has identified two new worms, W32.Opanki-G and W32.Pinkton.A spreading over a leading public IM network. The Akonix Security Center identified the worms and has already protected customers through its Spim and Malware feature included in Akonix L7 Enterprise. Using social engineering, the W32.Opanki-G worm is another variant of the Opanki worms and appears to be a message from someone on a user's buddy list that asks users to click on the http://pictures.google.com/common/pictures/user-097.JPG See JPEG. jpg - JPEG . Selecting the link redirects the user to another URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , which then downloads the worm to the desktop. Once downloaded, the worm spreads to all contacts on the infected computer's buddy list. The W32.Pinkton.A worm propagates in a similar fashion but sends a random message to the first 20 contacts on a user's buddy list. Akonix considers both worms a medium risk. "With new worms and variants appearing almost daily now, it is crucial that companies take the appropriate steps in order to protect corporate networks from being taken down by malicious attackers," 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 600 customers in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Entertainment depend on Akonix to manage, secure and enable IM for over 800,000 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 salesteam@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's 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) services, 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 Office Live Microsoft Office Live is an Internet-based software service designed for small businesses with fewer than ten employees launched on February 15, 2006,[1] and is part of Microsoft's Windows Live initiative. 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 600 customers in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Entertainment depend on Akonix to manage, secure and enable IM for over 800,000 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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