New Openwave Service Helps Mobile Operators Protect their Networks from Viruses and Security Threats

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,– June 15, 2009 – Openwave Systems Inc., (Nasdaq: OPWV), one of the world’s leading software innovators enabling revenue-generating personalized services that converge the mobile and broadband experience, today announced Openwave® Guardian, the latest service enabler for Openwave® Integra, a next generation mobile internet service management platform. Openwave Guardian gives mobile operators the power to protect their networks from viruses and security threats, and to protect their subscribers from inappropriate and unwanted content. By implementing multiple defenses against unwanted content, mobile operators can deliver the high quality mobile internet user experience that their subscribers expect while confidently launching new and innovative services.

9th June 2009 – London, United Kingdom – Deepnet  Security (www.deepnetsecurity.com), a leading provider of unified two-factor authentication, today issues a stark warning to councils, that they face data loss and ID theft by failing to act on the Government’s Code of Connection (CoCo) standards.   The deadline for CoCo compliance, which is a set of standards for the future of communications between local and central government, has recently been moved to September 30th, 2009. Deepnet is however warning that councils must review their security procedures now to meet the regulation, which requires local authorities to implement rigorous security processes and ICT controls, as well as provide secure access to data through multi-factor authentication.   Yurong Lin, CEO, Deepnet, comments: “Achieving compliance can appear complex and confusing, but councils must address this head on by reviewing security processes, so that they have enough time to implement any necessary changes before the deadline arrives.  

Marlow, 3 June 2009 - Trend Micro, Incorporated (TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet content security, has won their  second channel industry award in the UK in under 6 months - the MicroScope ACES Security Vendor of the Year award.

Anthony O’Mara, VP of Trend Micro, EMEA comments: “This award is a result of Trend Micro’s commitment to becoming the vendor of choice through a series of focused initiatives dedicated to making it easier for our partners and customers to do business with Trend Micro. Winning a MicroScope award is a further recognition of the dedication and team work within the UK business that has gone into driving product innovation and value for money in the channel."

 Twitter's scareware distribution attack signals a new trend in social Internet security problems says Finjan   Farnborough, United Kingdom, 3rd June 2009 - The arrival of what appears to be the first scareware distribution attack on the Twitter microblogging service at the weekend, signals the fact that firms need to think very hard before allowing staff access to these advanced types of social networking applications, says Finjan, the business Internet security specialist.   According to Finjan, this weekend's scareware attack - in which Twitter users were invited to click on a 'best video' link but also ended up being quietly infected with a rogue security application - signals a worrying new trend in social Internet site attacks.   This weekend's Twitter scam was a complex one with users invited to click on what appears to be a YouTube video, but the embedded program call also opens an IP connection to a second site, resulting in the download of a malware-infected PDF file that later installs a rough anti-virus.