According to news.gov.hk: Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow has called on people, particularly children, to maintain good hygiene as Hong Kong has entered the peak season for enteroviral infections and cases may rise in the coming weeks. He told reporters after opening the Hospital Authority Convention 2008 today the peak season for enterovirus infections usually starts in May and ends July or August.
Hong Kong has recorded 10 enteroviral infections so far this year, higher than the same period in recent years. He said enteroviral infections have been on the rise on …
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Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in
carrier-grade messaging security, today announced Cloudmark Authority for
Social Networking Providers, the only commercially deployed solution to
effectively combat all categories of social networking abuse. Cloudmark
Authority — already in use at more than 100 of the world’s largest service
providers and mobile operator networks, including 11 of the top 12 in North
America — is uniquely architected to block spam, phishing and virus
threats on virtually any communications platform. With Authority for Social
Networking Providers, Cloudmark extends its industry-leading, carrier-grade
technology to protect against abuse targeted at social networks.
Cloudmark Authority for Social Networking Providers offers technology
designed to rapidly detect abuse in any content viewable by the user. Its
content-agnostic filtering capabilities go beyond securing transmitted
messages to covering all potential abuse points, including friend
invitations, pokes, chats, comments, bulletin boards, blogs, application
communications and profiles. Backed by a unique and powerful combination of
Advanced Message Fingerprinting(TM) and real-time feedback from the
Cloudmark Global Threat Network, Cloudmark Authority is able to rapidly
detect even the most advanced social networking threats, including mutating
spam and phishing attacks. Further, the solution can be deployed on any
social networking platform.
“The size and viral nature of social networks make Web 2.0 an attractive
new target for spammers,” said Hugh McCartney, chief executive officer at
Cloudmark. “We are already seeing the first instances of spam, phishing and
virus attacks aimed at popular social networks and firmly believe this is
just the tip of the iceberg. Social networking service providers must take
proactive measures to secure their sites or risk membership churn and
damage to their brand.”
With advertising revenues on social networks set to reach $2.2 billion in
2008*, the integrity of these sites must be protected to ensure that these
revenues are not jeopardized. Cloudmark Authority for Social Networking
Providers keeps out unwanted messages that could deter users from viewing
their pages or new members from joining the community.
Cloudmark Authority for Social Networking Providers, unlike competitive
e-mail filtering systems, can be deployed to protect all social networking
communication channels and is scalable enough to filter the millions or
even billions of messages that pass among members each day.
Cloudmark Authority for Social Networking Providers Key Features and
Benefits:
-- Complete Threat Protection -- Guards all communication channels,
including invitations, profiles and postings against spam, phishing and
viruses.
-- Carrier-Grade Scalability -- Able to efficiently process billions of
user interactions, bringing significant reduction in hardware, power and
administration.
-- Industry Leading Accuracy -- Community feedback together with Advanced
Message Fingerprinting enables rapid and precise detection of abuse; threat
updates every 45 seconds stop emerging attacks before they can spread.
-- Seamless Integration -- The Cloudmark Authority engine integrates into
the most customized environments.
“There is currently no off-the-shelf product that users can buy to protect
themselves,” said Jamie de Guerre, chief technology officer at Cloudmark.
“The problem has to be solved at the network level by social networking
providers. Cloudmark is not only helping providers secure the communication
channels that are critical to the long-term success of their sites, but
also delivering comprehensive and highly accurate protection against the
next wave of abuse for the millions of users who actively participate in
these communities.”
*Source: eMarketer, “Social Network Marketing: Ad Spending and Usage
Report,” December 2007
Pricing and Availability
Cloudmark Authority for Social Networking Providers is currently available.
For more information and pricing, contact Cloudmark at sales@cloudmark.com .
About Cloudmark
Cloudmark, Inc. is a global leader in carrier-grade messaging security,
delivering the industry’s fastest, most comprehensive and most accurate
real-time spam, virus and phishing protection for fixed and mobile
networks. Cloudmark solutions combine highly sophisticated Advanced Message
Fingerprinting(TM) technology based on innovative, high-performance
algorithms and a Global Threat Network consisting of trusted reporters in
every country across the globe to provide security intelligence and
filtering at all points in the messaging infrastructure. Cloudmark
solutions currently protect more than 600 million mailboxes and the company
works with more than 100 of the world’s largest service providers and
mobile operator networks (including 11 of the top 12 in North America),
such as EarthLink, Comcast, Cablevision, Charter Communications, Cox
Communications, NTT OCN and Swisscom as well as hosted messaging providers,
including Synacor, domainFACTORY and NuVox. Cloudmark is a privately held
company headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London, Tokyo,
Beijing and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit
http://www.cloudmark.com .
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New research shows that only half of American mothers intend to have their teenaged daughters vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) if the girls are under the age of 13, despite government guidelines that suggest the opposite.
HPV, which is sexually transmitted, is the primary cause of cervical cancer. The first vaccine against the virus, Gardasil, was approved in 2006. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends that 11- and 12-year-old girls be targeted for this vaccine, as most girls of this age are not yet sexually active, have not yet been exposed to HPV, and will therefore achieve maximum protection.
However, this study suggests that many mothers aren’t willing to follow those recommendations.
“Mothers had a lower intention to vaccinate [younger] daughters,” said study author Dr. Jessica Kahn, an associate professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. “This presents a challenge, …
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PLANO, Texas — Clear Packets today announced general availability of its FMS-Enterprise Gateway, the first true enterprise class integrated solution for virus protection, web security, information protection, content filtering and employee internet management.
FMS-Enterprise Gateway is a major advancement in being able to precisely identify known harmful programs such as viruses, worms, malware, spyware, P2P clients or any other programs right on the wire. This technology enables it to kill any known harmful programs on the wire before they reach their target and do the damage. Its unique stateful URL-domain active tracking technology enables advanced web content filtering for network security and employee internet management.
FMS-Enterprise Gateway raises the bar to next level in terms of high availability (HA), scalability and performance. Its breakthrough simplicity and enterprise class high performance makes it the first integrated solution offering:
* identification and termination of known viruses on the wire, and empowerment of the administrators to create own virus filters for any found viruses in less than 1 minute
* advanced web content filtering using URL-domain active tracking technology for employee internet management and security
* business information and intellectual property protection and leakage prevention
* network application control based on user profile
* powerful, fine grained internet and intranet access control
* blockage of unwanted time wasters or unethical websites, even blocks partial domains
* real-time view of all network activity and real-time bandwidth usage summary for every user
* ultra deep packet inspection and IP/port matching filter based IDS/IPS
* pin-point log of all known virus spread attempts, blocked website access attempts, business information leakage/theft attempts etc.
* ultra compact storage of all internet and intranet activity log, 24/7/365, for security auditing and regulatory compliance at storage cost about $1/employee/year
* 24/7 automatic protection against latest and emerging known threats
and much more, in one easy to manage box.
FMS-Enterprise Gateway keeps the network fully available even during software upgrades through extremely careful software design. As a true enterprise class product, it gracefully handles extreme load conditions and switches to port bypass hardware HA mechanism in catastrophic events to maintain 100% network availability.
About Clear Packets, LLC
Clear Packets, based in Plano, Texas, designs, develops and sells integrated business productivity and security solutions, which solve many common problems faced by businesses of all sizes everyday. For further information, please visit www.clearpackets.com or call: 972-325-1966.
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TOKYO, April 29 Kyodo
———- H5N1 bird flu found in dead swans in Akita
AKITA, Japan - The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in dead and dying swans near Lake Towada in Akita Prefecture, a study by the National Institute of Animal Health showed Tuesday.
The outbreak of the H5N1 virus is the first in Japan since March last year when the virus was found in the body of an endangered eagle in the village of Sagara, Kumamoto Prefecture.
———- Cambodia’s 1st KFC fast-food outlet opens
PHNOM PENH - International fast-food restaurant chain KFC Corp. has opened its first branch in Cambodia and plans to open more within the year, its investors said Tuesday.
The outlet was officially launched Monday at the Asia Hotel complex in the capital Phnom Penh, said Debasish Pattnaik of the Royal Group, a Cambodian investment and development company that holds a 35 percent stake in the KFC joint venture.
———- 15 killed, 25 wounded in suicide attack in Afghanistan
KABUL - At least 15 people were killed and more than 25 others were wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a spokesman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said.
The attack, which apparently targeted members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and Afghan government troops, happened in Khogyani district of Nengarhar province, Major Martin O’Donnell said.
———- Malaysia’s Anwar still coy about reelection plans
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who is now free to run for office after the end of his five-year ban due to his previous criminal convictions, remained coy Tuesday about his plans to seek reelection.
”We will discuss first. It is still early. We want to ensure our MPs carry out their responsibilities well, to be a strong opposition and to shake Parliament,” he told reporters at Parliament.
———- Philippines to ban sale of human organs to foreigners
MANILA - The Philippines on Tuesday said it will ban the sale of human organs, including kidneys, to foreign nationals in an attempt to curb a flourishing underground kidney trade that often preys on poor, desperate Filipinos.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the Health Department to draw up rules and guidelines to implement the plan, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said.
———- Nepal deports American mountaineer for carrying ‘Free Tibet’ banner
KATHMANDU - An American climber who was sent back from a Mt. Everest base camp after Nepalese security personnel found a ”Free Tibet” banner in his bag on April 21 has been deported, an official said Tuesday.
The government sent William Brant Holland back to the United States on Monday and imposed on him a two-year ban from climbing mountains in Nepal, Tourism Ministry spokesman Prem Kumar Rai said.
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HANOI (AFP) — A virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease has infected around 400 people in Vietnam this year and led to an unknown number of deaths, a health official in the communist country said Tuesday.
No precise data on cases and fatalities was available because enterovirus 71 or EV71 is not a notifiable disease in Vietnam, said Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department.
The intestinal virus, which hits children hardest because of their weaker immune system, has killed at least 26 children in neighbouring China and infected thousands more, raising fears it could spread across the region.
“Vietnam has had about 2,000 cases of hand, food and mouth disease this year, of which about 20 percent were caused by EV71,” Nga told AFP, saying 90 percent of cases were in southern Vietnam, especially Ho Chi Minh City.
“There were some …
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