Telecom Lead America: Social networking major
Facebook is gearing up to block malicious links from their site. Facebook has
entered into a strategic partnership with Trend Micro to help educate and
protect users’ digital life against malicious sites and malware.
Facebook will support integration of the Trend Micro
Smart Protection Network infrastructure, which uses cloud technology, threat
correlation, and a global network of threat intelligence sensors to proactively
stop malware and web threats before they reach the computer.
“Now that Facebook is a primary platform for
communication, whether you’re nine or ninety-nine, it’s only become a bigger
target for cybercriminals. This is why we’re thrilled to partner with Facebook
to offer an additional layer of protection to users so they don’t have to think
twice when interacting with friends and uploading pictures from their
weekend,” said Carol Carpenter, general manager, consumer division at
Trend Micro.
Now incorporated within Facebook’s database of external
malicious URL intelligence providers, the Trend Micro Smart Protection
Network infrastructure delivers advanced protection from the cloud, blocking
threats in real-time while processing more than 70 billion URL, email, and file
queries daily.
“We are thrilled to be incorporating Trend Micro’s Smart Protection
Network to Facebook’s existing database of malicious URLs, and the opportunity
to offer Trend Micro software to our users. This partnership will better enable
us to protect the people who use our service, no matter where they are in the
web,” said Joe Sullivan, chief security officer at Facebook.
Additionally, Trend Micro is also offering Facebook PC
users a free 6-month trial of Trend Micro Titanium Security Essentials, and for
Facebook Mac users a free trial of Trend Micro Smart Surfing for Mac.
Trend Micro announces free mobile security with Titanium
Maximum Security 2012
Recently, Trend Micro announced free mobile security
available with Titanium Maximum Security 2012.
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