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System Verifies Military, Segment Statuses

Amberly Dressler — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:25:00 GMT

Tableau, Costco and Symantec are just a few companies using new technology that expedites promotional campaigns, prevents fraudulent purchases, captures and retains consumers and uses analytics to analyze consumer-purchasing trends.

The PGA Tour also counts itself among this group partnering with SheerID, a point-of-sale verification provider that, for these golf events in particular, can verify the status of active duty, military retirees, dependents and veterans who are interested in obtaining a complimentary or discounted tickets offered at select PGA Tour, Champions Tour and Web.com Tour events, as part of the Birdies for the Brave program.

“We are excited to partner with Birdies for the Brave to help them honor our country’s service men and women with access to PGA TOUR events nationwide,” said Jake Weatherly, CEO and co-founder of SheerID. “SheerID’s technology allows them to target offers and give back to these specific audiences through our fast, secure military verification software.”

This software can also be used to verify student discounts or that any other customers are eligible for a business’s special offers by connecting a company’s website, POS, customer service reps and/or mobile app with any database. Additionally, SheerID states that the verification process works instantly, so, in most cases, customers won’t even know they’re being verified and the solution requires no integration and is customizable.

GeoTrust Cloud Service to Protect Against Malware

Allison Howen — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Nothing severs the trust that users have for a website quite like hidden viruses that infect their devices. To prevent this potentially disastrous situation from happening, GeoTrust has announced its Web Site Anti-Malware Scan, which is a cloud service that identifies malware to protect website visitors and owners.

Malware can come from many different places, such as a site owner that installs a program that mistakenly turns out to be malware, or from hackers that like to exploit website vulnerability. However, this problem can be reduced by using GeoTrust’s Web Site Anti-Malware Scan, which automatically and daily checks up to 50 Web pages for well-known and new malware strains.

"Web site owners and visitors alike dread the idea of downloading hidden malware and want to be sure they don't get hacked,” says Fran Rosch, VP of Symantec Trust Services “By working closely with our channel partners to develop a solution tailored to their customers' needs, Symantec is maximizing the resources of the channel while positioning its partners to provide an innovative yet simple and affordable security option for web site owners."

With GeoTrust’s service, website owners receive detailed alerts that pinpoint malware infections, allowing for the problem to be solved before it gets out of hand. The solution also provides a GeoTrust Web Site Anti-Malware Seal, which ensures a safe site to visitors.

Facebook Likejacking a Real Threat

Allison Howen — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:30:00 GMT

“Likejacking” is gaining momentum on Facebook, and a new study shows that three out of every 20 videos on Facebook are fake.

Symantec, a security company, recently analyzed “likejacking” scams on Facebook. The company sampled 3.5 million video posts from August 2, and found that 15 percent of the video posts were “likejacking” attacks.

Likejacking comes from the term clickjacking— which tricks someone into clicking something, while a different action is actually taken. With Facebook, the clickjacking happens when a user clicks on something, which actually gives some type of content a “like” without the user’s knowledge.

Likejacking can happen in various ways; however one of the more likely avenues is with a fake video player window that is overlaid with a hidden iframe. A “like” is submitted when a user clicks anywhere on the fake video, and then the scam is also promoted to that person’s friends.

However, likejacking doesn’t only happen with videos. The security firm, Sophos, also reported on the spread of likejacking scams, especially over the long holiday weekend.

Some of the messages that have been used by spammers include “LOL This girl gets OWNED after a POLICE OFFICER reads her STATUS MESSAGE,” “This man takes a picture of himself EVERYDAY for 8 YEARS!!" as well as the one I received this weekend, “OMG! Its unbelievable now you can get to know who views your Facebook profile.. I can see my top profile visitors.”

Likejacking is not only embarrassing and irritating because of the content it posts on your wall, but it can also be dangerous because of its ability to infect PCs with malware and steal account information.

Facebook is not immune to spam or scams— so be careful of what you like and where you click.

Symantec Automates SSL Certificate Renewals

Linc Wonham — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Renewing secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates can be a pain point for website owners, but two new features from Symantec are designed to fully automate the process.

Customers who have deployed VeriSign SSL Certificates can automatically renew for up to six years with the new Express Renewal and AutoPay features. Express Renewal eliminates the need to submit a certificate signing request (CSR) or re-install a VeriSign SSL Certificate when it approaches renewal time.

When a certificate is up for renewal, the SSL customer can now pay for a new validity period. Customers can also activate the AutoPay renewal service upon initial enrollment. By automating payment for renewal, AutoPay service helps ensure that SSL protection continues without interruption.

Express Renewal is available at no charge to VeriSign SSL and EV SSL customers who submit a minimum 2048-bit CSR. Customers can activate and deactivate AutoPay at any time, for any reason and without penalty, for as long as they hold their VeriSign SSL or EV SSL Certificate.

How to Win Snap Decisions on the Web

Pete Prestipino — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:44:00 GMT

People make snap decisions when they browse the Web. They look for the familiar and the trusted, and they are equally concerned about fraudulent websites and viruses. To maximize traffic to your website, you need to quickly establish credibility and trust for your company and stand out from your competitors.

Join Website Magazine and the VeriSign Authentication team, now part of Symantec, for a free webinar on ways to build that trust.

The webinar is designed for online marketers, e-commerce managers, webmasters, and professionals responsible for increasing website traffic and conversions.

You’ll come away with actionable knowledge that will help improve your Web success.

Register now for the live "Snap Decisions" webinar (March 1, 2011).

SSL Trials from Symantec/Verisign

Design & Development Digest : feature — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:36:00 GMT

If you’re in the market for a SSL Certificate – check this out. Symantec this week launched a free trial of all its VeriSign Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificates, including a free trial of a fully functional Extended Validation (EV) SSL...(read more)