Dear Valued Partners and Friends, One of the most exciting parts of protecting the Internet threatscape is that the bad guys are always changing the rules. This past quarter, we saw the emergence of new tricks designed to fool standard messaging and Web security. Email-borne viruses -- just a minor nuisance since most were blocked with generic AV signatures -- suddenly overpowered traditional AV engines with their new tactics. Likewise, image spam — which had been relegated to the Internet history books since most anti-spam engines could block it decently — resurfaced with new ways to sneak past many anti-spam engines. And on the Web security front, new types of HTML redirects emerged that foiled some secure browsing engines. Language- and content-dependent methods no longer meet today's security challenges. Luckily, Commtouch provides proactive messaging and Web security technologies that block threats with our unique cloud-based techniques, to keep you and your customers protected no matter what new tricks spammers, malware writers, phishers and fraudsters come up with. Regards, Rebecca Steinberg Herson Vice President Marketing Commtouch Reports Increase in Net Income to $1 Million in Second Quarter Commtouch released its second quarter 2009 results on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. To view the results and listen to the Earnings Call, visit the Commtouch Investor Relations Page The major news in Internet threats during the second quarter was the massive rise in email-borne viruses not caught by major anti-virus engines, as reported in the Commtouch Q2 Internet Threats Trend Report.   Other trends this quarter included an increase in the number and complexity of legitimate sites hijacked by hackers and the return of once-popular image spam. Commtouch partners can receive a co-branded version of this quarterly report for use as a sales tool. To find out more, please contact your Commtouch representative. Download the Q2 Internet Threats Trend Report A new Commtouch Malware Report explores in more detail the recent rise in email-borne malware that was not blocked by major AV engines, including comparative catch times for   several of the variants in that major outbreak. We encourage partners to download the report to use in marketing and sales efforts. Download the Commtouch Malware Report Also, the most up to date comparative malware catch times are always available online. View Malware Catch Times     Tips for Evaluating URL Filtering Solutions A methodical evaluation is an important part of differentiating between available URL filtering solutions. We have developed a helpful outline to ensure a thorough investigation and inspection of each solution's coverage, accuracy and performance. We do recommend that you adjust the parameters to fit your organization. Check out our Web site for more information about Commtouch GlobalView URL Filtering solution. Read the entire article Why One Partner Chose Commtouch Recently one partner wrote on their blog about why they selected Commtouch: SmarterTools evaluated more than a half dozen technologies before deciding on Commtouch's Anti-Spam SDK. In the end, they liked how we matched our licensing and terms to fit their customer base     and product levels. "Commtouch is a publicly traded company with a solid history and reputation. They have a proven model, reliable metrics, and a history of being able to manage the loads of both large hosting companies and small to medium sized businesses (SMBs)," they said. To read more about the decision-making process and why SmarterTools chose Commtouch as an OEM partner, check out the SmarterTools blog. Internet Threat News •  Channel Insider.com Twitter Worm Stopped, Malware Threat Persists •  Forbes.com Cybercriminals In The Cloud •  ZDNet Cloud computing security to grow in 2009 •  CIO Today The Ongoing Vigil To Keep Data Secure Events We'll be attending these events and more in the next few months. View our web site for a full events list. HostingCon When: Aug 10-12 Where: Washington, DC     Parallels EMEA Partner Roadshow When: Sep Where: Amsterdam, Cologne, London, Paris, Madrid, Warsaw, Stockholm   cPanel Conference When: Oct 5-6 Where: Houston, TX Want to meet us? Please speak to your account manager. Introducing the Commtouch Milter The new Commtouch Milter enables the easy integration of Commtouch's messaging security technology with Sendmail or Postfix MTAs. The goal in offering the Milter to allow partners to benefit from Commtouch's Anti-Spam, Zero-hour Virus Outbreak Protection and GlobalView Mail Reputation without having to invest too many additional resources. This is the reason behind Commtouch's integration tools strategy that allows partners to leverage existing security infrastructures to improve competitive offerings. As part of this initiative, Commtouch has already released it's Commtouch Plug-in for SpamAssassin.     Like other Commtouch offerings, these integration tools are designed for security vendors and service providers (including hosting providers, ISPs, etc.) that are servicing thousands to tens of millions of mailboxes. Read the Milter blog post for more information Solution Spotlight: Commtouch Engine Failover Mechanism The Commtouch detection engine communicates with the Commtouch Data Center to classify messages or to check IP reputations or URL categorizations. With five detection centers worldwide, Commtouch incorporates a built-in mechanism (ctengine) to auto-discover and define an available detection center for optimal and continuous results. In the background, ctengine maintains a list of all detection centers by their DNS string (i.e. its server address), and always attempts to use the highest one, resolving the server address for IP addresses of the each detection center based on the GLB (global load balancer). When ctengine switches to work with a detection center which is not the first on its list, it will continue to check in the background for the availability of the preferred center. When the center becomes active again, the ctengine automatically reestablishes communication with it. Welcome to the Club We are pleased to welcome eight new OEM partners who joined Commtouch in the second quarter of 2009, resulting in a total of 125 OEM licensees using Commtouch messaging and/or Web security technologies. Read the full press release here. A warm welcome to these recently announced partners: • Untangle • Nexus • Mynet • METANET • Bynari • SmarterTools Connect with Commtouch Commtouch is on twitter! Follow us and get instant updates on important Internet security issues, Commtouch company news and more. We also have a Fan page on Facebook. Become a fan and be instantly connected to our blog feed, news releases and more. Follow us on FriendFeed and get instant, customized access to all our online content in one place. Receive breaking news, new blog posts, Web and messaging trends straight to your computer with Commtouch RSS feeds.     OVERHEARD IN THE COMMTOUCH CAFÉ BLOG • The UN has a habit of handing out cash...really...trust me... • Web Security monitoring tools...Coming to an iFrame near you • Swine Flu Infects Inboxes too • Never tempt an Argentinean with FIFA World Cup tickets... • Is Raymond Marcus buying your domains too? • Malware keeps Michael Jackson's legacy alive Have some great bloggable ideas about messaging and Web security? Please send us an email, and if it's a fit, we will be happy to have you post on the Commtouch blog. We also welcome comments and feedback on the blog posts!   Subscribe to the newsletter. © Copyright 2009 Commtouch Software Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.