Symantec Supports FTC in Shutdown of Pricewert

istock_virus_1The BBC amongst other sites, is reporting that the US Federal Trade Commission has asked for an American ISP called Pricewert LLC to be shut down. Pricewert has been accused of knowingly distributing child pornography, viruses, spam, and other personal information, which hasn’t exactly endeared it to the FTC.
 
Symantec were approached to back up the FTC’s case with security data gathered through the use of our Global Intelligence Network, basically to provide a flavor of the type of malicious activity taking place on these sites.
 
Obviously I don’t just want to sound like I’m banging the corporate drum, but it’s pretty important that as a company we not only protect our customers but also work with enforcement groups like the FTC  to help stop malicious activity at its source, by eradicating the organizations that foster cybercrime.
 
Our Intelligence Network has a pretty incredible reach, and whilst it means we can keep our finger on the pulse, the Internet is a truly massive space and it takes cooperation across the whole industry to make sure that everyone has a safe and fruitful surfing experience.
 
Industry-wide cooperation is a topic I feel very strongly about and it’s something I hope to blog more about in the future, mainly because I want to make the consumer more aware of their role in the whole ecosystem. It’s all well and good governments, security vendors, ISPs and the like working together to secure the environment, but the consumer has more influence than they realise and getting them to unilaterally apply sensible surfing practices is the Everest that we’re all aiming for.

June 5, 2009 | Filed Under Miscellaneous, Regulation, Security 

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