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High Performance Network Security, Enterprise and Data-Center Firewall

Advanced Persistent Threats: A Breakdown

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 25, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
It seems that lately, threats that were once were simply known as “malware” or “viruses” have been elevated to the status of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), a term that has strategically been used to strike fear in the hearts of consumers. These d...
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April Security Minute

by RSS Rick Popko  |  April 24, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
In April's Security Minute, Derek Manky discusses new Tigerbot Android Malware, 2Pac Shakur-related Web links, and interesting new developments in Ransomware code.
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Security Week In Review, April 16-20

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 23, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Among other things, Anonymous was up to its usual shenanigans, a new Android attack that emerged already tainted a brand new photo app and Apple malware continued to baffle inexperienced Mac users naive to the ways of security threats. Here's a look...
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You Clicked On That (Malicious) Link: From Panic To Peace of Mind

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 20, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
For the most part, we all know what NOT to do when it comes to security best practices. We all know not to click on unsolicited links embedded in e-mail or IM. We all know not to open any strange attachments or respond to suspicious or unfamiliar e-m...
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Mobile Botnets: We Had Told You So

by RSS Axelle Apvrille  |  April 20, 2012  |  Category: Security Research
Mobile botnet Android/RootSmart (aka Bmaster) is making substantial amount of money from premium SMS numbers or services, according to Cathal Mullaney's discovery of a mobile botnet front-end: yes, we had told you so. Glance at Guillaume Lovet...
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Application Control: Changing The Security Paradigm

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 19, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Slowly but surely, Application Control is changing the way most people think about traditional security policies. And in this day and age, it's becoming a mainstay in a comprehensive security-driven environment. The reason? Major security threats h...
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Mac OS X Pummeled By Yet Another Trojan

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 17, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Mac lovers, hold onto your machines—it's going to be a bumpy ride after yet another Mac Trojan was found on the security threatscape, once again wreaking havoc on the once typically sheltered Mac OS X users. Moscow-based antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab...
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Security Week In Review, April 9-13

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 16, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Last week, critical security bugs were addressed with Apple-and Microsoft-issued updates, while HP scrambled to warn users about ProCurve switches shipped with malware. Here's a look at the security landscape for April 9-13. HP Ships Malware Laden F...
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Microsoft, Adobe Issue Critical Updates

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 10, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Tuesday was quite a day for IT administrators—for the month of April, both Microsoft and Adobe released patch loads repairing a slew of critical flaws that could easily pave the way for users to become victims of malicious attacks. For its April Pat...
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Security Week In Review, April 2-6

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 09, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Security took a few unexpected twists and turns for the first week of April. For one, Mac owners received a bit of a jolt when a rapidly spreading botnet ran rampant on their machines. Meanwhile, Anonymous is expanding its reach to the world's most p...
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Pastebin Cracks Down On Sensitive Data

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 06, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Pastebin.com, the notorious bulletin board site that has served as the premier dumping ground for Anonymous, Lulzsec and other groups, is planning to be a bit more judicious about what it lets pass through its gates, according to the BBC. The public...
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Apple Security Grows Up With Pair Of Malicious Threats

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 05, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
As of late, Apple has been looking a little more like Windows. Or at least, feeling the pain known all too well by its Redmond-based counterpart. In recent days, the seemingly impenetrable Mac OS X platform was pummeled by not one, but two informat...
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Reveal Your Facebook Password, Increase Your Security Risk

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 02, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Once upon a time in 2009 the City of Bozeman, Montana found itself at the brunt of a public firestorm when it became known that members had the audacity to request social networking credentials from applicants. Oh, those were the good ole' days. Th...
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Security Week In Review March 26-30

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  April 02, 2012  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
“Big” seemed to epitomize last week in security—from big botnet takedowns to big breaches to big privacy issues related to a certain social networking site. Here is this week's lowdown. Zeus Takedown: Microsoft kicked off the week by announcing late...
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