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High Performance Network Security, Enterprise and Data-Center Firewall

Safe Shopping for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

by RSS Richard Henderson  |  November 27, 2013  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
In the USA, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. People all over the country will be joining together to celebrate, eat a lovingly-prepared feast, and watch football. For many of those families, the day after Thanksgiving will be an exciting one: Black Friday....
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Security 101: Virtual Private Network

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  November 26, 2013  |  Category: Security 101
VPN - for organizations with a remote and traveling workforce, it's a necessary feature of network security. Almost everyone who has logged into their organization's network from outside the corporate firewall has likely had to navigate a VPN connect...
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Overlays and Red Herrings

by RSS Jerome Cruz  |  November 25, 2013  |  Category: Security Research
The Small Trojan downloader family has recently added new hallmark traits to the latest W32 variants, specifically W32/Small.AAB!tr. This particular variant performs the following actions: - Malware.exe creates and executes its modified copy %Temp%h...
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John Grady

by RSS John Grady  |  November 25, 2013  |  Category: Biography
John Grady is a Research Manager with IDC's Security Products group. In this role, Mr. Grady conducts primary research on the Network Security market in order to develop accurate forecasts and insightful analysis for clients. His main areas of focus...
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Behind the Firewall: Scotland Gets Savvy About Cyber Crime

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  November 21, 2013  |  Category: Behind the Firewall
The fair land of Scotland might seem an unlikely place to boost expertise and revolutionize tactics aimed at apprehending criminals. However, police departments and detectives in England's neighbor to the north are helping reshape the agency's direct...
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Security 101: Sandbox

by RSS David Finger  |  November 19, 2013  |  Category: Security 101
A psychologist might tell you that the way a child plays in the sandbox is a reflection of how they will act in their adult life. The same is true for malicious software, though we aren't speaking about the same sandbox. There is a growing concern a...
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Derek Manky Talks BadBIOS and Cryptolocker - Network World Podcast

by RSS Richard Henderson  |  November 18, 2013  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
FortiGuard's Global Security Strategist Derek Manky spoke with Network World's Keith Shaw late last week to discuss some hot topics in the threat landscape. Derek and Keith discuss at length BadBIOS, how it might work and where we may see it or othe...
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FTC - The New Sheriff in Town

by RSS Chris McKie  |  November 18, 2013  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
For any business, a security breach can be a complicated and costly disaster. Not only does a business face the issue of having brand equity damaged, IT systems compromised and customers' trust voided, but another likely outcome of any significant s...
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Chris McKie

by RSS Chris McKie  |  November 14, 2013  |  Category: Biography
Director, Corporate Communications McKie brings over 20 years networking and security technology experience to Fortinet. He writes about network security market trends and topics involving regulatory compliance and cyber security legislation. Alth...
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Q: What Can I Do About Email Spoofing?

by RSS Carl Windsor  |  November 14, 2013  |  Category: Security Q & A
A: Email is totally insecure. Despite this fact, it is relied upon for some of our most critical personal and business communications. Circa 1980, The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) was designed without even a glimmer of what the internet...
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Alligator at GreHack

by RSS Axelle Apvrille  |  November 14, 2013  |  Category: Security Research
A few months ago, we reported Alligator helped us detect an unknown GPS-leaking adware no vendor had yet spotted: Adware/Geyser!Android. The number has now increased with the discovery of Riskware/Zdchical!Android and Riskware/SmsCred!Android. The fo...
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Security 101: Intrusion Prevention System

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  November 13, 2013  |  Category: Security 101
Intrusion prevention system, or IPS, is like the secret ingredient in a favorite recipe -- it is rarely consumed by itself, but most security suites and Unified Threat Management devices wouldn't be considered complete without it. In fact, it's often...
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20% of Your Organization is Falling for Phishing Emails

by RSS Michael Perna  |  November 12, 2013  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
In the spirit of all the ghosts and ghouls that creep through our inboxes every day we posted a short quiz to see just how savvy our audience was at identifying phishing emails. The results are in and we cannot deny that we are slightly amused. We wo...
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Security 101: Certification

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  November 06, 2013  |  Category: Security 101
The debate on the merits and benefits of certifications has been long and varied. It's true that certifications differentiate IT professionals and make them more attractive to employers. But why? And what exactly do they entail? First, at a high le...
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