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High Performance Network Security, Enterprise and Data-Center Firewall

Behind the Firewall: Weighing Privacy & Security With International Regulation

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  January 30, 2014  |  Category: Behind the Firewall
All too often, cyber space seems a vast and unregulated "Wild West," where anarchy is the norm and criminal justice remains by-and-large a concept rarely enforced. What's more, the Internet cloaks cybercriminals under a blanket of anonymity, where th...
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NEUREVT Bot Analysis

by RSS Zhongchun Huo  |  January 29, 2014  |  Category: Security Research
[ This article originally appeared in Virus Bulletin ](http://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/archive/2013/11/vb201311-Neurevt) Neurevt (also known as Beta Bot) is an HTTP bot [1] which entered the underground market around March 2013 and which is...
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Security Threat Landscape with Derek Manky and Network World

by RSS Michael Perna  |  January 28, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
2014 has come out swinging with lots of things to discuss in the security threat landscape for January. Our very own Derek Manky, Global Security Strategist, talks with IDG Enterprise's Keith Shaw on the Target hack, the worst passwords, and the 10-...
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Data Privacy Day: Top 5 Ways to Protect Your Privacy

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  January 28, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
This Tuesday, January 28th, marks a significant day of observation. No, it's not another presidential holiday. And you probably won't get the day off from work - at least not without calling in sick. January 28 is in fact Data Privacy Day. Led by t...
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Malware or Spam Campaign on Internet of Things

by RSS Axelle Apvrille  |  January 27, 2014  |  Category: Security Research
Recently, Proofpoint security researchers published two blog entries (part one and part two) that they have been observing a series of spam campaigns originating in more than 25 % of cases by Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The compromised devices...
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Security Digest: January 25th

by RSS Michael Perna  |  January 25, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
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Face Recognition Standards: Privacy Advocates eye Tech Companies with Suspicion

by RSS Jessica Carol  |  January 24, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
This is a Guest Blog by Jessica Carol Staying under the radar is about to become even harder with tech giants like Apple, Google, Facebook, etc. beginning to show a greater interest in facial recognition. Rather than letting them simply pick the...
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The Secret Life of a Pen Tester

by RSS Bryan Watson  |  January 23, 2014  |  Category: Behind the Firewall
I am sitting in the very active parking lot of a large campus in my blacked out van with several laptops and directional antennas. It is just me and my gear. I am trying to break into a "secure" wireless network that had been deployed there when this...
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Android Click Fraud : Just Push Play

by RSS Ruchna Nigam  |  January 22, 2014  |  Category: Security Research
A recent article by Italian IT company, TG Soft brought to light an Android malware that is being served by the official Google Play Store. According to Google Play statistics, the application was installed on 10,000-50,000 devices. The malware pres...
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Insider Lifts 15-20 Million South Koreans' Credit Card Info

by RSS Richard Henderson  |  January 21, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Early this week it was reported that an IT contractor working for a company called Korea Credit Bureau - which among other things manages credit ratings of consumers - copied the names, social security numbers, phone numbers, home and business addres...
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Victoria Martin

by RSS Victoria Martin  |  January 21, 2014  |  Category: Biography
Victoria Martin works in Ottawa as part of the FortiOS technical documentation team. She has a Bachelor's degree from Mount Allison University, as well as a graduate certificate in technical writing from Algonquin College. She started at Fortinet s...
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10 Years of Mobile Malware

by RSS Michael Perna  |  January 21, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
2014 marks the 10th anniversary of Cabir, the world's first mobile phone malware. To mark this occasion, Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs is taking a stroll down memory lane to examine the evolution and significance of mobile threats during the last 10...
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5 Challenges of Securing the Retail Environment

by RSS Zeba Naqvi  |  January 20, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
This is a Guest Blog by Secured Retail Retail IT environments are becoming complex as retailers continue to grow and add stores. Each store is another end-point which needs to be secured and all stores need to meet PCI-DSS regulatory requirement...
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The Weekly Security Digest

by RSS Michael Perna  |  January 18, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Happy Saturday! The week is finally coming to an end and in an effort to make the game of catch-up a little easier on you, we have collected some of the biggest news stories right here. The FCC's Net Neutrality suit has been shot down in a court of...
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