High Performance Network Security, Enterprise and Data-Center Firewall

High Performance Network Security, Enterprise and Data-Center Firewall

Onkod: A Downloader and Its "Downloadee"

by RSS Raul Alvarez  |  February 26, 2014  |  Category: Security Research
[ This article originally appeared in Virus Bulletin ]( http://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/archive/2013/12/vb201312-Onkod) Downloaders are usually small and simple files whose goal is purely to download the 'main course' of a malware infection...
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Gen-X and Millennials on Privacy

by RSS Michael Perna  |  February 24, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Today we published new research that shows where Millennials and Gen-Xers stand in regards to passwords, Online marketing practices, email snooping, and their personal data. Below is an infographic summarizing the highlights. Click here to downloa...
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Security Digest: February 22nd

by RSS Michael Perna  |  February 22, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
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Fortinet at RSA Conference

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  February 19, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
It's that time of year again. Indeed, RSA Conference 2014 is just a few days away and Fortinet has a host of announcements, presentations and social events lined up for the event. First, the basics: Fortinet's booth is #1317, located in the center a...
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Government and Cybersecurity

by RSS Stefanie Hoffman  |  February 18, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
The Obama administration issued the final version of its "cybersecurity framework" Wednesday, a series of security guidelines and best practices aimed at protecting finance, critical infrastructure, defense and other industries from a major cyber att...
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New Drive-By Download Android Malware

by RSS Axelle Apvrille  |  February 16, 2014  |  Category: Security Research
Last week, we discovered a new drive-by download malicious sample for Android devices. This sample was reported to be automatically downloaded on the device, i.e without your consent, when visiting a legitimate Spanish newspaper website. So, you're...
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Security Digest: February 15th

by RSS Michael Perna  |  February 15, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
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Compromised Web Servers Used in Massive Seeding Campaign

by RSS Patrick Yu  |  February 14, 2014  |  Category: Security Research
Since around the end of last year, there has been significant increase in detection of attempts to exploit file inclusion vulnerabilities. This class of vulnerabilities are caused by improper validation of user input, which allows remote attackers...
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Fake KakaoTalk Security Plug-in

by RSS Zhe Li  |  February 13, 2014  |  Category: Security Research
[ This article originally appeared in Virus Bulletin ]( https://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/archive/2013/12/vb201312-KakaoTalk) The Android/FakeKakao trojan disguises itself as a KakaoTalk security plug-in as a means to lure users to install i...
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Protect Against Social Malware

by RSS Michael Perna  |  February 12, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Valentine's day is just around the corner and of course the mere thought of chocolate and pink hearts bring butterflies to our stomachs. But butterflies aside, there are other things that flutter through your inbox and their intentions are not always...
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Security Digest: February 8th

by RSS Michael Perna  |  February 08, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
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DDoS Through History

by RSS Michael Perna  |  February 05, 2014  |  Category: Security 101
In 1974 a 13-year old boy named David Dennis discovered that he could lock up a PLATO terminal by making an external request when no external device was present. This prompted David, a student at University High school in Champaign Illinois, to write...
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Adobe Releases Critical Flash Player Update

by RSS Richard Henderson  |  February 04, 2014  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Today Adobe announced an out-of-cycle emergency patch for their ubiquitous Flash Player software. The patch impacts Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users of Flash Player. Normally when a patch like this is released, it is due to an unpatched vulnerabili...
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A Short History of Cryptography

by RSS Michael Perna  |  February 03, 2014  |  Category: Security 101
Cryptography has been around for a while, which is a bit of an understatement. Below is an infographic that will give a glimpse into the world of cryptography.
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