Imagine configuring and securing a network blindfolded. Safe to say, that's just shy of a completely impossible task.
But when IT administrators don't have a comprehensive view of the network, they are essentially doing just that. That lack of visib...
After working in the reseller channel for many years, I've spent a lot of time with many firewall products. It wasn't until I recently joined Fortinet that I had a real opportunity to get to grips with the FortiGate firewall. I was impressed at the w...
Glen Kemp works in the United Kingdom as a part of the EMEA professional services team. He has worked for 15 years in networking and security. He worked extensively with many leading and (sometimes bleeding) edge "keep the bad guys out" technologies....
In a recent post we explored the Myths about DDoS. Despite their infamy, many misconceptions surround the world of DDoS but now that you know the facts let's go one step further. Typical internet security appliances come prepackaged with signatures a...
Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet's EMEA FortiGuard Labs
On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will stop support for Windows XP even while its market share is still high (29.53% in February 2014 according to Net Applications). What will be the secur...
Derek Manky Speaks to Network World's Keith Shaw about the current trends in the threat landscape.
Root kits Boot kits and the Internet of Things
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This article originally appeared in Virus Bulletin
](https://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/archive/2014/01/vb201401-Sality)
Sality has been around for many years, yet it is still one of today's most prevalent pieces of malware.
In this arti...
We are in the age of information and for the past 25 years the internet has been an awesome force for good. It has created an incredible information economy across networks and won our trust as a viable platform for the exchange of just about anythin...
After drive-by download malware on a Spanish newspaper in February, another Spanish newspaper is hit by malicious advertisement served on its website.
This time, reading the news gets you to scare advertisement and then to subscription to paid servi...
Neo is a Team Lead in the RAP department at Fortinet Inc. His research interests include exploits, custom packers and Botnets. He has several articles published in Virus Bulletin Issues.
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This article originally appeared in Virus Bulletin
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<br/>Medfos is a heavily obfuscated trojan family which downloads modules capable of redirecting search engine r...