High Performance Network Security, Enterprise and Data-Center Firewall

High Performance Network Security, Enterprise and Data-Center Firewall

Detour Ahead...Please Engage Brain

by RSS Chris Dawson  |  September 28, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
It was a morning like lots of others...I was headed to the airport for a week in our home office, so I got an early start, checked on the sheep on the way out (yes, sheep), and got on the road. Aside from being ridiculously early, the ride was uneven...
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IoT Cybervandals Rebooted My Kidney

by RSS Daniel Dern  |  September 24, 2015  |  Category: Behind the Firewall
(Author's disclaimer: I originally pitched this as a humor piece, but the more I wrote, despite the light-hearted tone, the more serious I realized this is/was/will be.)  In Chapter II of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Alice,...
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Closing The Gap On Mobile Security For SMBs

by RSS Esther Shein  |  September 24, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Not surprisingly, mobile security ranks among the top challenges IT faces when it comes to protecting small and mid-sized businesses. What is surprising, however, is that only 16% of SMBs worldwide responding to a recent Techaisle survey say they&rsq...
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A Visualization Is Worth A Whole Lot Of Words When It Comes To Security

by RSS Chris Dawson  |  September 22, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
We all know the expression “a picture is worth a thousand words”. But those of us who have experienced the power of dynamic visualizations in big data analytics tools know that a good visualization can take countless words and huge datase...
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Windows Journal Vulnerability Disclosed Plus A Weekend Bonus

by RSS Aamir Lakhani  |  September 18, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
FortiGuard Labs disclosed a heap overflow vulnerability earlier this week in Windows Journal, a notetaking application developed by Microsoft that is included in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10....
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SharePoint 2013 XSS Vulnerability Discovered

by RSS Aamir Lakhani  |  September 14, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Researchers with FortiGuard Labs recently discovered a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint 2013. SharePoint is a web application platform in the Microsoft Office server suite that combines intranet, extranet, co...
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Cyber Arms Race Goes Nuclear With Quantum Computing

by RSS Evan Schuman  |  September 09, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Strong encryption is the security professional's arms race. There is no such thing—and never has been nor ever will be—as unbreakable code. The best we can strive for is code that will take a cyberthief's computers so long to brea...
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Pssst...Hey, Buddy - Wanna Free Security Audit?

by RSS Chris Dawson  |  September 08, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
Last month I talked about the essential nature of third-party auditing and pen testing. It's smart security policy, good business, and, more likely than not, a regulatory requirement. The problem, though, is that it tends to be pricey, time-consu...
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Why Mr. Robot Still Works...And Why It's Sending A Timely Message

by RSS Chris Dawson  |  September 03, 2015  |  Category: Industry Trends & News
[Editor's Note: If you haven't yet watched the season finale of Mr. Robot, there are some spoilers here. It's not a recap and it won't ruin the whole episode, but you might want to watch it first before you keep reading.] Within...
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Multi-COM Loading Methods Used In Targeted Attack

by RSS Wayne Chin Yick Low  |  September 01, 2015  |  Category: Security Research
Introduction Last month, iSightPartners revealed a Microsoft Office zero-day leveraged in a targeted attack by a Russian cyber espionage team. This vulnerability has been patched in Microsoft bulletin MS15-070. CVE-2015-2424 was assigned to thi...
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