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The ransomware scourge has become much worse the last 12 months. Highly organized cybercrime gangs have iterated their attacks into a massive extortion racket.They are focusing on easy prey, and recently dozens of local governments, school systems and non-profits have been infected, apart from very visible large companies that suffered weeks of downtime.To avoid disruption, […]
June’s Patch Tuesday – On the Way!
It’s time for another episode of Microsoft Patch Tuesday! Tell ‘em what they’ve won, Bob! A new caaaarrrrr! Wait. That’s not right. Sorry.
NSA Has Large Disks
One of the hottest buzz of the moment certainly is the breaking news about NSA collecting phone records of Verizon subscribers. According to court order, Verizon has been asked to provide NSA daily information for all its phone records between April 25th and July 19th
Phishing – Alive and Well
Last week I was getting caught up on the usual deluge of emails, and one caught my eye. I’ll admit, at first glance, I almost clicked without thinking.
Dr.Jekyll or Mr.Hyde?
We recently had a company contact us regarding an email they received from their bank. The company’s access to their online banking account was blocked by its bank due to fraudulent activity observed through its account
Tufin Talks ‘Magic’ in Network Security Abstraction
There’s no shortage of reports on the latest network security breaches. Each incident holds its own valuable security lesson but it’s beneficial to recognize the incremental successes paving the way to progress. That’s exactly what Reuven Harrison of Fortinet’s solution partner Tufin did in a blog published last week.
The Honeywords Solution
It’s rare that a week goes by without headlines of data breaches or malware attacks – or the introduction of a solution to stop them in their tracks. The latter is increasingly important, thanks to a rash of exploits on LivingSocial, eHarmony, Sony and Evernote – all part of a long, growing list of high-profile targets. The latest, greatest remedy is what researchers at MIT and RSA have dubbed “honeywords” – a new way to deter hackers from leveraging data…
Twitter Adds 2FA
Yesterday Twitter announced that it has enabled two-factor authentication for users of their popular service. As we wrote in our Two-Factor Authentication Solution Brief earlier this year: the password as you know it is dead. As we continue to move into a world where literally everything we do touches the Internet in some fashion, companies owe it to their users and customers ways of ensuring they provide safe and secure methods of authentication
Cutting Wires, Costs: A Look at Creating Wireless Efficiencies
Wireless network infrastructure – for anyone in business, it’s a necessary evil and, perhaps ironically, one that isn’t short on infrastructure. You need a controller and wireless routers or access points – lots of them – enabling wireless networks to join an existing wired network. You’ll have to invest in a site planner/survey tool, or risk incorrectly guessing where the APs should go
1,000 malicious Android samples per day
“Is mobile malware really an issue?” is probably among the most frequent questions my friends ask me regarding my work. I usually like to answer indirectly with a graph as below: Figure 1. Evolution of malicious Android samples.