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Sophos UTM 9.1 Released

By on Monday, May 13th, 2013 | No Comments

I am pleased to inform you that today, after months of research, development, (and public testing by you), we have released Sophos UTM 9.1. This major update to our UTM line introduces dozens of new features, offers vastly increased performance in throughput and reporting (to name a few), and all-told makes UTM an even more formidable solution. You will find an amazing new system for enforcing your Web Security settings on clients anywhere they are in the world using our UTM Endpoint offering, wireless repeating and bridging using a mesh network option for our Wireless AP50, and SSL VPN for iOS and Android mobiles. We could go on, but first I invite you to download and install the Up2Date so you can start using all of the new abilities and see what else awaits you in UTM 9.1! Read on for download information, release notes, and all the details… 

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Finding Similarities and Differences at DEX Level

By on Monday, May 6th, 2013 | No Comments

Some time ago, I analyzed two similar samples of Android/Smsilence.A!tr.spy, a fake Vertu application that spies on its victim. One the samples was targeting a Japanese audience, while the other sample was for Korean end-users. I was interested in finding their similarities (and differences). At (decompiled) source code level, I identified for instance a similarity: both samples check incoming SMS messages and download another payload if the message body contains the keyword 113, or deletes …

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IDC BYOD Survey Shows Mobile Malware is the Top Concern

By on Friday, April 26th, 2013 | No Comments

Just a few years ago, the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) to work trend was just starting to give IT administrators cause for concern.

Flash forward to today: BYOD has not only reached a tipping point, but is accelerating at a dizzying pace. With this momentum comes elevated fears and a torrent of threats, proven by the latest BYOD and mobility figures from research firm IDC in its Mobile Security Survey 2013. None of these statistics should come as a surprise.

Mobile malware is a top concern …

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Access Management: Five Tips

By on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 | No Comments

Access management is a crucial function for every organization with an Internet connectionand it’s a lot harder these days. The explosion of remote workers and mobile devices has complicated and confused once-rudimentary access management functions, while the popularity of social media and other Web 2.0 sites have added a more challenging dimension to the work environment.

With this in mind, here are a few tips for access management that might ease the process.

Do Inventory Organizati…

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Bitcoin and the ZeroAccess Botnet

By on Friday, April 12th, 2013 | No Comments

Botnets for years have been leveraged as a cybercrime tool to commit any variety of nefarious activity ranging from Website defacement and DDoS to the proliferation of malware and theft of sensitive information.

Lately, the cyber community can add one more to the list mining the digital currency Bitcoin.

In the new Bitcoin heists, the botnets that take over a victim’s computer aren’t intended to steal a victim’s money – although they are certainly capable of doing that, to…

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DDoS: A Brief History, Part II

By on Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 | No Comments

In our last blog, we discussed DDoS, detailing the chronology of the DDoS attack from an early attack used by hackers to gain notoriety and wreak havoc to a sophisticated cybercrime tool used for monetary gain.

In this Part II, gathered from information provided by FortiGuard AV analyst Karine de Ponteves, we discuss the latest iteration of DDoS – specifically, how the attack is leveraged to disrupt government and corporate systems to make a political statement and mobilize users to action –…

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Digital Attack on Korean networks: Wipers, Time-Bombs and Roman soldiers

By on Friday, March 22nd, 2013 | No Comments

On March the 20th, little after 2pm, several South Korean financial institutions and TV broadcasters networks were impacted by a destructive virus, which wiped hard drives of infected computers, preventing them to boot up upon restart.

Since then, the team here has been up on the deck, dissecting the attack components. So far, here is what we’ve found out, that, to our knowledge, hasn’t been published anywhere yet:

* The attack made use of two different droppers, in charge of d…

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Network World Security Landscape Video Podcast (March)

By on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 | No Comments

In this month’s Network World Security Landscape video podcast, reporter Keith Shaw speaks with Fortinet’s Derek Manky on trends he saw at this year’s RSA tradeshow, a new Claco cross platform botnet that’s migrating from the smartphones to PCs, the recent Evernote hack and the recent trend of companies migrating to two factor authentication.

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A Better Way to Manage the Configurations and Passwords of Network Devices

By on Monday, March 11th, 2013 | No Comments

Enterprises depend on network availability for business continuity and network configuration data lies at the core of enterprise network administration. Network device configurations contain access credentials, SNMP settings, access control lists and other sensitive data that make them crucial to network security. Naturally, access to the devices is controlled through a password and access to the configurations is regulated through another password.

However, unfortunately, many organizations continue to neglect the crucial aspects of both Network Configuration Management and Device Password Management.

Lack of Proper Change Management Plan

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Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) says Data Breach, Loss Top Cloud Threat List

By on Friday, March 8th, 2013 | No Comments

A new survey of industry experts from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) finds data breach and data loss at the top of nine critical threats to cloud security.

Cloud computing is more mainstream among businesses and government now than ever before. CSA’s “The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013” report details the development of the cloud service model and how it delivers business-supporting technology more efficiently. The shift from server to service-based thinking is transf…

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