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 –…
2013 BlackHat Europe
BlackHat Europe was last week, and Fortiguard Labs members were there for the briefings. Again this year, the 2 days event took place in Amsterdam downtown
Deloitte Survey Finds Breaches Across Industries
A mid-February 2013 Deloitte Tech Trends poll of 1,749 business executives found more than one in four report their organizations were the victims of at least one cyber attack in the past year. Nine percent report multiple breaches, and 17 percent say they are not confident their organizations could detect an attack
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) says Data Breach, Loss Top Cloud Threat List
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.
RSA Conference 2013: New Threats, New Solutions
The keynote speakers have gone home, the parties have ended, and another RSA Conference 2013 is over. By all reports, this year set records for attendance and business conducted. With a complex and evolving threat landscape and the accelerating adoption of disruptive technologies, exhibitors had a field day on the show floor with sophisticated releases that vied to differentiate in the burgeoning security markets
UTM 9.005 Up2Date Released
We have just released stable version 9.005 via Up2Date for Sophos UTM. This release contains many compatibility improvements and stability enhancements for your installation.
IT Complexity Bolsters Argument for Managed Security
The forward drive and accompanying expense found in the integration of existing systems and infrastructure with new technologies is placing pressure on organizations to rethink network security strategies. Increasing complexity of both IT and physical security requirements, observes Frost & Sullivan in its “Analysis of the Global Managed Security Services Market” (Feb
Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs Discovers Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player
Affected Software Could Allow an Attacker, Who Successfully Exploits These Vulnerabilities, to Run Malicious Code on the Affected System SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 20, 2013 ― Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) − a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced the company’s FortiGuard Labs has identified critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs consist of over 175 researchers and analysts world-wide, working to discover, monito…
President Obama’s Cyber State of the Union
During his State of the Union address On February 12, 2013, President Obama announced an Executive Order that pertained to Cyber Security and information sharing. He stated the need for better protection against hackers, including foreign countries that have tried in the past to collect corporate and personal information. All Things D published the executive order in its entirety. Many have questioned whether this will have little, beneficial or detrimental effects on the network security …
Sophos RED 50 Released
We have just launched our new Remote Ethernet Device, the Sophos RED 50.