Nine MS Bulletins, Sneaky DRM, and ATM Trojan Every week, the security community learns about new attacks, exploits, breaches, security patches, and more. However, keeping track of all this fresh information security (infosec) news can be challenging for most IT practitioners.
Deploying Packet Analysis Sensors in SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Learn more at http://www.solarwinds.com/network-performance-monitor/inm/whats-new.aspx The network is under constant attack for being the cause of slow application performance and poor user…
Sophos UTM Manager 4.1 Released
Today we have released Sophos UTM Manager 4.1. This adds the necessary support for the new Sophos Managed Service Provider (MSP) program*.
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
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.
9.101 Up2Date Released (Today)
Further to our earlier post ( http://www.astaro.com/en-uk/node/20887 ) about some issues in UTM 9.100, and a soft-release of UTM 9.101 made last week, I'd like to inform you that within the next few hours we will GA release Up2Date 9.101 that stabilizes your UTM 9.100 release and offers several fixes for RED, Wireless, WebAdmin, and more while addressing some performance issues as well. You should apply this Up2Date with priority at your earliest opportunity once it has downloaded and shows up as available for installation in your WebAdmin.
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
IT-Harvest Interviews Fortinet’s John Maddison (video)
In the following video, IT-Harvest’s Richard Stiennon interviews John Maddison, Fortinet’s vice president of marketing on how Fortinet views itself in the security market. Topics covered include network security performance, the depth and breadth of the company’s product line and the company’s technology innovation.
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…
11MB for a simple conference program application?
As I was following the tweets of IEEE S&P, one of the top academic conferences on security, I saw they had created a special application for the people attending the conferences, with the agenda, paper abstracts and a few news. Figure 1. IEEE Security & Privacy Android application Curious, I downloaded the application for Android (air.org.computer.confprog.sp.apk) and ran it through my automated analysis scripts.