Last week the USA’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent out a directive for all agencies to upgrade their Domain Name System (DNS) security in light of a wave of Iranian hack attempts specifically targeted at compromising DNS.The compromiseThe Iranian cyber-criminals attempted (it’s unknown if they succeeded), to figure out through DNS records who the […]
Antivirus Software Overview – Trend Micro Security 2019
https://trendmicro.optrics.com/Trend Micro™ Security provides advanced protection and privacy so you can enjoy your digital life safely. It helps protect you from identity theft, in addition to safeguarding against viruses, ransomware, spam, and other malware.Trend Micro Security warns you about dangerous links in email and instant messages. Also, it provides simple control screen options and clear, […]
Threat Intelligence – Real or Hype?
Threat intelligence, we keep hearing about it from security vendors, but what is it really? Is it hype or marketing speak that will be promoted by those without a real grasp of what it means, or is it the real deal?One problem in defining threat intelligence is that one person’s threat intelligence is not like […]
Yet Another Flash Patch Fixes Zero-Day Flaw
For the third time in two weeks, Adobe has issued an emergency security update for its Flash Player software to fix a dangerous zero-day vulnerability that hackers already are exploiting to launch drive-by download attacks. The newest update, version 16.0.0.305 , addresses a critical security bug ( CVE-2015-0313 ) present in the version of Flash that Adobe released o n Jan.
Who’s Attacking Whom? Realtime Attack Trackers
It seems nearly every day we’re reading about Internet attacks aimed at knocking sites offline and breaking into networks, but it’s often difficult to visualize this type of activity. In this post, we’ll take a look at multiple ways of tracking online attacks and attackers around the globe and in real-time
Be Wary of ‘Order Confirmation’ Emails
If you receive an email this holiday season asking you to “confirm” an online e-commerce order or package shipment, please resist the urge to click the included link or attachment: Malware purveyors and spammers are blasting these missives by the millions each day in a bid to trick people into giving up control over their computers and identities.