CES 2018: The top 9 new products for the enterprise
Credit to Author: Peter Sayer| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:24:00 -0800
TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 8, 2018
Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:09:44 +0000
Last week, three interesting vulnerabilities popped up on the news and security feeds. Researchers disclosed CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715, collectively known as Spectre, and CVE-2017-5754, known as Meltdown. These vulnerabilities take advantage of “speculative execution” of instructions performed by many modern microprocessors and can potentially allow an unprivileged attacker to read privileged memory allocated to the…
This Week in Security News: Meltdowns and Hijacks
Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:00:41 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, we saw discussions on the vulnerabilities of chat bots and AI programs, and the types of software that may not be safe from malware and hackers. Read…
Score an A in Cybersecurity using a 5-Point Checklist
Credit to Author: Sowjanya O'Neill| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:45:59 +0000
Learn the critical cybersecurity challenges plaguing K-12 schools today and how to mitigate them with this five-point cybersecurity checklist.
Read MoreKein Radar für App-Traffic: die Probleme von Firewalls – und wie sie zu lösen sind
Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:21:05 +0000
Die Entwicklungen von Firewalls steht vor ganz neuen Herausforderungen. Verschiebungen in der Bedrohungslandschaft, ein dramatischer Anstieg in Anzahl und Komplexität von Technologien, mit denen System-Administratoren sich auseinandersetzen müssen, und nicht zu vergessen: eine Flut an Daten. Die modernen Firewalls können zwar heute weitaus mehr, doch auch viele sogenannte Next-Gen-Lösungen haben eine Problem: App-Traffic. Eine kürzlich […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=45084&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/k0903I6KczQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreBitcoin-Hype ruft kriminelle „Goldgräber“ auf den Plan
Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:40:11 +0000
Immer mehr Akteure wollen am Bitcoin-Hype mitverdienen – und ahnungslose Webseitenbesucher sind in diesem Fall die Leidtragenden: Seit September 2017 beobachten wir, dass bei dem Besuch vieler Webseiten die Prozessorlast des eigenen Rechners aus zunächst unerfindlichen Gründen auf 100% hochschnellt. Der Grund dafür ist, dass beim Besuch der Webseite eine in JavaScript geschriebene Anwendung des […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=44640&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qdKSYPassl4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreVirus Infectors : A Perpetual Attack Vector – A report by Quick Heal Security Labs
Credit to Author: Amar Patil| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:51:57 +0000
2017 was the year of ransomware and cryptocurrency miners but we are still seeing infectors posing a prominent attack vector. Although old, infectors still remain a significant threat to users. In 2017, we observed a few old infector families making new versions of their old code, though no new prominent…
Read MoreSSD Advisory – Seagate Personal Cloud Multiple Vulnerabilities
Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:45:21 +0000
Vulnerabilities summary The following advisory describes two (2) unauthenticated command injection vulnerabilities. Seagate Personal Cloud Home Media Storage is “the easiest way to store, organize, stream and share all your music, movies, photos, and important documents.” Credit An independent security researcher, Yorick Koster, has reported this vulnerability to Beyond Security’s SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program Vendor … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Seagate Personal Cloud Multiple Vulnerabilities
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