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Credit to Author: Rommel Joven| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 06:54:42 -0800

Dot ransomware is a new Ransomware-as-a-service(RaaS) that is openly available in hacking forums. And following the current trend in malware services, it uses web portals hosted in the TOR network for anonymity. Commission-based Profit While lurking in hacking forums, we came across a post for this new ransomware service. RaaS services are now switching from a one-time fee or subscription payment model to a commission based strategy. One advantage of this scheme is that the up front price for the ransomware is free, and any profits realized…

Credit to Author: Stephan Tallent| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 08:38:41 -0800

Fortinet covers critical aspects of an MSSP’s business model like no other security manufacturer—offering the best in multi- tenancy, the most hardware flexibility, the highest performance through hardware acceleration, and the lowest total cost of ownership of any security vendor.

Credit to Author: Michael Xie| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:55:47 -0800

The world never stands still. In the technology space, this means that constant innovation and discovery is the key to a solution provider’s survival and growth. In the cybersecurity arena, this creed is even more vital. Many hackers are brilliant people. There’s only one way to get the better of them – be even more brilliant. And faster and more creative. Which is why R&D is crucial in the security technology business. Cybersecurity solution providers must deliver open, integrated security and networking technologies…

Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:54:12 -0800

X-ray image of installed pacemaker showing wire routing – Image from Wikipedia A few days ago, journalists reported a man had been charged with arson using data retrieved from his own pacemaker (see here). One article showed a "funny" image of a man's chest with stitches to insert or access the pacemaker. This, and the comments, led me to some research on pacemakers. No, you don't need to open the patient to retrieve data from the pacemaker Pacemakers transmit data over radio frequencies. They typically use the 402-405…

Credit to Author: Damien Lim| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:10:15 -0800

As part of this commitment to third-party testing, Fortinet recently participated in the NSS Labs 2017 Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) test by submitting our FortiClient solution for public analysis. And on February 14th, 2017, NSS published their test results.

Credit to Author: Brian Forster | Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:21:15 -0800

Technology integration in the financial services industry has opened opportunities that could only be dreamed of a few decades back. Around the turn of the millennium, we began seeing banks set up websites for internet-based banking, and about a decade later, mobile banking customers began tapping their smartphones to make payments at retail stores. Inside the walls of financial institutions themselves, employees are leveraging technology such as email and mobile devices to streamline processes and provide a better overall customer experience. Industry…

Credit to Author: Lilia Elena Gonzalez Medina| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 08:37:16 -0800

Over the weekend, we encountered an interesting variation of a phishing email targeting Apple users. The email contained an alleged receipt for five movies purchased from the iTunes Store that was so detailed that the user who received it, and who knows better, still almost fell for the scam. Figure 1. Phishing Apple email Similar cases were reported in 2015 by users in the UK and Australia, except in those cases the fake receipt contained songs and books, respectively. Last year, similar emails targeting users in the US were also reported,…

Credit to Author: Darlene Gannon| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:17:18 -0800

According to IBM’s 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index report, cyber criminals attacked healthcare more than any other industry last year, with more than 100 million healthcare records being compromised. As the use of IoT devices continues to grow in hospitals, we talked to Roger Bailey about the risks, and how to secure these increasingly distributed healthcare environments. Q&A with Roger Bailey, Sales Engineer at Fortinet How is IoT growing in the world of healthcare? There are two sides to IoT in hospitals – the customer…