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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 1, 2018

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:45:25 +0000

Happy New Year! It’s out with the old, in with the new, right? Except we all know that the old tends to stick around, especially when it comes to vulnerabilities and patching them. Trend Micro predicts that that 2018’s biggest attacks will originate from known vulnerabilities. And speaking of known vulnerabilities, the Zero Day Initiative…

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SecuritySophos

The problem with next-gen firewall app control

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:45:02 +0000

As much as 90% of application traffic is unidentified<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44915&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/R7-luNl8hec” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FortinetSecurity

A Security Fabric for Digital-Age Healthcare: A Preview of HIMSS 2018

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle | Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:45:59 +0000

HIMSS 2018 will be held this year on March 5-9th at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. Fortinet is excited to be attending this event yet again to meet with healthcare IT professionals standing on the front lines of digital transformation initiatives at their organizations, and to attend the various workshops, roundtables, and keynotes presented by thought leaders.

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FortinetSecurity

Fortinet Advisory on New Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Fortinet| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:45:59 +0000

Earlier this week, it was announced that researchers uncovered two new side channel attacks that exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities found in most CPU processors, including those from Intel, AMD, and ARM. These vulnerabilities allow malicious userspace processes to read kernel memory, thereby potentially causing sensitive kernel information to leak. These vulnerabilities are known as Meltdown and Spectre.

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