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FortinetSecurity

NSS Labs NGFW Report: Fortinet Receives 4th Consecutive Recommended Rating

Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

One of the biggest security challenges organizations face is sorting through solutions from literally hundreds of vendors in the IT market to find the one that is going to provide them with the best protection at a cost they can afford. Each of these vendors claims to solve critical security issues, and they use volumes of white papers and marketing campaigns to promote their solutions. Of course, proper security is essential. As networks continue to expand and become more complex, organizations are increasingly reliant on effective…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

FBI: Smart toys could harm children’s privacy and physical safety

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:30:06 +0000

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA), encouraging consumers to think twice before purchasing internet-connected toys.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Going dark: encryption and law enforcement

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:00:18 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk recently about encryption and how law enforcement can’t convict criminals without encryption keys. We beg to differ.

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SecuritySophos

Philadelphia RaaS reflects bad guys’ knack for salesmanship

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:00:34 +0000

SophosLabs researcher deconstructs popular Philadelphia ransomware kit to reveal how ransomware as a service is proliferating cybercrime <img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40760&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/VOeGXoMQAmc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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