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Byline: Know Your Enemy: Understanding Threat Actors

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

This is Part II of a series. Read Part I here. Sun Tzu wrote in his famous book, The Art of War, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” In my previous article, “Are you Aware of Your Cyber Situation,” I discussed how important it is for you to understand your business as it relates to your digital…

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FortinetSecurity

Incomplete Patch: More Joomla! Core XSS Vulnerabilities Are Found

Credit to Author: Zhouyuan Yang| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:50:00 +0000

Joomla! is one of the world's most popular content management systems (CMS). It enables users to build Web sites and powerful online applications. More than 3 percent of Web sites are running Joomla!, and it accounts for more than 9 percent of CMS market share. As of July 2017, Joomla! has been downloaded over 82 million times. Over 7,800 free and commercial extensions are available from the official Joomla! Extension Directory, and more are available from other sources. In my last blog, I discovered 2 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities…

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SecuritySophos

Sophos joins global alliance to fight the cybercrooks

Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:10:01 +0000

Along with law enforcement, educational institutions and financial organizations, Sophos becomes part of the Global Cyber Alliance.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40667&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/mmmtFcEzJ_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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MalwareBytesSecurity

A .NET malware abusing legitimate ffmpeg

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:00:52 +0000

There is a growing trend among malware authors to incorporate legitimate applications in their malicious package. This time, we encountered a malware downloading a legitimate ffmpeg.

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SecuritySophos

Sophos joins global alliance to fight the cyber-crooks

Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:10:01 +0000

Along with law enforcement, educational institutions and financial organizations, Sophos becomes part of the Global Cyber Alliance.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40667&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/mmmtFcEzJ_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FortinetSecurity

Don’t Take It from Us – FortiGate Enterprise Network Firewall Customer Reviews

Credit to Author: Trish Borrmann| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Last year, Gartner launched a new website and service called Peer Insights. Its goal is to provide organizations looking at adopting new technologies or solutions with access to the collective knowledge and experience of IT professionals that have already evaluated and adopted similar technology. Their posted reviews offer detailed perspectives and firsthand experience with a wide range of solutions for every phase of the IT lifecycle – from evaluation and implementation to service and support. In the Enterprise Firewall category, for example,…

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FortinetSecurity

Information Governance for Healthcare Institutions

Credit to Author: Darlene Gannon| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Information governance is nothing new, but for it to be effective, it requires understanding, flexibility, and collaboration between a variety of teams and departments. Fortinet’s Susan Biddle offers her insights into the role of information governance in organizational security and how healthcare organizations can adapt. Can solid information governance boost security for an organization? If so, in what ways? Security is all about protecting the critical assets and intellectual property of an organization, while maximizing their value….

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FortinetSecurity

Securing the Digital World, Part I

Credit to Author: Ken Xie| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

Today’s digital economy is driving a technology revolution. Networks now include on-demand infrastructure, cloud-based services, software defined perimeters, and the growth of smart devices and IoT. Networks and infrastructures are also increasingly hyperconnected. What’s been missing is a security strategy to protect these new environments. The Internet was first begun as a point-to-point networking solution 50 years ago. The first generation of security was connection-oriented because it was primarily a firewall and VPN that…

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