FortinetSecurity

FortiCloud Now Manages FortiGate UTM Appliances

Credit to Author: Peter Newton| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:57:00 +0000

We are proud to announce that full cloud-based management is now available for our FortiGate UTM products through the FortiCloud services.  We have seen impressive growth in the adoption of our FortiCloud solution over the past several years that has validated the value of a cloud management model for Fortinet customers.  FortiCloud started 10 years ago as a cloud-based solution for log storage and analytics.  Over the years, we’ve improved those analytics and added the ability to mass deploy devices (FortiDeploy), independently…

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QuickHealSecurity

Cryptomix Ransomware resurfaces with multiple variants

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 11:12:23 +0000

Cryptomix Ransomware has been active for the last one year and has come up with multiple variants. It spreads via exploit kits, malicious attachments, and malicious links spread across the Internet on hacked domains. Cryptomix Ransomware does not change the desktop background but encrypts files stored on the infected system…

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ScadaICSSchneider

Nuclear Plants Can Boost Reliability with Predictive Maintenance

Credit to Author: Kim Custeau| Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:00:52 +0000

The rapid growth in electricity demand combined with movements to curtail emissions has created an opportunity for nuclear energy as a zero carbon emission energy source. However, in an industry… Read more »

The post Nuclear Plants Can Boost Reliability with Predictive Maintenance appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

A week in security (July 24 – July 30)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:21:14 +0000

A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 24th of July to the 30th. We talked about ransomware, the Dark Web, smart toys, encryption, and other.

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Can Microsoft lawyers defeat Putin’s most notorious spy-hackers?

Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:53:00 -0700

Russian’s spy-hackers have taken on almost a mythical status as more details have emerged about how they hacked the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and influenced the last presidential election. The National Security Agency and the entire U.S. intelligence community seem to be a step behind them, and the worst may be yet to come.

And now comes an unlikely potential savior: Microsoft’s lawyers. They’re using a combination of cyber-sleuthing and innovative legal filings to strike at one of Russia’s most dangerous cyber-espionage groups, Fancy Bear. So far, the tactic is paying off. But it’s not clear that Microsoft can defeat the hackers in the long run.

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