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Credit to Author: Derek Manky| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

The biggest trend in security today seems to be information sharing. Everyone agrees that sharing threat intelligence is key to detecting and stopping attacks. The challenge isn’t that there aren’t enough sources for threat intelligence, but that there is simply too much information being generated, and that includes far too much redundancy. What we need an ecosystem to vet and process the information first – an information exchange and clearing house – like the cyber threat alliance (CTA) that Fortinet helped establish back…

Independent Krebs

July 28, 2017 admin

Suspended Sentence for Mirai Botmaster Daniel Kaye

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:13:42 +0000

Last month, KrebsOnSecurity identified U.K. citizen Daniel Kaye as the likely real-life identity behind a hacker responsible for clumsily wielding a powerful botnet built on Mirai, a malware strain that enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices for use in large-scale online attacks. Today, a German court issued a suspended sentence for Kaye, who now faces related cybercrime charges in the United Kingdom.

Security Wired

July 28, 2017 admin

A GOP Staffer Crowdsourced a Resolution From a Conspiracy Subreddit

Credit to Author: Ashley Feinberg| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:14:37 +0000

An amendment that targets Hillary Clinton and James Comey has its roots in r/The_Donald, a notoriously conspiracy-minded subreddit.

MalwareBytes Security

July 28, 2017 admin

Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:56:25 +0000

It’s the last Friday of July, and today—more than any day—is the perfect day to recognize and express our gratitude to the mighty men and women who make our work life in the office a little more manageable if not totally stress-free, technology- and IT concerns-wise.

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ComputerWorld Independent

July 28, 2017 admin

How the dark web has gone corporate

Some criminals on the dark web are taking their cues from the practices of corporate IT. Illicit offerings run the gamut from code that buyers have to implement themselves to turnkey solutions and consulting services. Here’s a look at what’s out there.

Security Sophos

July 28, 2017 admin

XG Firewall flies high in NSS Labs tests

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:13:55 +0000

Sophos XG Firewall is among the top in the industry for security effectiveness, performance and value.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=41086&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/0Hmcw3SSr8c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Wired

July 28, 2017 admin

How Netflix DDoS’d Itself To Help Protect the Entire Internet

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:05:46 +0000

Taking one for the stream.

Security TrendMicro

July 28, 2017 admin

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of July 24, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:25:08 +0000

This week, I attended the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. 2017 marked the 20th anniversary of the Black Hat conference. A lot has certainly changed since I started attending back in 2002. I’m sure that many will have their opinions on the central themes that they saw at the conference (artificial intelligence was…