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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ScadaICSSchneider

Why Closing the Gap Between Scheduling and Operations is a Value Booster

Credit to Author: Livia Wiley| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:36:01 +0000

By: Rachel K. Carson, MarCom Intern for Process Industries Albert Einstein once said, “Strive not to be of success, but rather to be of value.” Value is incredibly important because it… Read more »

The post Why Closing the Gap Between Scheduling and Operations is a Value Booster appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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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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ComputerWorldIndependent

Mingis on Tech: The language of malware

Credit to Author: Ken Mingis, Fahmida Y. Rashid| Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:00:00 -0700

Sometimes, how you say something can be as important as what you say — especially when’s there been a cyberattack and law enforcement officials are trying to figure out who you are.

That’s what CSO senior writer Fahmida Rashid found when she looked into how cybersecurity firms go about tracking down the bad actors behind malware campaigns. While linguistics may not be the first thing companies worry about when trying to protect — or retrieve access to — their data, it can help pinpoint an attack’s origin, Rashid told Computerworld Executive Editor Ken Mingis.

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