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Credit to Author: Dustin Childs (Zero Day Initiative Communications)| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:30:56 +0000
Just a day before Pwn2Own kicks off its 10th anniversary, join us in looking at the security updates released by Google, Adobe, VMWare, Firefox, and Microsoft for the month of March 2017. It’s shaping up to be the largest Patch Tuesday in history, which is fitting to coincide with the largest Pwn2Own ever. tl:dr –…
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:00:08 +0000
According to Reference.com, the saying that “everything is bigger in Texas” likely originated as a reference to the state’s huge geographical area. Texas is second only to Alaska in size, but it is the largest of the contiguous 48 states. I am a native Texan (big hair and all) and it’s exciting to have a…
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:42:53 +0000
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” That’s the last line of the song “Closing Time” by the band Semisonic. The TippingPoint team is no stranger to new beginnings. Our latest “new beginning” began almost a year ago when Trend Micro acquired us from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The second part of our new…
Credit to Author: Dustin Childs (Zero Day Initiative Communications)| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:00:32 +0000
Over the last decade of Pwn2Own™ competitions, different people harbored different emotions towards the contest. It’s been referred to as a blood bath for browsers, although no actual blood has ever been spilt. It has helped launch people’s careers, or at the very least, it has helped increase their notoriety. It’s been accused of crushing…
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:45:55 +0000
I’ve been fascinated with the rise and fall of exploit kits, especially the ones that are really popular that disappear seemingly overnight. Angler was one that at one point, contributed 59.5% in the total exploit kit activity for 2015. But now it’s presumed dead as of June 2016 after the arrest of a hacker gang….
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:50:12 +0000
Love was in the air earlier this week. This past Tuesday was Valentine’s Day and what should have been Microsoft’s “Patch Tuesday,” but it was reported last month that Patch Tuesday would never be the same as Microsoft moves to a process that includes an online searchable database and automatic updates. I was wondering what…
A lot has changed since 2002, the first year I attended the RSA Conference. First, the event was being held in San Jose, California, which is a huge difference from the massive Moscone Center in San Francisco. Second, instead of the Monday night reception format as it is now with vendors staffing their booths for…