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Credit to Author: Phil Quade| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

In my previous article, I raised a red flag about the diminishing practical returns of “mom and pop” threat research as a proxy for mitigating vulnerabilities and bad consequences. Threat assessment is often both difficult and incomplete, and sometimes best left to those who have timely access to the best possible data (and the even then, left to those with the military and intelligence means to act on it). In that piece, I also begged an obvious question. If chasing threats are not the best allocation of an organization’s…

Credit to Author: Minh Tran| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:50:59 +0000

Recently, we came across some interesting samples in jtd format, which is the file format used by JustSystems Ichitaro. The following is a quick primer for readers who are unfamiliar with the Japanese market.

Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:50:59 +0000

Welcome back to our monthly review of some of the most interesting security research publications.

Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

The growing need for on-demand network and compute resources is outpacing available internal resources, even in private cloud environments, and is driving organizations to the public cloud. According to IDC, 75% of organizations are currently implementing or considering the implementation of public cloud resources, and they predict that 50% of enterprise workloads will migrate to the public cloud by 2018.  This new shared infrastructure approach comes with significant security challenges, including creating and maintaining a consistent…

Credit to Author: Lief Koepsel| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

Today, your customers’ IT teams have to be aware of the movement and storage of valuable data across multiple applications, networks, devices, and virtual environments. In order to ensure data security and achieve defense in depth, there are many processes they must carry out, such as: Monitoring the movement of data to ensure that only authorized users are accessing it. Watching out for unusual behavior that might indicate a breach. Staying aware of the latest vulnerabilities, malware strands, and other attack vectors to ensure…

Credit to Author: Dario Durando| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:50:59 +0000

Recently, the FortiGuard Labs team noticed that one of the most successful applications on the market, “WhatsApp Messenger” developed by “WhatsApp Inc.”, has been the target of a lot of attention by scammers and criminals alike.

Credit to Author: Nat Smith| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:45:59 +0000

Fortinet takes industry recognition and evaluations seriously, and we were very pleased when in their 4th Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) Test Report and Security Value Map NSS Labs rated Fortinet FortiGate IPS as “Recommended,” their somewhat understated way of according a product their highest rating.

Credit to Author: Jonathan Nguyen-Duy| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

Digital transformation is rapidly reshaping industries, generating explosive productivity growth, and creating entirely new business models. The Internet of Things (IoT) is an important technology pillar in today’s digital transformation process, as connected devices are able to collect unprecedented volumes of information, enabling data-driven decision making for better business outcomes and improved quality of life. From consumer to corporate, local to global, we are an increasingly interconnected digital society. IoT networks…