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Credit to Author: Joseph Sykora| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:50:00 +0000

There are countless examples of companies and industries that failed to adapt to technological disruptions at their outset, and as a result have become obsolete. When was the last time you left your home to rent a movie? Fifteen years ago, Blockbuster was a movie rental giant. However, they did not adapt well to the demands of the digital age. Companies like Netflix created online portals and shipped movies to customers, and then moved to online streaming. By the time Blockbuster got on board with this digital shift, it was too late. Today, the…

Credit to Author: Wayne Chin Yick Low and Yongjian Yang| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 02:00:00 +0000

The 13th annual Hacks In Taiwan Conference (HITCON) took place August 25th and 26th at Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s national academy located in Taipei. Elite cyber security researchers from across the world gather at this annual conference to share their research and exchange ideas about the global threat landscape. Approximately 1000 people registered for the conference and, according to one of the HITCON crewmembers we met, one third of the attendees were undergraduates and fresh graduates. This is a good sign, given…

Credit to Author: Jasper Manuel, Artem Semenchenko| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:30:00 +0000

Early last week, FortiGuard Labs came across several malicious documents that exploit the vulnerability CVE-2012-0158. To evade suspicion from the victim, these RTF files drop decoy documents containing politically themed texts about a variety of Vietnamese government-related information.

In recent years we have seen a surge in the way companies have leveraged technology to drive new revenue streams and create a unique competitive advantage in the marketplace. The companies that have been the most successful are the ones using Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is already being used by hundreds of companies all over the world. We have seen retailers being able to predict what their customers will order based on their previous order history, automobile manufactures using car data to provide a better driving experience, and even locally…

FortiGuard Labs recently discovered a new malicious PowerPoint file named ADVANCED DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOL AND ETIQUETTE SUMMIT.ppsx. Taking a look at the four slides of the PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show (PPSX) file, we can tell that it targets people from UN agencies, Foreign Ministries, International Organizations, and those who interact with international governments.

Credit to Author: Annabelle Sou| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:35:00 +0000

Securing Your Digital Transformation On September 5-7, Fortinet will be hosting the 2017 361° Security Forum in Vienna, Austria. Hundreds of Fortinet partners and customers from across EMEA and SAARC will be attending this three-day conference to discuss the impact that the transition to a digital economy and new digital business models are having on organizations around the world. Digital transformation is driving sweeping changes to not only how businesses compete for customers, but to fundamental ways that organizations operate. Data…

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:12:00 +0000

Over the past several months the news has been full of reports about cybercriminals using malware to shut down devices or networks, steal data, or hold it for ransom. During the second quarter of 2017, over 184 billion total exploits were documented, coming from nearly 6,300 unique exploits. This is an increase of 30% over Q1. While most of these attacks targeted large, commercial networks, there has also been a large spike in such activities targeting the devices and data of individual users. Some of these attacks, like having your…

Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:55:00 +0000

Cybersecurity measures are being adopted and fine-tuned across industries to ensure sensitive data is protected against cybercriminals and evolving attack vectors. However, some industries, such as education, are held more accountable for data protection than others.