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Credit to Author: Dustin Childs (Zero Day Initiative Communications)| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 16:30:02 +0000
At the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), we see patches in a way few do. We get the initial report from a researcher, we verify the issue internally, we notify the vendor, and finally we publish some details once a patch is released. Those patches represent the best method for preventing cyber attacks. Recently, an issue…
Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 13:08:41 +0000
Last week, The White House released its long awaited Executive Order (EO), Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, ironically enough during the same week we experienced the largest single ransomware attack that, by some estimates, has affected more than 200,000 victims across 150 countries. My intentions were to highlight the EO in…
Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 00:46:55 +0000
[Editors note: For the latest WannaCry information as it relates to Trend Micro products, please read this support article.] The WannaCry ransomware variant of 12-May-2017 has been engineered to take advantage of the most common security challenges facing large organizations today. Starting with a basic phish, this variant uses a recent vulnerability (CVE-2017-0144/MS17-010) to spread…
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:47:57 +0000
Although I’m still dreaming of the sandy beaches of Cancun, it’s time to get back to reality. Security vulnerabilities never take a holiday and this week is no exception. In addition to our normal Digital Vaccine (DV) package delivered earlier this week, we also issued an out-of-band DV package to address zero-day vulnerabilities for Intel…
Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 12:30:49 +0000
The ingredients for strong cybersecurity aren’t a secret. In fact, they haven’t changed significantly over the past 20 years—the ingredients are available to almost every organization out there. On the surface, doing security isn’t that hard: Patch quickly and frequently. Use reasonable security controls—intrusion prevention, application control, and anti-malware—and monitor them. Use two-factor…
Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 13:08:36 +0000
From cash-hungry hackers to state-sponsored spies and careless insiders, there’s no shortage of cyber threats facing healthcare organizations (HCOs) today. At Trend Micro, we’ve been protecting organizations operating in the industry for years, but the challenges facing these customers show no signs of abating. In fact, figures from the US Department of Health and Human…
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 12:00:21 +0000
Once the realm of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is now very much science fact. The potential of this ground-breaking technology – and related disciplines including deep learning and machine learning – is so great that even governments in the UK and US have released reports on its long-term impact on society. Nowhere are the…
Credit to Author: Blake Sutherland| Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 13:59:55 +0000
When we talk about healthcare breaches, people usually remember the big-name incidents: Anthem, Premera, Banner Health, and so on. Yet in reality there’s a huge number of smaller providers who are in the hackers’ sights and maybe don’t have the resources or expertise to adequately defend themselves. With ransomware threatening to shut down systems and…