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Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 10:27:00 -0700

A ransomware attack appears to be spreading around the world, leveraging a hacking tool that may have come from the U.S. National Security Agency.

The ransomware, called Wanna Decryptor, struck hospitals at the U.K.’s National Health Service on Friday, taking down some of its network.

Spain’s computer response team, CCN-CERT, has also warned of a “massive attack” from the ransomware strain, amid reports that local telecommunications firm Telefonica was hit.

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ComputerWorld Independent

May 12, 2017 admin

IDG Contributor Network: May Patch Tuesday delivers fixes critical Windows 10 exploits

Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 10:29:00 -0700

For this May Microsoft Patch Tuesday, we see Microsoft attempt to resolve 56 reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Windows, both Browsers and the .NET development platform.

Three of the vulnerabilities have been reported publicly and several have been actively exploited. Adding to an already serious situation, Microsoft’s anti-malware tool was compromised, resulting in the inadvertent deployment of malware through the anti-malware engine.

Microsoft responded very quickly with an out-of-band update (Security Advisory 4022344). Though there was general relief and kudos to Microsoft for their rapid response to this embarrassing episode, this bug was described as the “worst in recent memory” and as “crazy bad” by two of the lead researchers from Google’s Project Zero.

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ComputerWorld Independent

May 12, 2017 admin

A ransomware attack is spreading worldwide, using alleged NSA exploit

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 10:27:00 -0700

A ransomware attack appears to be spreading around the world, leveraging a hacking tool that may have come from the U.S. National Security Agency.

The ransomware, called Wanna Decryptor, struck hospitals at the U.K.’s National Health Service on Friday, taking down some of its network.

Spain’s computer response team, CCN-CERT, has also warned of a “massive attack” from the ransomware strain, amid reports that local telecommunications firm Telefonica was hit.

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Security TrendMicro

May 12, 2017 admin

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 8, 2017

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…

Security TrendMicro

May 12, 2017 admin

Is Your Security Team Setup To Fail?

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…

Security Sophos

May 12, 2017 admin

This was the Sophos Webinar Week

Credit to Author: sophosbenelux| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:15:34 +0000

Get the lowdown on Sophos Webinars you’ve been waiting for! We’ve persuaded four of our top security experts to step up to the microphone to share their expertise with you, for a series of 30-minute webinars. From Monday March 6th to Thursday March 9th we hosted 4 webinars on the latest security topics. Did you miss (one […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=854&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/f3up3-Pt6TU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

May 12, 2017 admin

Sophos introduceert Sophos Mobile 7 Enterprise Management Solution

Credit to Author: sophosbenelux| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:33:32 +0000

Sophos heeft op 27 februari Sophos Mobile 7 gelanceerd. Het is de meest recente versie van de Enterprise Mobility Management-oplossing (EMM) met onder meer ‘containerized’ ondersteuning voor Android Enterprise (voorheen ‘Anrdoid for Work’), support voor IT-beheerders om IoT-toestellen te beheren en verbeterde beveiligingsfeatures. Tevens is de oplossing beschikbaar via het cloudgebaseerde Sophos Central managementplatform.   Beschikbaar […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=844&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/IaedcJPixMA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

May 12, 2017 admin

Sophos for the 10th time at Infosecurity Belgium!

Credit to Author: sophosbenelux| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:18:55 +0000

March is approaching and this means that we are getting ready for THE tradeshow in Belgium; Infosecurity. This year we will show our new stand, where we are able to give on stand presentations. Come and see us at stand C060 and get inspired by our Sophos Experts. Register here for free On Wednesday March […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=824&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/7S0NRHap2bY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>