Tumblr Worm, Spoofed Tweets, and Madcap McAfee Wow. I knew information security news was picking up over the past few years, but lately it seems like our own little industry reality show; complete with mysterious murders, border-crossing heists, and random heart attacks (not to mention, colorful personalities). This week's security news episode covers updates on the John … [Read more...]
Microsoft Stuffs Our Stockings With Seven Security Updates
Before you get too much into holiday cheer, you have some patching to do. Like clockwork, Microsoft released their Advanced Notification post on Thursday, warning the world that they will release seven security bulletins for December. Next Tuesday's bulletins will fix flaws in Windows, Office, and some of Microsoft's Server Software. They rate five of the seven bulletins … [Read more...]
Size Isn’t Everything: Why Cyber Attackers Target SMEs
I recently wrote a piece about why small and medium organizations are also at great risk of cyber attack, which made it into UK's Business Computing World. I've reposted the article here for your reading pleasure. All too often SMEs plan their IT security under the misconception that their networks and data are already pretty safe because they don’t have anything that would … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 42 – Vulnerability Markets
Vuln Market 0day, Printer Backdoors, and Downed Internet We're back from hiatus. After a two week break, our weekly security news podcast has returned. This week's episode covers interesting new malware that leverages new command & control channels or targets specific victims, lots of zero day exploits being sold on vulnerability markets, a security industry murder … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Releases SSL OS v3.2
For SSL 100 and 560 Appliances WatchGuard is pleased to announce the release of WatchGuard SSL OS v3.2 for the WatchGuard SSL 100 and SSL 560. WatchGuard SSL OS v3.2 includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes aimed at the improving the client experience with respect to flexibility, ease of use, performance and overall stability of your SSL VPN appliance. Some highlights … [Read more...]