No one wants an attacker or malware in their systems. That's why the information security community spends so much time and effort on prevention. We try our best to implement defenses that stop today's threats, while imagining new safeguards to catch future ones. The problem is, complete prevention is simply an infeasible goal. We're all human. No matter their competence, … [Read more...]
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How Good Visibility Can Help Guide Security Policy
You can’t protect what you don’t know needs to be protected. This may sound painfully obvious, but based on recent research, information security professionals don’t have nearly enough visibility into the information they are tasked with securing. We know this because we worked directly with Frost & Sullivan researchers to determine the level of insight security … [Read more...]
InfoSec News From Last Week October 18th, 2021
Azure, BitBucket, GitHub, and GitLab revoke SSH Keys After GitKraken Vulnerability Git software client GitKraken disclosed an SSH key generation flaw in a post this past Monday. The flaw was discovered in versions 7.6.x, 7.7.x, and 8.0.0 for releases available between mid-May to late-June this year. GitKraken uses the library keypair to generate SSH keys for connecting code … [Read more...]
US Agencies Have Been Busy
U.S. Agencies have been making headlines recently for a lot of their new cyber related regulations. The following are several noteworthy of examples of what they have been up to. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Robocalls The FCC expects phone carriers to block illegal robocalls from providers not yet registered with the Robocall Mitigation Database. The … [Read more...]
WatchGuard’s Firebox T80 Earns 5-Star Rating in SC Labs Review
SC Media recently released the results of its annual review of the industry’s latest powerhouse Unified Threat Management (UTM) platforms. WatchGuard is excited to share that its Firebox T80 was named SC Labs’ Pick of the Litter, achieving a 5-star rating in every category measured! In the review, SC Labs explains that the UTM market has evolved as vendors have added more … [Read more...]
