Focus Area: Current threats

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Stay Secure in the Cloud with Sophos Cloud Endpoint

Michelle Drolet

Towerwall and Sophos, partnering to protect data integrity in the cloud. Towerwall is now offering Sophos Cloud Endpoint, a new security option for small and medium sized businesses. Sophos Cloud Endpoint offers an integrated, lightweight agent that protects your business, users and their computers. 24/7, anywhere in the cloud. Sophos Cloud Endpoint gives you endpoint

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Internet Explorer, .NET, IPv6 and Shockwave top the February 2014 Patch Tuesday list

Michelle Drolet

For today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released seven bulletins (a surprise after only announcing five last week) and Adobe released one. There are four critical advisories, to me the most important of which is MS14-010 affecting Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10. This patch fixes 24 vulnerabilities, one of which has been publicly disclosed. Considering that

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Why wasn’t healthcare.gov security properly tested?

Michelle Drolet

When the healthcare.gov website was launched on Oct. 1 it didn’t take long for technical issues to hit the headlines. Americans trying to register for health care found the website unusable. There were glitches, extremely long loading times, and serious errors, but most worrying of all for anyone entrusting sensitive data to the system was the lack

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Towerwall Security Patch Alert Vol 13.63

Michelle Drolet

Patch Tuesday January 2014 – Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle by Chester Wisniewski As expected Microsoft delivered four patches on patch Tuesday covering Windows XP, 2003, 7, 2008 R2, Word and Dynamics. All four patches are rated important, the first time in memory that none of the fixes were critical. The Word fix applies to all

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Towerwall Security/Vulnerability Alert Vol 13.62

Michelle Drolet

Recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available compiled by the Qualys Vulnerability Research Team. This is a list of recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available. System administrators can use this list to help in prioritization of their remediation activities. The Qualys Vulnerability Research Team compiles this information based on various exploit frameworks, exploit databases,

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3 Keys To Keep Enterprise Clouds Secure

Michelle Drolet

3 Keys To Keep Enterprise Clouds Secure Outsourcing has won out over ownership, and the rush to the cloud continues to gather pace. Where security is concerned there are two major trends that threaten to expose your company to unnecessary risk. There’s a lack of planning and due diligence when choosing cloud providers, and there’s

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Sophos expert talks about Cryptolocker and bitcoin ransom on CNBC (Video)

Michelle Drolet

And it keeps getting worse… A widespread outbreak of a sneaky, file-encrypting piece of ransomware called Cryptolocker has many people talking. One very important question raised by Cryptolocker’s success to date: Should you ever pay a ransom to a cybercriminal? Sophos security expert James Lyne, head of global security research at Sophos, went on cable

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Join us for Sophos’ Upcoming Event: Today’s Threat Landscape – How to Stay Safe

Michelle Drolet

Join us for Sophos’ upcoming event: Today’s Threat Landscape – How to Stay Safe Learn how today’s cybercriminals target your computer, identity and money and get practical advice on how to combat anything that comes your way. Sophos security expert John Shierwill explore how malware threats actually work and what you can do to protect your

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How to Expose Cyber-Attacks and Combat Threats

Michelle Drolet

Published by Michele Drolet, CEO of Towerwall Proper analysis will flag suspicious behavior and allow the IT department to assess the threat and take action to close it down Cybercriminals are employing more sophisticated techniques all the time and far too many companies and organizations still don’t have the protection they really need to safeguard

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