Michelle Drolet
It appears that BYOD, “Bring Your Own Device” to work, is beyond just being a growing trend if not currently a sanctioned practice within the corporate walls. It may seem that bowing to this desire on the parts of employees would have a lot to offer, not the least of which is a reduction in
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Michelle Drolet
Jan 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable Oracle Corp’s (ORCL:$34.8625,$-0.0475,-0.14%) Java software, amplifying security experts’ prior warnings to hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses that use it to surf the Web. Hackers have figured out how to exploit Java to install malicious software enabling them to
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Michelle Drolet
As the year draws to a close, it’s time for us to take a step back, absorb the lessons of 2012, and look at what 2013 and beyond will bring for users, the security industry, and even cybercriminals. We know this time of year is incredibly busy and as a trusted advisor, you expect Towerwall
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Michelle Drolet
Bringing mobile devices to work? Not so fast. Like it or not, the line between the workplace and the home is blurring. Work-at-home arrangements are becoming more common and cloud services make it easier to co-ordinate teams online. People are constantly on call, with the ability to check their emails and stay in touch wherever
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Michelle Drolet
Don’t assume those third-party apps you buy are fully secure. Despite the promise of cloud computing, companies are still buying software. And it is more cost effective to buy an application and plug it into your system than it is to develop anew. How many third-party applications has your company bought off the shelf? How
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Michelle Drolet
Everyday there is a new threat with seemingly innocent emails being sent out that look close to an official correspondence from a company, from Paypal, ADP and BBB – to name a few. Cybercriminals are mimicking the online payment processor PayPal in a malicious spam campaign that attempts to dupe customers into downloading malware from
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Michelle Drolet
Security is not a list of things you do. Security is a way of thinking, a way of looking at things, a way of dealing with the world that says “I don’t know how they’ll do it, but I know they’re going to try to screw me” and then, rather than dissolving into an existential
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Michelle Drolet
According to the article in Dark Reading, Study: Phishing Messages Elude Filters, Frequently Hit Untrained Users, many people are still being tripped up by phishing emails. The article summarizes the findings of a survey that was conducted at the Black Hat USA security conference held in July 2012. Of the 250 conference attendees that were polled,
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Michelle Drolet
Towerwall is proud to offer our new VOIP Assessment Services. Do you know if your VoIP phones and servers are segmented from the rest of your network? Even if they are, segmentation alone may not protect your voice assets. Towerwall, Inc. has developed an approach that is extremely effective in testing the security of VoIP
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Michelle Drolet
We are proud to announce our Threat Spotlight, sign up for our Twitter feed and get the latest threats and how to protect against them. Threat Spotlights as of October 15, 2012: AutoInf AutoInf is a component used by many malware families, notably Conficker, Sality and AutoRun. AutoInf is used to automatically run associated
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