Tag Archives: malware
It's a new platform… So why use an old (broken) security approach?
When it comes to protecting network endpoints against more cunning and deceitful modern malware attacks, deploying proven security tools to prevent malicious code from exploiting your system is job #1. Unfortunately, the cat-and-mouse game between IT security professionals and hackers … Continue reading
Who would you bet on in the race between hackers and users?
No one will argue that deploying security updates is important, but a recent exploit showed the difference between having a patch available and actually implementing it (again). Today’s reality is that hackers are far quicker to exploit known vulnerabilities than … Continue reading
If you can't change user behavior, stop the payload…
For some time now, we’ve been hearing about how users often fail to install security updates for known vulnerabilities months, or even years, after a fix is available. As an IT security professional, this blows my mind because such practices … Continue reading
Stop social engineering threats that jump from users to corporate networks.
Just when browsers have become more secure from cybercrime, hackers are turning their attentions to the people using them. According to the article, “Microsoft: One in 14 downloads is malicious,” social engineering attacks have blossomed into one of the most … Continue reading
Cloud security: Protecting critical data is job #1…
Cloud computing has certainly taken its share of hits lately. Last month’s Amazon outage created a lot of chatter and analysis around the reliability and availability of cloud-based services. Despite what pretty much amounts to growing pains for cloud computing, … Continue reading
Top Security Stories for March: Hackers set sights on unprotected IP…
New trends in cybercrime show that hackers are shifting to more monetarily valuable information — unprotected intellectual property, and federal government networks. While traditional antivirus solutions struggle to keep up with today’s prolific attack software, Gartner recommends whitelisting as a … Continue reading
The Stuxnet blueprint — not the worm itself — may be the greatest danger
While the New York Times article, “Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay,” hypothesizes that Israel and the United States were behind the Stuxnet worm to undermine Iran’s efforts to make a nuclear bomb, the scariest part … Continue reading
How effective is signature-based detection when the malware lasts only 24 hours?
Record-breaking years can sometimes be a good thing, but not when it comes to malware. According to PandaLabs, 2010 set a record for new online threats, with cybercriminals creating one-third of all malware in existence last year alone. The report … Continue reading
Top Security Stories for December: 2011 will continue the trends of 2010…
December is typically the time when industry experts reflect on the past year and provide their take on what we might expect in the year to come. While the IT security industry saw its share of game-changing incidents in 2010, … Continue reading
My Top Five Blogs of 2010: Stuxnet, McIntel, Whitelisting & More…
Looking back, 2010 was a breakout year for application whitelisting. Once considered an alternative anti-malware solution, a shift has occurred towards a modern, antivirus approach that has application whitelisting as the primary mechanism for preventing the execution of malicious applications, … Continue reading
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