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VMware sharpens security focus with vSphere Platinum, ‘adaptive micro-segmentation’
VMware expands its security range with vSphere Platinum -- a new version of its virtualization software that has security integrated into the hypervisor.
Security serves as an essential component to growing an enterprise with SD-WAN
Adopting productivity-enhancing applications across the network creates a need for dynamic data protection. What decision makers should understand about the intersection of security and SD-WAN and keeping data not only accessible, but...
What is Nmap? Why you need this network mapper
While there is a wealth of monitoring tools available to network administrators for port scanning and network mapping, Nmap is the de facto standard. Here's why.
How to protect your infrastructure from DNS cache poisoning
When your company’s internet access, VoIP and email all depend on DNS, you have to ensure your DNS server is protected against DNS spoofing attacks. One solution: DNSSEC.
Keep Cyber Threats from Destroying Your Company
Every company is a target, no matter its size, function or annual revenue. Security risks come from very direction - malware, social networks and even employees. Every company has information worth protecting, and you owe it to your
How the L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability affects Linux systems
The L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) affects Intel processors and thereby Linux systems. Learn what this vulnerability is all about and what Linux users should do about it.
The rise of next-generation network packet brokers
Next-generation network packet brokers enable organizations to be agile and to align their IT strategies with business initiatives.
Chip maker TSMC will lose millions for not patching its computers
Chip-making giant TSMC will lose hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to patch its Windows 7 computers, which were infected by the WannaCry virus.
Cisco pays cool $2.3 billion for hot security company Duo
Cisco says integration of its network, device and cloud security platforms with Duo Security’s zero-trust authentication and access products will let customers quickly secure users to any application on any networked device.
Don’t Take the Bait. Phishing is big business. Don’t get hooked.
In the last year, there’s been a meteoric rise in phishing attacks as hackers continue to refine and enhance their tactics, taking advantage of malware-as-a-service offerings on the dark web.
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REVIEW: Best VPN routers for small business
We evaluated five VPN routers suitable for small businesses from Cisco, D-Link, DrayTek, Mikrotik and ZyXEL based on price, features and user friendliness.
Q&A: Jeff Wilbur of the Online Trust Alliance on why enterprise IoT security is a lot like BYOD
Enterprise IT departments are seeing odd echoes of the problems they faced during the early BYOD era in the entrance of IoT technology into the enterprise, where one of the principal threats is the use of consumer-grade (read:...
Geeky ways to celebrate Friday the 13th
This is the last Friday the 13th of 2018 – make the most of it.
What are the options for securing SD-WAN?
A look at SD-WAN security capabilities and partnerships from vendors, including Aruba, Cisco, Riverbed, and Silver Peak.
Exploits Explained: Comprehensive Exploit Prevention
Read this paper to learn about 23 exploit techniques that are used by cybercriminals and nation-states, and see how Sophos Intercept X stacks up.
The aftermath of the Gentoo GitHub hack
A password guess and five days offline have left not only Gentoo's GitHub admins, but all of us, with some things to think about.
While no one was looking, California passed its own GDPR
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is similar to the EU's GDPR. Companies that hold data on more than 50,000 people and do business in California must comply.
Pulse Secure VPN enhanced to better support hybrid IT environments
Thanks to more than 100 enhancements, Pulse Connect Secure can better support BYOD and hybrid IT environments where applications are in the data center and in the cloud.
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Strange and scary IoT hacks
The Internet of Things has provided a worldwide digital playground for hackers, pranksters and those who would thwart them and here are 9 of the most unnerving.
Malware B-Z: Inside the Threat from Blackhole to ZeroAccess
This paper provides insight into two of the most commonly used and technically capable pieces of crimeware, the Blackhole exploit kit and the ZeroAccess rootkit. We explain why these kits are so useful to the bad guys and show you how
Microsoft adds resiliency, redundancy, security to Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 upgrades enable greater scalability and more reliable recovery from outages for Shielded Virtual Machines.
Automation critical to scalable network security
With Tufin Orchestration Suite R18-1, Cisco Firepower customers can make changes and update all the firewalls in minutes instead of having to touch each box one at a time.
Supermicro is the latest hardware vendor with a security issue
Vulnerabilities in Supermicro server firmware require skill to exploit, but if they are, attackers have as much control as if they gained physical access to the system.
What happens if IoT security doesn’t get solved?
A new Bain & Company report says security concerns are slowing IoT adoption. Is this problem fixable — and what if it isn’t?
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