UTM is an acronym for Unified Treat Management but it really is just another name for “New” Firewall. NGFW is an acronym for Next Generation Firewall – and it was the literal explanation that the marketers of Cisco/Checkpoint/Fortinet wanted to make a distinction with the older packet filter firewalls. The marketers at Watchguard wanted to … Read more
BlackHat2015 Europe has an interesting presentation on Backend-as-a-Service https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Rasthofer-In-Security-Of-Backend-As-A-Service.pdf the image above explains in a picture what the backend is – i.e. an app uses the BaaS SDK (Software Development Kit) functions to connect into the cloud. Cloud can be Parse, Cocoafish, StackMob, Kinvey, Cloudmine, AmazonwebServices, BAASBOX, and mobeelizer. These “cloud services” have specific … Read more
Maybe you should be: https://blog.malwarebytes.org/exploits-2/2015/11/magnitude-exploit-kit-activity-increases-via-malvertising-attacks/ Also the .pw domain should be blocked – (Palau Pacific Island). The malware tries to insert itself into your computer while you are watching an ad. This is what should happen – where your anti-virus /anti-malware software protects you from these unseen attacks. Guess what is in the malware? Did … Read more
Microsoft patches – happen every 2nd Tuesday (until this policy changes with Windows10) https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-nov.aspx Ms15-112 through MS15-123 are various patches that need to be patched, just remember to not download Windows 10, or at least not to install it until you are ready. A full Windows Operating System upgrade is not so easy and actually … Read more
This image explains (from PCWorld Article) The Ransomware image that can occupy your computer if you had the misfortune of downloading the wrong item (malware – virus, etc). Or if your computer was already Pwned (taken over somehow by criminal hackers) and then the criminal sold your computer access to the Ransomware criminal. That is … Read more