What Is An Advanced Firewall? UTM? NGFW?
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…
BaaS – Potential Cloud Insecurity
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…
Are You Afraid Of Malware Ads?
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…
Patch Your Systems Except For Windows10
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…
Website Files Ransomed – Not Just Personal Files
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…