Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Application Whitelisting: Key Protection Against Targeted Cyber Attacks
August 1st, 2011
The Australian Department of Defence recently updated their Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions guidelines, and I think it warrants a little discussion. The relatively short (only two pages!) document from the Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC) – part of the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) – is based on their experience in operational cyber security, [...]
Paul Zimski - IT Security Expert
How to Remove MAC Defender
June 2nd, 2011
MacDefender is fake security program that has been targeting Mac OS users. Through a combination of SEO optimization and a socially engineered website, Mac users are tricked into installing the Mac Defender malware. In this video, two members of the Lumension team, Russ Ernst, product management and Chris Merritt, solution marketing have prepared a step-by-step [...]
Light Patch Load from Microsoft This Month – But More than Enough Work to Go Around
March 8th, 2011
This Patch Tuesday wasn’t very large, but it was serious. Two of the patches we saw were in Windows, and the third in Office. All patches addressed issues providing for remote code execution, which is top of mind for IT flaw remediation specialists. If you’re using the Remote Desktop Client, MS11-017 should be your top [...]
Biggest Patch Tuesday Ever: It’s All Trick and No Treat for Administrators This October
October 12th, 2010
Forget ghouls and goblins. The scariest thing about this month is the number of security vulnerabilities. Today, Microsoft released one of the largest patch loads we’ve seen to date – with 16 patches for 49 flaws, 4 of which are critical.
IT Pros Face a “Scary” Patch Tuesday with Zero Day Exploits
October 9th, 2009
This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday update has reached an all time high with 13 bulletins, which surpasses the previous high of 12 released in October 2008. IT pros won’t only have to deal with the large amount of patches, but the update also includes fixes for 34 security issues with zero-day issues continuing to be [...]
Operationalizing Endpoint Security: Striking a Balance between IT Operations and IT Security
September 24th, 2009
Gartner recently released a report on operationalizing endpoint security – on how signature-based anti-malware is losing effectiveness in the face of an overwhelming volume of threats. I have a few thoughts about the report’s findings and what organizations can do to better protect their endpoints. As the Gartner report made clear, signature-based anti-malware is losing [...]
Meet Gumblar – Son of Conficker
June 1st, 2009
Back in 2008, it was reported that a website was compromised once every five seconds to contain web-borne malware. Today, the rate is still increasing, as another website is reportedly now being compromised every 4.5 seconds. The end game remains the same – downloading and installing malware. The compromised PC most often becomes a soldier in [...]
Six Month Old Java Issue Still Plagues Mac
May 20th, 2009
With a six month old critical Java vulnerability currently being exploited in the wild, it is vital for Apple to address this vulnerability immediately to protect its current Mac users. Most other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and other major Linux distributions such as Red Hat, Suse as well as HP fixed the bug [...]
Massive Apple Patches in the Shadow of Microsoft Patch Tuesday
May 13th, 2009
Given all the attention around Microsoft’s patch release for Office PowerPoint in yesterday’s Patch Tuesday, Apple’s release of 67+ patches and the huge 286 MB Apple patch seems to have slipped under the radar. This is another reminder for IT administrators that software vulnerabilities are not a Microsoft “exclusive” issue and you are just as [...]
Administrators Beware of Spyware Guard 2008
May 5th, 2009
So here you are, an accomplished network administrator… you understand the risks to your enterprise. You have managed to wrestle local administrator rights away from your user community. All systems are running current versions of a popular antivirus software. So your user community can browse the Internet with gleeful abandon. Think again. Joe User while [...]
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