endpoint security
Employees know vulnerabilities exist, but they can’t resolve them quickly enough
There is a sharp remediation gap between when organizations first detect vulnerabilities and when those issues are ultimately resolved, Adaptiva survey reveals. The survey …
Tamper Protection prevents malware from disabling Microsoft Defender AV
Microsoft Defender, the anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows, has been equipped with a new protective feature called Tamper Protection, which should prevent malware …
Sandboxie becomes freeware, soon-to-be open source
Sophos plans to open source Sandboxie, a relatively popular Windows utility that allows users to run applications in a sandbox. Until that happens, they’ve made the …
Deception technology shifts power back to the defender
Users of deception technology reported a 12X improvement in the average number of days it takes to detect attackers operating within an enterprise network when compared to …
As attackers get more creative, mobile threats and attacks increase in both quantity and impact
It is no longer a matter of if or when an enterprise’s mobile endpoints will be compromised. They already are and most organizations have little to no knowledge or visibility …
If you’re struggling with Windows 10 migration, updates will be an even bigger challenge
With the end of Windows 7 support on the horizon, many companies remain significantly behind in completing their Windows 10 migration, new data from 1E shows. Of 600 senior IT …
Protect privacy and provide secure mobile access to corporate data
In this Help Net Security podcast, Mike Campin, VP of Engineering at Wandera, talks about how their solution solves a problem that every business is facing today, which is how …
How past threats and technical developments influence the evolution of malware
If we want to anticipate how malware will evolve in the near future, we have to keep two things in mind: past threats and current technical developments. “The evolution …
BlueKeep RDP flaw: Nearly a million Internet-facing systems are vulnerable
Two weeks have passed since Microsoft released security fixes and mitigation advice to defang exploits taking advantage of CVE-2019-0708 (aka BlueKeep), a wormable …
Microsoft updates break AV software, again!
Microsoft’s May 2019 security fixes have again disrupted the normal functioning of some endpoint security products on certain Windows versions. Current problems …
Microsoft’s Attack Surface Analyzer now works on Macs and Linux, too
Microsoft has rewritten and open-sourced Attack Surface Analyzer (ASA), a security tool that points out potentially risky system changes introduced by the installation of new …
Memory analysis is the ground truth
In recent years, enterprises have adopted next-gen endpoint protection products that are doing an admirable job detecting anomalies. For example, searching for patterns such …
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