Patch Tuesday July 2012: MSXML Patched (sort of?), MDAC, IE9 (Mmm), Windows 8 glimpse
In short: Get MS12-043, MS12-045, and, if running IE9, MS12-044 patched and get back to that game of Where’s My Water? MSXML 0day fixed? This month’s Patch Tuesday bulletins bring an end to a zeroday vulnerability within MSXML that was first announced towards the beginning of June. Specifically MS12-043 has the fix that IT folks…
Off the beaten Google Market
There have been a number of recent articles and blog posts around Android devices infected with various malware and malicious apps. One recent nasty piece of malware found in many Chinese Android app stores is ‘Trojan!MMarketPay.A@Android’. The interesting feature of this malware is that it can run up an unsuspecting user’s cell phone bill by…
Driving Tablets to the Workplace
The adoption of tablets in enterprise environments is gaining traction. With the release of the new Microsoft tablet and talks of an iPad Mini scheduled to be released this fall, there is new attraction to the term BYOD. There are however, underlying security risks that executives need to take into consideration. The convenience of tablets…
Can’t load this page? Check your DNS settings.
DNSChanger malware is on top of everyone’s mind this week since over 270,000 systems may be effectively losing internet access next Monday because of it. What is DNSChanger malware? The criminal organization behind DNSChanger is long gone, but the effects of the malware persist. DNSChanger malware, as the name says, changes your DNS server settings…
Top Cyber Threats at the 2012 Olympics
During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games there were 12 million cyber-attacks reported per day. While taking a closer look towards this year’s Olympic Games, it’s important to focus on the possible threats and what we can do to avoid an attack. There’s no doubt that threat landscape has grown in the past four years, and…
Google’s Bouncer Gets Roughed Up; Why You Should Care
With the increasing number of devices and applications in the enterprise, driven by the “consumerization of IT” and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), companies are faced with the need for visibility as to what risk is being introduced to the enterprise. One might think this is a challenge the handset or mobile platform vendors are…
Securing Your Reputation…because it’s Everything.
Consumer facing technology companies seem to be falling victim to data breaches more recently and as a result are coming under the microscope for not having proper security measures in place. With so much press focusing on this issue, not only are companies forced to become transparent in their security practices, their reputation is stained,…
How CEOs Can Protect Their Organization From the Inside-out
Enterprise security is a topic that makes headlines every day. From successful hack attacks to stories of unsuspecting or malicious employees putting their company’s data at risk, it would seem that no company is immune. In order to truly secure the companies we are responsible for, it’s helpful to put ourselves in the frame of…
June VEF Participant Wins a Kindle Fire
As you all know, every month we host our Vulnerability Expert Forum (VEF) webinar. This is a time where our experts share valuable insight regarding new vulnerabilities that are discovered and the actions that need to be taken as a result. It’s a quick way to get up to speed on current potential risks to…
Chief Compliance Officers: Let Retina Threat Analyzer do the heavy lifting
In a recent article on Dark Reading, The Compliance Officer’s Dirty Little Secret, the topic of how Chief Compliance Officers (CCO) form their decision making process(es) around compliance was brought to light. One major decision CCOs are responsible for making is whether to pay the fines associated with non-compliance versus the cost of achieving compliance….
