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Carbon Black aims to bridge security and IT operations with Cb LiveOps, a new tool to provide organizations with real-time query and response. [Read More]
FireEye’s Endpoint Security solution now includes MalwareGuard, an engine that uses machine learning to detect malware and prevent its execution [Read More]
A malicious campaign is abusing two chained Office documents, each exploiting a different vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2017-11882 ) to deliver the FELIXROOT Backdoor. [Read More]
Chrome 68 now marks HTTP sites as “Not Secure" and warn users that HTTP provides no data security. [Read More]
Threat detection and response firm Cynet raises $13 million in a series B funding round, bringing the total raised by the company to date to $20 million [Read More]
The Quick Look mechanism on macOS, which allows users to check file contents without actually opening the files, may leak information on cached files, even if they reside on encrypted drives or if the files have been deleted. [Read More]
New VirusTotal Monitor service aims to help software developers and antivirus vendors reduce the number of false positive detections [Read More]
Endpoint security firm Cylance announced that ithas closed a $120 million funding round led by funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and including other investors. [Read More]
Endpoint security firm CrowdStrike has secured more than $200 million through a Series E round of financing, valuing the company at more than $3 billion. [Read More]
A newly added “Endpoint Verification” feature in G Suite provides administrators with increased visibility into the computers that have access to corporate data. [Read More]
FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Endpoint Security
Behavioral detection models can focus in on what the attacker actually does, instead of relying on a set of signatures or known indicators of compromise that often lag behind attackers.
Next-gen Anti-Virus can’t help any more than traditional AV, but the principle of least privilege, enforced through virtualization based security, can stop the breach before it starts.
For the past several years, enterprise security leaders have been challenged with the task of locking down endpoints with traditional security solutions that are proving to be ineffective against todays threats.
Attackers return again and again to vulnerable components like Flash because they can keep tapping into perennial vulnerabilities.
While flexibility offers countless benefits for corporations and their employees, this new emphasis on mobility has also introduced a new set of risks, and this in turn re-ignites a focus on endpoint security.
While data breaches aren’t going away anytime soon, every company has a choice of how they prepare for them. By focusing on the endpoint, businesses can better secure themselves with less cost and less time expended by the IT team.
Was the Mayan Apocalypse was a myth? Since I am a security geek, I just happen to talk about security a lot. What are some security myths I have heard in my conversations with some very bright people?
Virtualized end-user systems and public cloud computing will play a role in nearly every business over the next decade, but applying the disposable philosophy universally in an enterprise environment is beyond risky, when you consider how attacks have changed.
I made a mistake the other day, a horrible mistake. I let my kid use my computer. My once perfect computer now has a life of its own, a malware bot that nests firmly in a place that I can’t see.
About 50 percent of all software piracy violations found at corporations happen from businesses that are already clients of the software they are accused of stealing. So, what steps should both the software vendor and their customers take to ensure the relationship avoids speed bumps such as software piracy?
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