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Stay Secure in the Cloud with Sophos Cloud Endpoint

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Michelle Drolet

Towerwall and Sophos, partnering to protect data integrity in the cloud.

Internet Explorer, .NET, IPv6 and Shockwave top the February 2014 Patch Tuesday list

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Michelle Drolet

For today's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released seven bulletins (a surprise after only announcing five last week) and Adobe released one. There are four critical advisories, to me the most important of which is MS14-010 affecting Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10. This patch fixes 24 vulnerabilities, one of which has been publicly disclosed. Considering that 22 of these vulnerabilities can lead to remote code execution, this fix is priority one. MS14-007 is a flaw in the Direct2D graphicsfalse

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Top 10 things to know about mobile security

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Michelle Drolet

10. Malware is on the rise

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Introducing our Quarterly Newsletter: the Data Security Review

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Michelle Drolet

I am excited to announce the launch of our quarterly newsletter, the Data Security Review.

Towerwall Security Patch Alert Vol 13.63

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Michelle Drolet

Patch Tuesday January 2014 - Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle by Chester Wisniewski As expected Microsoft delivered four patches on patch Tuesday covering Windows XP, 2003, 7, 2008 R2, Word and Dynamics. All four patches are rated important, the first time in memory that none of the fixes were critical. The Word fix applies to all Windows versions and could result in remote code execution. (What does this mean?) The operating system fixes will require a reboot. Adobe also released fixes today forfalse

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10 Things I Know About ... Passwords

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Michelle Drolet

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3 Keys To Keep Enterprise Clouds Secure

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Michelle Drolet

3 Keys To Keep Enterprise Clouds Secure Outsourcing has won out over ownership, and the rush to the cloud continues to gather pace. Where security is concerned there are two major trends that threaten to expose your company to unnecessary risk. There’s a lack of planning and due diligence when choosing cloud providers, and there’s a murky grey area when it comes to responsibility. They can both be mitigated by building security planning into your system from the start, instead of trying tofalse

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Sophos expert talks about Cryptolocker and bitcoin ransom on CNBC (Video)

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Michelle Drolet

And it keeps getting worse… A widespread outbreak of a sneaky, file-encrypting piece of ransomware called Cryptolocker has many people talking. One very important question raised by Cryptolocker’s success to date: Should you ever pay a ransom to a cybercriminal? Sophos security expert James Lyne, head of global security research at Sophos, went on cable network CNBC to explain how the criminal gang behind Cryptolocker is demanding a ransom in return for unlocking a victim’s files. In the videofalse

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Towerwall's Michelle Drolet on Fox 25 to Present MassBay Scholarship Foundation with $10,000 Donation

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Michelle Drolet

Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston We are delighted to provide $10,000 to the MassBay Scholarship Foundation so the next generation can become cyber security experts. To learn more about the MassBay Foundation and the Information Security Summit Scholarship, click here.

How Can you Expose Targeted Attacks and Combat APTs?

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Michelle Drolet

Cybercriminals are employing more sophisticated techniques all the time and far too many companies and organizations still don’t have the protection they really need to safeguard their systems. The prevalence of targeted attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs) is disturbing. The risk is that security is breached, typically through manipulation of employees using a technique such as spear phishing, and existing security systems are unable to detect the attack. Data can be harvested forfalse

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