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Towerwall Security/Vulnerability Alert Vol 13.62

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Michelle Drolet

Recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available compiled by the Qualys Vulnerability Research Team. This is a list of recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available. System administrators can use this list to help in prioritization of their remediation activities. The Qualys Vulnerability Research Team compiles this information based on various exploit frameworks, exploit databases, exploit kits and monitoring of internet activity.

Establishing Security Goals

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Michelle Drolet

Implementing security practices in your organization’s employees’ daily work habits, and ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of information security, the goals of the Security Awareness Program are:

10 Things I Know About ... Passwords

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Michelle Drolet

3 Keys To Keep Enterprise Clouds Secure

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

MetroWest Chamber of Commerce: 118th Annual Meeting

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Michelle Drolet

Well, it was certainly a night to remember and much to celebrate With over 325+ people coming to celebrate the 118th MetroWest Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting! It was a great night with much money raised for United Way’s Feed a Family and our hero's - Military Veterans. Watch some of the fun we had:

Join us for Sophos' Upcoming Event: Today’s Threat Landscape – How to Stay Safe

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Michelle Drolet

Join us for Sophos' upcoming event:

How to Expose Cyber-Attacks and Combat Threats

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Michelle Drolet

Published by Michele Drolet, CEO of Towerwall Proper analysis will flag suspicious behavior and allow the IT department to assess the threat and take action to close it down 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,false

Towerwall Information Security Alert Vol 13.50 - Making phishing more complex - on purpose

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Michelle Drolet

Earlier this week a colleague pointed out an intriguing phishing sample that he had come across. It was interesting not because of any great sophistication or complexity, but rather that it illustrated the reuse of an old social engineering trick. The brand being targeted in the phish campaign is Poste Italiane, a well-known Italian group that includes financial and payment services in its product portfolio. We see numerous phishing attacks targeting this group each month, with attackers keenfalse

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

Critical fixes for Office, Outlook and IE in September Patch Tuesday

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Michelle Drolet

Windows admins will have their hands full with the large number of security updates in this month's Patch Tuesday. There are fixes for 47 vulnerabilities in 13 bulletins for September's Patch Tuesday cycle. Four of this month's bulletins are critical. This year's total for bulletins is up to 79, a considerable increase from 62 at the same time last year. One critical bulletin this month addresses a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, which can be exploited if users openfalse