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CDNs Emerge as Critical First Line of Cybersecurity Defense
Any battle that is fought within the borders of a country invariably incurs some level of economic loss. The primary goal of any national defense strategy is to make sure any battle that needs to be fought occurs somewhere that impacts the citizenry of that nation least. The same philosophy also applies to cybersecurity. Github […]
Cyber News Rundown: A Wild Thanatos Appears!
The Cyber News Rundown brings you the latest happenings in cybersecurity news weekly. Who am I? I’m Connor Madsen, a Webroot Threat Research Analyst and a guy with a passion for all things…read more
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Threat Spotlight: Attached Password Stealer
Earlier this month we revealed a new security advisory platform — Barracuda Security Insight, which provides real-time threat intelligence and risk information to help raise awareness about the current IT security threat levels. One of the reasons we’re excited about the platform is because anyone with Internet access can use it as a way to […]
Why Email Still Reigns as Number One Threat Vector … And What to do About it
Amidst all the hype surrounding state-sponsored cyber-espionage, attempts to influence elections and attacks on critical national infrastructure, sometimes as an industry we can be guilty of diluting the security message. Some new research released over the past few days should get us back on track. It re-emphasises the point that email is still the number […]
Security Awareness Training: How to Get Started
In the past, security awareness training for user education—i.e. empowering users to make more savvy IT decisions in their daily routines—was considered a “nice to have,” not a necessity. The decision to adopt…read more
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Configuring and Managing the Barracuda WAF solution with Puppet
Configuring and Managing the Barracuda WAF solution with Puppet Contents: Introduction About the Puppet module for Barracuda WAF Handling Dependencies on the Puppet Master Handling Dependencies on the Puppet Agent Additional Resources Introduction Automating the management of network devices is extremely crucial in agile environments and Puppet modules can be used build on the existing […]
Time to Shore Up Mobile Security Defenses
Mobile security is one of those many things that tends to fall into the category of being out of sight means being out of mind. It’s often not until mobile devices connect to a corporate network that IT staff start to become concerned about what connections a user of a mobile device might have been […]
Cyber News Rundown: Linux OS Hacked onto Nintendo Switch
The Cyber News Rundown brings you the latest happenings in cybersecurity news weekly. Who am I? I’m Connor Madsen, a Webroot Threat Research Analyst and a guy with a passion for all things…read more
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Malvertising: Avoid Bad Ad Invasion
The way people shop has changed drastically over the last 10 years. E-commerce continues to boom. In fact, 80% of Americans made an online purchase in the past month, according to the Omni-Channel…read more
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Public WiFi Services Create Unacceptable Digital Health Risk
Almost every minute of every day someone in an organization is connecting a device to a public Wi-Fi network, a significant percentage of which are unwittingly being employed to distribute malware to whoever comes along. A new survey published the week by SpiceWorks, which manages an online IT community. A total of 61 percent of […]
DOs and DON’Ts to Beat Identity Theft and Protect Your Financial Security
Your personal information is at risk every time you write it down or post it online. It’s critically important for your financial security that you take some simple steps to secure your information. The week of March 4-10 is National Consumer Protection Week. Opportunity Bank of Montana(Member FDIC) is taking this opportunity to remind customers that […]
