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Mar 03, 2017
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How to get your infrastructure in shape to shake off scriptable attacks

According to F-Secure’s The State of Cyber Security 2017 report, criminal hackers perform most cyber-attacks using basic, scriptable techniques against poorly maintained infrastructure. This will continue as long as there are loads of attack scripts and plenty of poorly secured networks. Read More

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Chrome for MacOS to block rogue ad injections and settings changes
How to respond to a cyber attack
Free decryption tools now available for Dharma ransomware
Ransomware roundtable: Is this the new spam?
Slack bug paved the way for a hack that can steal user access
Avaya wants out of S.F. stadium suite, not too impressed with 49ers either
Cisco tries to squash Smart Install security abuse
Cisco warns of NetFlow appliance vulnerability

Solution Center: Rapid7

Do You Have the Power to Make Nothing Happen?

When it comes to security, the ability to "Make Nothing Happen" is really quite exciting. Check out these resources to learn how Rapid7's threat exposure management, incident detection and security advisory services enable organizations to see network risks and spot attacks before they damage your network. When you can make nothing happen, your enterprise can make growth happen. Read More

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Chrome for MacOS to block rogue ad injections and settings changes

Google has expanded its Safe Browsing service, allowing Google Chrome on macOS to better protect users from programs that locally inject ads into web pages or that change the browser's home page and search settings. Read More

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How to respond to a cyber attack

Following a breach, organizations should focus on mitigating damage and data loss and providing information to law enforcement. Partner at Ballard Spahr, LLP and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Ed McAndrew and Guidance Software President and CEO Patrick Dennis have compiled best practices for preparing and responding to a cyber-attack and working with law enforcement. Read More

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Free decryption tools now available for Dharma ransomware

Researchers have created decryption tools for the Dharma ransomware after someone recently leaked the encryption keys for it. Read More

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Ransomware roundtable: Is this the new spam?

Matt Gangwer, CTO of Rook Security and Ryan O'Leary, VP of Threat Research Center and Tech Support at WhiteHat Security join CSO Online's Steve Ragan to talk about the evolution of ransomware, and what companies need to do to combat it. Watch Now

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Slack bug paved the way for a hack that can steal user access

One bug in Slack, the popular work chat application, was enough for a security researcher to design a hack that could trick its users into handing over access. Read More

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Avaya wants out of S.F. stadium suite, not too impressed with 49ers either

Staring at a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Avaya told the court last week it wants out of the$350,000 annual payment for its San Francisco 49ers stadium suite and that the team’s recent miserable performance has made the suite harder to sell off. According to a Reuters report, the cost of the license for the suite, $350,000 due this month, is a burden on Avaya's estate and the company is seeking court permission to reject the agreement which was signed for 10 years. Read More

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Cisco tries to squash Smart Install security abuse

Cisco wrote in a blog this week that a “Smart Install network consists of one Smart Install director switch or router, also known as the integrated branch director (IBD), and one or more Smart Install client switches, also known as integrated branch clients (IBCs). Only Smart Install client switches are affected by the abuse. While there are no obvious indicators of an attacker abusing the Smart Install capabilities Read More

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Cisco warns of NetFlow appliance vulnerability

Specifically, Cisco wrote: “A vulnerability in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) decoder of the Cisco NetFlow Generation Appliance (NGA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to hang or unexpectedly reload, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition Read More

White Paper: Turbonomic

Capacity Management in the Modern Data Center

As we have seen, capacity management tools are inappropriate for assuring application performance. What is needed in the modern data center is a real-time control system that solves the intelligent workload management problem that was left out of the design of the software-defined data center with the advent of virtualization. Read More

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