‘Nation-state sponsored cyber attacks’ – A powerful statement, and one that represented the majority of recent headlines in press articles about the Gauss malware. With the targeted nature of the attack, and its complexity cited as examples to support ‘Gauss-es’ of the attribution. Whilst the speculation makes for excellent media stories and fuels alcohol induced Read more…
Tags: Advanced Persistent Threat, APT, APTs, cyber attacks, DLP, firewall, Flame, Gauss, Information Security, IPS, McAfee Security, Night Dragon, security
Q2 is a very busy quarter and I hardly believe we have only one month left. My agenda has been and still is busy. I’ve spend a lot of time traveling. I went to Malaga to kick off our pre-sales summit and hold my EMEA Management Team meeting. I can tell you the SE Summit Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, DeepSAFE, Information Security, McAfee, next generation data center
I recently performed a penetration test of a transportation company in the Midwest. Save for a few low-severity vulnerabilities, Company X had a well-managed public-facing network infrastructure. Satisfied with the status of their network security, I turned my attention to the human network. Searching for Company X on sites like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, I Read more…
Tags: enterprise, Information Security, privacy, social media
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