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Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:09:44 +0000

Last week, three interesting vulnerabilities popped up on the news and security feeds. Researchers disclosed CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715, collectively known as Spectre, and CVE-2017-5754, known as Meltdown. These vulnerabilities take advantage of “speculative execution” of instructions performed by many modern microprocessors and can potentially allow an unprivileged attacker to read privileged memory allocated to the…

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:45:25 +0000

Happy New Year! It’s out with the old, in with the new, right? Except we all know that the old tends to stick around, especially when it comes to vulnerabilities and patching them. Trend Micro predicts that that 2018’s biggest attacks will originate from known vulnerabilities. And speaking of known vulnerabilities, the Zero Day Initiative…

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:13:02 +0000

Last Sunday, my day could be best described by the lyrics of Sammy Hagar’s song “I Can’t Drive 55.” I was issued a ticket for an alleged speeding infraction. I usually drive about 10 mph over the speed limit, but my “alleged” lead foot got the best of me and so did the Texas Highway…

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:51:16 +0000

In the 2000 movie High Fidelity, the concept of making lists is a dominant focus. What are your top five favorite records? Top five side one, track ones? Top five dream jobs? In the movie, Rob Gordon, portrayed by John Cusack, decides to categorize his top five most memorable breakups in order to determine why…

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:06:45 +0000

If you read my weekly blog or follow me on Twitter, you know that I’m a huge sports fan. Unfortunately, when you don’t live in the town of your favorite team, you can be subject to blackout rules. So, my husband and I decided to purchase NFL Sunday Ticket from DirecTV. Fast forward to a…