TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 15, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 12:00:15 +0000

“Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There’s no crying! THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!” Those famous words from Jimmy Dugan (portrayed by Tom Hanks) in the 1992 movie A League of their Own, ring true in the world of baseball. Unfortunately, in the cyber security world, there has been some crying this week with the…

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How to keep your XG Firewall up to date

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 13:58:09 +0000

A step-by-step guide for staying up to date with all the latest XG Firewall releases.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=33697&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/9jrWF2hnyI8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 8, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:47:57 +0000

Although I’m still dreaming of the sandy beaches of Cancun, it’s time to get back to reality. Security vulnerabilities never take a holiday and this week is no exception. In addition to our normal Digital Vaccine (DV) package delivered earlier this week, we also issued an out-of-band DV package to address zero-day vulnerabilities for Intel…

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Sophos UTM 9.5 is here – easier, faster and more flexible

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 16:25:17 +0000

The wait is over, Sophos UTM 9.5 has arrived and it’s packed with new features.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=33577&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/u-_pawPgmxA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 1, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 12:00:04 +0000

As you read this blog, I am probably sitting on a beach in Cancun, Mexico getting a nice tan and not thinking about security (well, maybe just a little). A couple of days before I left, I had to deal with the inevitable. It never fails – every time I am about to go on…

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SC Media awards XG Firewall the full five stars

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 14:04:49 +0000

‘This demands your attention no matter what size your organization’ – we couldn’t agree more!<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=33537&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/DraWRAAlD3U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 24, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:26:11 +0000

There was a time when a person’s motivation to hack something was for financial reasons or for street cred. But now we’re seeing organizations that have other motivations. Pawn Storm is a cyber-espionage organization whose motives include foreign and domestic espionage, and influence on geopolitics. Trend Micro has been following the organization for quite some…

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 17, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:23:45 +0000

I’ve never been one to adopt the latest fashion trends, aside from what I wore growing up in the 1980s. I wore shoulder pads, blue eyeliner, designer jeans, and even parachute pants. While I continue to rock my 80s hair to this day, other trends I thought were long gone are making a comeback. (Shoulder…

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