ICYMI: New features for Sophos UTM on AWS

Credit to Author: Bryan Nairn| Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:18:21 +0000

Over the past few months we’ve added new features and functionality to Sophos UTM on AWS. Changes occur more frequently in the cloud, so we wanted to provide you a summary of everything that has happened in case you missed it. These enhancements allow you to run Sophos UTM in additional AWS Regions, take advantage […]

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 10, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 13:36:54 +0000

Earlier this week marked the end of support for Windows Vista. This means anyone using Vista will no longer receiving new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates from Microsoft. If you’re unable to update your version of Windows, this is where virtual patching becomes very important….

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What makes a great firewall?

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:42:31 +0000

We know that a firewall is the first line of defense against external threats. It can block hackers, isolate potentially harmful information and stop targeted malware attacks from getting into your network and affecting your users. But, what are the defining characteristics of a great firewall? We think it comes down to four critical areas: […]

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UTM 9.5 is on its way – and we’d like your help to polish it

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 18:13:59 +0000

UTM 9.5, including many new features you’ve asked us for, is just around the corner – and we’d like to invite you to join the beta test of the release. This version builds on our industry-leading protection and performance, with several new features for Web Application Firewall, Sophos Sandstorm sandboxing and to make management and […]

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 3, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:41:41 +0000

Late last week, a buffer overflow vulnerability in IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 servers, identified by CVE-2007-7269, was publicly disclosed. The vulnerability can be exploited since no bounds checking is done on headers matching a particular pattern within the PROPFIND method requests and successful attempts can lead to remote code execution on vulnerable targets. According…

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of March 27, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:00:49 +0000

The world lost a funny, talented and wonderful soul late last week. I only knew him for a year, but Raimund Genes made those of us who came to Trend Micro via the TippingPoint acquisition feel right at home. I appreciated his candor, his love of life and his creative cocktails. He was a tremendous…

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of March 20, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:33:43 +0000

The 10th anniversary of Pwn2Own is now in the books! It was a crazy week at the CanSecWest Conference, full of drama with the biggest contest ever with teams from Asia, Europe and North America! It was a tight race with only three points separating first and second place. In the end, we saw a…

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of March 13, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:00:04 +0000

There was never any doubt what my topic would be for this week’s blog. March Madness, right? Normally I’d be talking about the NCAA Basketball tournament, but not this time. Our March Madness is called Pwn2Own. We celebrated the 10th anniversary of Pwn2Own in Vancouver this week with the biggest contest ever with 11 teams…

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