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Emerging Threats: Provider of Open Source Threat Intelligence

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Emerging Threats - now part of Proofpoint - is a world-leading provider of open source and commercial threat and malware intelligence. Founded in 2003 as a cyber security research community, Emerging Threats has become a de facto standard in network-based malware threat detection.

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Microsoft issues fixes for non-supported versions of Windows Server

Network World

CVE-2019-0708 is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction, meaning any future malware could self-propagate from one vulnerable machine to another. CVE-2019-0708 affects Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

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Microsoft announced on its TechNet blog that it will extend its anti-malware updates a full year, but there is much more to keeping a system secure than current anti-malware. Meaning, even though anti-malware is extended, attackers will have easier access when attempting to victimize organizations running the outdated OS.

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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO Business Intelligence

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. But ransomware isn’t the only risk. Simplify operations.

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Security and Windows 10 Will Cross Paths for Enterprises

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1 area of spending increase in 2015, with nearly half (46%) planning to invest more in access control, intrusion prevention, and virus and malware protection. Deepak was the lead architect of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, and prior to that was a program manager with the Windows NT Networking team.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks

Sean Daniel

How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks. Over on Lifehacker.com , one of my favorite sites, they talk a bit about how to stay safe on Public, or even those looming “open” networks that you might discover in an apartment building. Thursday, July 01, 2010. Make sure the password you use for your PC is a strong one.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

.” Two decades later, that line from the Microsoft co-founder’s Trustworthy Computing memo would seem quaint if the reality weren’t so terrifying: ransomware, software supply chain attacks, privacy breaches, nation-state hacks, malware, worms, and adversarial machine learning are just a few of the looming threats.

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