As the virtual world of technology and the real world of our physical lives come into greater convergence, the chances for them to come together in bad and dangerous ways increases. Over the weekend, we’ve gotten to see the latest way that these two worlds can collide with bad consequences in the form of a…
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Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…
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If you haven’t been following the news, July 5, 2016 is the day that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the Juno spacecraft has finally reached the planet Jupiter. Juno was launched nearly five years ago on a mission to study Jupiter’s evolution and composition. Jupiter is the largest planet in our…
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The Olympics are right around the corner, and the world will turn its attention to Rio de Janeiro for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad better known as the Summer Olympics in Rio. Unfortunately, the cybercriminals know this and are getting ready for the Olympics as well. Global sporting events like the Olympics are a…
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Have you been keeping up with the news lately? Maybe you’ve heard about a new kind of attack that’s causing a lot of problems: ransomware. Ransomware’s been in the news lately because criminals have been holding the computers and data of major institutions hostage, like hospitals and universities. These attacks have forced some victims to…
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Earlier this year, TippingPoint participated in the NSS Labs Data Center Intrusion Prevention Systems group test with five other vendors. We submitted our TippingPoint 7500NX for the test on March 1, 2016, while still a part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). During the testing process, a number of issues were found that reduced our security…
Read More On Tuesday, I was inconvenienced with a flight cancellation and eight-hour delay in route to our Ottawa office. It seems petty to even call it an inconvenience in the grand scheme of things given the horrific attack that occurred at the Istanbul airport on the same day. It was a bit unsettling to watch the…
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In the news this week are reports of Cerber Ransomware targeting Office 365 users. The malware is hidden inside a Microsoft Word macro which makes it challenging to detect using traditional techniques. Users who are trained not open executables or zip files, may also be more easily duped into opening a Word file – especially…
Read More Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…
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Every year, our Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Raimund Genes sits down with our researchers and experts around the world and develops his predictions for the coming year. And this year, we decided to ask people how prepared they were to meet this year’s predictions. Since January, we’ve been doing an online survey asking people questions…
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