Security threats are like blazing fire the faster you take preventive action, the lesser the mess it will be, especially when it comes to bugs. This is exactly the case with Internet Explorer. Hackers are using bug to launch attacks.
UTM 9.002 Up2Date Released
This week we have issued Up2Date 9.002 for our UTM 9 platform. This is a stability release designed to further polish the UTM 9 platform and make it ready for an influx of thousands in the coming weeks as we publish the Hardware Appliance Up2Date that enables the one-touch upgrade from Astaro Security Gateway V8 appliance users*. *A note on ASG 8.306: We plan to release 8.306 later in September which will add in the ability to one-touch upgrade.
Patch Compliance Reporting: Detect & Patch Known Application Vulnerabilities
Learn more about the patch compliance reporting capabilities of SolarWinds Patch Manager: bit.ly Per an Aberdeen Group survey, if you are only patching Microsoft® applications, you are only covered for 10-20% of patch vulnerabilities. 3rd party applications are 3.8X more vulnerable than Microsoft applications
CTV NEWS CHANCES WITH IT SECURITY FORTINET rep speaks at internet security wkshp
Nuno Mantinhas, sales director of Fortinet for Latin America and the Caribbean, on CTV News, comments on the business opportunities, and reflects on the importance of ensuring the databases.
Talk to ME Tuesday: IT Pros Admit to Challenges They’re Facing Securing Their Environment
ManageEngine continues our new blog series called Talk to ME Tuesday. Each week we’ll discuss interesting topics from the world of technology with you, the people that live and breathe it everyday
Security Threat Landscape – August 2012
Keith Shaw chats with Derek Manky from Fortinet about the latest security threats.
Monitoring Application Usage on your Network
UTM: Unified Threat Management The FortiGate unit can log and track the traffic used by individual processes and applications, allowing you to better monitor internet usage and determine the source of unwanted traffic.
Controlling AndroidZitmo.E!tr.spy by SMS
A new sample of Zitmo is out, pretending to be an Android Security Suite. Like others in Zitmo, the malware is a SMS spy: it forwards incoming SMS message to a remote server.
Network Configuration Manager Guided Tour
To learn more about NCM, visit: www.solarwinds.com See powerful network configuration management in action! Watch how Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) delivers easy-to-use network configuration & change management (NCCM) that can be used standalone or integrated seamlessly with Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM).
Up2date 7.512 Released
Following the release of an Up2Date for our Version 8 line, we also have a release for Astaro Security Gateway Version 7 which is designed to address a connectivity issue with SwissCom DSL that was introduced due to changes by that ISP. We'll also take this chance to address some published vulnerabilites for SSL and fix a few bugs. Keep in mind that ASG V7 is due to sunset at the end of this year in December 2012 and will be end-of-life at that time