Articles Tagged ‘threat prevention’

Introducing the Threat Review Series

October 11th, 2010

Last week we held our first webinar in the Threat Review Series where we focus on new or interesting threats in the security landscape and how to protect against them. It was an interesting session as we featured three very different types of threats – a botnet, a Windows application vulnerability and the always engaging [...]

Stuxnet – SCADA malware

October 3rd, 2010

Stuxnet is the first malware in recent history that attacked industrial control systems also known as SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems developed by Siemens (Siemens SIMATIC WinCC). These systems monitor and control critical industrial facilities like nuclear power plants, power grids etc. Clearly, any security breach in such systems can have far reaching [...]

Mariposa: How Exposed Are We?

November 1st, 2009

The Application and Threat Research Team has done a great job of provide insight into what the Mariposa threat as well as how to quickly analyze their networks to see if Mariposa is present via the WireShark plugin. Based on the applications that Mariposa uses to spread itself exactly how exposed are we? To gain [...]