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Snap up your development – Tools for making the snap trek easier

Software development is what happens in between users and bug reports. Niccolo Machiavelli In an ideal world, developers would be able to create new applications without any errors, and live happily ever after. Unfortunately, errors, warnings and bugs are an inseparable part of the process. Sometimes, these problems are caused Continue Reading

Potential Ichitaro Phishing Vulnerability

The FortiGuard Labs team continually tracks phishing and spam campaigns around the world. Sending users macro-enabled documents with a malicious payload is one of the most commonly used malware attack vectors for phishing campaigns. This attack vector has been used by used by such prevalent malware families as Dridex, Fareit, Continue Reading

Facebook Live Benefits Broadcasters, Increasing Awareness and Engagement

August 30, 2017 by Holly Regan Live-streaming video is taking the internet world by storm, with 81 percent of online viewers watching more of it in 2016 than the previous year. And Facebook Live is quickly dominating this market, with viewership quadrupling in 2017. Most importantly for organizations, Facebook Live Continue Reading

How the World Wide Web Has Revolutionized Key Industries While Creating a Land of Opportunity for Adversaries

This week, on the anniversary of the World Wide Web’s release to the public, we are taking a closer look at how web use has irrevocably changed and modernized some of the key industries shaping our lives today, and what this change means for our global cybersecurity. On August 1, Continue Reading

A Technical Analysis of the Petya Ransomworm

Yesterday, a new ransomware wreaked havoc across the world. This new malware variant, which combines the functionality of ransomware with the behaviors of a worm, is being called Petya, Petrwrap, and even NotPetya, since researchers are still investigating as to whether its ability to modify the Master Boot Record of Continue Reading

Infographic: Protecting Today’s Financial Services Industry in a Digital Environment

Consumers around the world across a variety of industries are adopting digital technologies to improve their daily lives, and they expect organizations to support this behavior. In the financial services sector, they’re using technologies like digital banking and insurance apps for tasks that used to be completed offline. While the Continue Reading

Is Your Email Secure? NEW Whitepaper – 14 Step Checklist

Sometimes it feels that the world of email and internet communication is fraught with dangers: ransomware, malware, viruses, cyber-attacks and so on. There are some simple things that you can do to protect your email data and accounts. This whitepaper, A Definitive Guide to Email Security, looks at three of Continue Reading

How Innersourcing Can Help Your Security Team

In today’s world of developer-defined tooling and accelerated delivery pace, security and compliance are becoming more difficult. With increased threats from advanced hackers, and security breaches rapidly turning into PR storms, your security team is under more pressure than ever before. In our 2016 Global Developer Survey, 86 percent of Continue Reading

Blockchain and Financial System Impact

Blockchain is a technology that basically distributes a ledger. For those of you in the financial management world, you know a ledger as the trusted source of transactions or facts. The same is true with blockchain. But instead of existing in a large leather bound tome or in a financial Continue Reading

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