ThreatSTOP today announced availability of ThreatSTOP DNS Firewall for Windows Server 2016, Microsoft’s most cloud-ready Server operating system ever. Using ThreatSTOP DNS Firewall, Windows Server 2016 customers can now automatically block outbound communications with threat actors’ command and control, dead-letter-drop, and dropper/infection infrastructure, preventing data theft and system compromise.

ThreatSTOP CEO and Founder Tom Byrnes recently spoke with SC Magazine about the inherent security risks of IoT devices in the healthcare industry.

Paul Mockapetris

Recently, we have seen vast DGA infrastructures constantly popping up for the Neutrino EK. The randomly generated string is usually a subdomain to a set of domains following a certain pattern, and are registered by the same registrant.

Security teams appreciate the value of threat intelligence, but often find it difficult to use the data while it is still fresh across all network devices with limited team resources.

The theme for AIRI 2016 is “disruption”.  In our lifetimes nothing has been more disruptive, or world-changing, than the invention of the Internet.  Initially the Internet allowed computers to communicate, but today virtually every digital device, phones, control systems, even our watches, communicate via the Internet. Dr. Mockapetris, Internet pioneer, will speak at AIRI 2016 about how his inventions have changed the world to be a better place, and why Internet Security poses such a serious problem to our privacy and freedom.

Following the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) announcement of a breach in June 2016, a report by CrowdStrike detailed its findings about the threat actors behind the attack concluding it was the work of two different sophisticated Russian-based APT groups.

Last year, 1 out of every 3 Americans was the victim of a healthcare data breach.

Patchwork, so dubbed for its use of copy-and-pasted code from various online sources, is a targeted attack focused on obtaining documents from governments and government-affiliated organizations with dealings in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea. According to researchers from Cymmetria, Patchwork targeted personnel working on military and political assignments worldwide. They suspect that the attackers originate from India.

The prestigious O’Reilly Media is set to host its inaugural security event, the O’Reilly Security Conference, in New York City kicking off on October 30 at the mid-town Hilton.