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Centripetal Expands Portfolio with CleanINTERNET® DNS, Powered by The Most Extensive Collection of Threat Intelligence in the Industry

Centripetal announceS that it is expanding its offering to include CleanINTERNET® DNS to preemptively safeguard businesses against web-based cyber threats. Unlike other DNS filtering products that rely solely on blocklists, CleanINTERNET® DNS is the first-ever solution to leverage advanced threat intelligence from multiple providers to proactively prevent users from accessing malicious websites and harmful content.

RPC Endpoint Mapper Authentication and Hardening

This policy setting determines if RPC clients authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service when their call includes authentication data. The Endpoint Mapper Service on Windows NT4 (all service packs) is unable to process authentication data provided in this manner. Disabling this policy means RPC clients won’t authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service, but they can still communicate with it on Windows NT4 Server. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled.

Ekran System Changes Name to Syteca

We are more, but we are the same. Ekran System Inc. is happy to announce that our company changes its name from Ekran System to Syteca. Following over a decade of continuous development and growth, we see that it’s now the time to expand our product and adjust its perception accordingly. In October 2024, we will take the first steps of transforming into Syteca by releasing a significant expansion of our core platform and changing our website domain from ekransystem.com to syteca.com.

Rakuten Drive: Secure, but Private File Transfer and Cloud Storage?

Are you looking to try a new service to transfer large files of up to 50GB? Then there’s a new player in the file-sharing market that may interest you — Rakuten Drive. In February 2024, Rakuten announced the commercial launch of Rakuten Drive, a file storage cloud service based in Japan. Rakuten Drive allows individuals and enterprises to send large files with customized access controls, store, and edit Microsoft documents.

Elastic Security shines in Malware Protection Test by AV-Comparatives

Real-world malware 100% protection with zero false positives Elastic Security has achieved remarkable results in the recent AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test, with a protection rate of 100% and no false positives against real-world malware samples. This independent assessment underscores our commitment to providing world-class malware protection, with zero false positives and zero user impact.

The evolution of QR code phishing: Unmasking new 'quishing' tactics

Research has revealed that since 2021 there has been a material increase in QR code phishing (or ‘quishing’), as cybercriminals continue to exploit available technology and their widespread familiarity. The once rare payload is nearly fourteen times more common in 2024 than it was three years ago, accounting for only 0.8% of attacks in 2021. This figure jumped to 1.4% in 2022, a staggering 12.4% in 2023, and has plateaued at 10.8% from January to March 2024.

Cloudflare acquires BastionZero to extend Zero Trust access to IT infrastructure

We’re excited to announce that BastionZero, a Zero Trust infrastructure access platform, has joined Cloudflare. This acquisition extends our Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) flows with native access management for infrastructure like servers, Kubernetes clusters, and databases.

2024 Red Hat Summit with Exec Chair, David Safaii: Exciting Announcements, Exciting Problems on Everyone's Minds

The 2024 Red Hat Summit in Denver was a whirlwind of innovation, collaboration, and networking. The show kicked off with a great turnout for the Community and Red Hat OpenShift Days. The focus here was on Case Studies from and by End Users with production deployments of OpenShift sharing their use cases, insights into their workloads and lessons learned along the way.

CVE-2024-24919: Information Disclosure Vulnerability Leveraged to Target Check Point VPNs

On May 27, 2024, Check Point released hot fixes for an information disclosure vulnerability being leveraged by threat actors to target Check Point VPNs. This vulnerability was labeled as CVE-2024-24919 and is rated as high severity, as a remote threat actor can exploit the vulnerability to access information on Gateways connected to the Internet, with IPSec VPN, Remote Access VPN or Mobile Access enabled.