Security News > 2020 > October

AEM introduced the Network Service Assistant with Certi-Lite, a new category of hybrid tester that bridges the gap in existing test equipment between network connectivity and standards-based cable testing. With NSA Certi-Lite, network owners no longer have to choose between wire testers for basic cable continuity, a network tester to qualify real-world multi-gig and network connectivity testing, or a cable certifier for those times when a deeper-dive test on cabling is required.

Smartsheet announced Mimecast has selected Smartsheet to drive strategic enterprise initiatives across its organization, digitally transform its processes and better service its global customer base. "We turned to Smartsheet to give our teams the structure and scalability needed to execute on strategic initiatives that would enhance our customer experience and move our business forward."

SentinelOne announced it has secured a new patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. SentinelOne's latest patent, USPTO Patent No. 10,762,200, titled System and Methods for Executable Code Detection, Automatic Feature Extraction, and Position-Independent Code Detection, recognizes SentinelOne for its unique approach to uncovering exploits in their initial payload stage.

Innodisk and ASUS announced a new strategic partnership between the two companies. As part of the partnership, ASUS is equipping its ASUS PE200U and PE200S edge computers with Innodisk's next-generation flash storage, the out-of-band management-enabled Innodisk InnoAGE SSD. This solution allows customers to roll out more reliable and secure edge devices and IoT infrastructure than ever before.

Censys announced that it has hired Derek Abdine as CTO. Abdine will lead innovation and technical strategy at Censys. Prior to joining Censys, he was head of Labs at security automation firm Rapid7, which he helped grow to an over $2 billion market cap leader.

NETGEAR welcomes Sarah Butterfass to the company's board of directors. Sarah is the incoming Chief Product Officer at FanDuel.

The Emotet botnet has begun to use a new malicious attachment that pretends to be a message from Windows Update telling you to upgrade Microsoft Word. Emotet is a malware infection that spreads through spam emails containing malicious Word or Excel documents.

To install new cumulative updates, Windows 10 feature updates, or out-of-band updates, Windows users rely on the Windows Update feature to properly update their computer. The resolve these issues, the first thing you should do if the Windows 10 updates install fails is to try downloading the update manually from Microsoft Update Catalog.

A bug in the latest release of Chrome, and other Chromium-based browsers, is causing random debug. Log files to be created on user's desktops and other folders.

The anatomy of an endpoint attackA lot has changed across the cybersecurity threat landscape in the last decade, but one thing has remained the same: the endpoint is under siege. Cybercriminals are using legitimate Office 365 services to launch attacksVectra released its report on Microsoft Office 365, which highlights the use of Office 365 in enterprise cyberattacks.