Following the news that the White House has ordered federal agencies to immediately adopt basic security practices, including privilege management, in the wake of the OPM security breach, Philip Lieberman, CEO of Lieberman Software explains why this is a positive step for the US government:
Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit™ Threat Intelligence unit has released information about Stegoloader. Appearing to have been active since 2012, this particular malware uses digital steganography – the art of hiding secret information within a digital image or graphic – to conceal its true nature and to avoid detection. Stegoloader operators are hiding a core component of the malware within a portable network graphic (PNG) hosted on a legitimate site. As Stegoloader executes, it downloads the core component and then uses digital steganography to extract the code from the image. The core component is never saved to the victim’s computer, meaning that it is incredibly difficult to detect the malware through regular tools.
Maidenhead, U.K: Harbrick has selected Flexera Software’s FlexNet Producer Suite as its Software Monetisation solution. FlexNet Producer Suite will provide automated software licensing and entitlement management capabilities enabling Harbrick to safely, flexibly and reliably license Polysync to its customers and provide 24x7 customer self-service for managing the entire software license lifecycle. The solution consists of FlexNet Licensing for license management, FlexNet Operations Cloud for back-office operations and entitlement management, and FlexNet Connect, for automated updates.
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Medford, NJ: Watchful Software has announced the election of prominent industry executive Greg Akers to its Board of Directors. Akers currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Advanced Security Initiatives - Cisco Security and Trust Organization.
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