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Category Archives: Latest Security News
Risk Management Monitor interviews Dr. Hongwen Zhang on the risks of social media spam attacks
Wedge Co-founder and CEO, Dr. Hongwen Zhang, provides insight on the Risks of Social Media Spam Attacks in the interview by Emily Holbrook of Risk Management Monitor. To learn more about these risks and to read the full interview, please … Continue reading
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INDUSTRY-FIRST DETECTION AND REMEDIATION OF THREATS WITHIN HTML5 CONTENT
As organizations face increasing amounts of dynamic HTML5 content flowing through their networks, Wedge Networks, an innovator providing remediation-based Deep Content Inspection for high-performance, network-based Web security, today announced that its patented WedgeOS platform is the first in the industry … Continue reading
Wedge Networks BeSecure Web Security Gateway Prevents Social Network Attacks, Data Leaks (CMS Wire article with quote from Dr. Hongwen Zhang)
By J. ANGELO RACOMA (@JANGELO) | Jun 24, 2011 Social networks are often an easy target for malware authors because of the social aspect. Unsuspecting social network users are often too trusting of content and network contacts, and usually end up transmitting … Continue reading
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Tagged Data Leaks, Social Media, Social Network Attacks
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SMBs Face Social Media Security Challenges (an interview with Dr. Hongwen Zhang by InformationWeek)
Wedge Networks upgrades its Deep Content Inspection network gateway to monitor social media and Web application traffic for security risks. By Kevin Casey InformationWeek June 22, 2011 01:53 PM If humans are the weakest link in online security, then social media … Continue reading
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Q&A: Preventing Mobile Vulnerabilities (an interview with Dr. Hongwen Zhang by ESJ.com)
Best practices for keeping mobile devices safe. By James Powell 06/21/2011 (Enterprise Strategies – ESJ.com) When it comes to protecting mobile devices connected to enterprise resources, security managers face a dilemma: can security be enforced without negatively impacting productivity? To … Continue reading
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Tagged Mobile Security, Mobile Vulnerabilities
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“London Bridge Is Still Standing”: Advanced Persistent Defence
Since the beginning of this year 2011, the IT Security industry has been inundated with unending bad news: Epsilon, Sony Playstation Networks, Play.com, and the list goes on. With so much media publicity, it seems that our industry is doomed … Continue reading
DLP: Data In Motion vs. Data At Rest (DIM vs. DAR)
The Debate column (P15) of the November, 2010 Issue of SC Magazine covers a very interesting topic– For or Against: “DLP for data in motion is more effective than DLP that secures data at rest”. Two top executives, each from … Continue reading
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“Here you have” it… Yet-Another-Adobe-Exploit and why we need accuracy!
I have been away for a much needed holiday, spending quality time with my in-laws. Apart from the typical gastronomical splurging (what else – Swiss chocolates, Swiss Cheese, etc.), holidays are a good time to reflect. Trains and Europe go … Continue reading
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Help! I have been Moogled!
Yes that’s right, I said it, Moogled: Malware Originating, Orchestrated Group Level Exchange. A term coined by Wedge’s resident genius, the man responsible for the Hamster, Dr.Husam Kinawi. It started off harmless enough, I had just finished reading an article … Continue reading
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Come On, Wanna Pet My Pet Hamster?
Remember the days when Mom told you not to speak to strangers, even if they were friendly and offering you candy or petting their pet hamsters? This week’s events sure brought about those memories. Here are the top three events that … Continue reading
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