Back in December, I wrote about Cisco’s 2009 Security Threat Report and made the comment that application whitelisting was “the patch for the common user”. My point was a simple one: we cannot stop our people from accessing resources, and instead we should focus on stopping the real threat: the payload.
Yesterday, Stan Schroeder at Mashable wrote a great blog about the French and German governments strongly urging users to stop using Internet Explorer and to use other browsers like Safari and Firefox. The recommendation was made because of a similar vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 that allows malicious hackers to remotely execute arbitrary code.
I do not want to cause an international incident (especially with countries that I love to ski in), but I think the recommendation is shortsighted and purely based on the status quo mentality of reactive responses to the du jour threats. Continue reading this post…
Earlier today, CoreTrace announced a record breaking 2009. The results are further proof that CoreTrace’s award-winning BOUNCER technology continues to be one of the leading endpoint security solutions in the application whitelisting market.
Some of the highlights include:
- Eighth consecutive quarter of record growth.
- 500 percent revenue growth over 2008.
- GlobalSCAPE Inc. investment of $2.3 million. Continue reading this post…
Earlier today, GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE Amex: GSB) announced that it has entered into an investment term sheet with CoreTrace. Subject to definitive agreements, GlobalSCAPE will invest in CoreTrace in return for an equity position and a seat on the CoreTrace board of directors.
In the announcement, Jim Morris, president and CEO of GlobalSCAPE, explained part of his company’s interest in CoreTrace:
“Because malware has proliferated exponentially, traditional solutions are increasingly stressed beyond their ability to keep pace with the virus of the day. The CoreTrace whitelisting technology has tremendous potential, similar to the early days of the anti-virus market.” Continue reading this post…
This week, CoreTrace announced the latest version of our award-winning application whitelisting product, BOUNCER. In a seemingly unrelated note, Microsoft officially launched the beta version of its free antivirus offering, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE, previously code-named “Morro”).
Seemingly unrelated, and yet completely related. Continue reading this post…