December is a time for lists. There’s holiday wish lists, year-in-review lists, and so on.
This week, SC Magazine published its list of top security topics and stories for 2010. Among the various lists the staff compiled for the article, “IT security: The year in lists,” was the year’s “Top Five Threats”. What’s interesting is that this particular list is a mirror-image of what we’ve been blogging about all year — and that all five are threats that CoreTrace’s Bouncer application whitelisting solution help thwart.
Starting in January, we’ve written specific blogs on four of the top five threats mentioned. And the one that we haven’t blogged on, we know Bouncer can help defeat. Here is the recap:
- 1. Stuxnet: Starting in June, numerous SCADA systems were reportedly hit by the AutoRun-spreading worm. In July, we demonstrated how CoreTrace’s BOUNCER application whitelisting solution proactively stops the virus from executing on a system. If you are interested in learning more, feel free to join us for a Dec. 14th webinar where cyber warfare expert, Richard Stiennon, will lead the lively discussion, “Stuxnet: Variations Coming to Your Computers Soon!” The webinar starts 2:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. PDT. Continue reading this post…