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IPTV Piracy
There has never been a better time for TV entertainment, the content for TV is only going to boom. However, despite the success of the media and entertainment industry (M&E), there is the persistent and menacing trouble of online pirates
NESA – UAE’s Information Security Standard
NESA, The National Electronic Security Authority, is a government body tasked with protecting the UAE’s critical information infrastructure and improving national cyber security. To achieve this, NESA have produced a set of standards and guidance for government entities in critical
NGIPS are Game Changers in Security
Organizations are replacing their Stateful firewalls with Next-Generation firewalls (NGFW) and Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention systems (NGIPS). Most traditional firewalls are nothing more than packet filters that keep track of who initiated the traffic to automatically allow response traffic back to
Managed Firewall for Financial Applications
News of the second Kmart credit-card breach in three years at the retailer and the number of breaches at financial institutions doubling this year over the same period 2016 should raise security concerns. Last month, Sears Holdings, the parent company
Siemens patches critical Intel AMT flaws
Two critical vulnerabilities have been patched by Siemens. The first one is related to Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) which is a function of certain Intel processors. The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain system privileges. The second vulnerability allows
Researchers have recently discovered a critical vulnerability affect governmental sectors such as public health systems, population registration, and justice system. The flaw resides in the secure communication protocol. Basically, the OSCI-Transport communication library which is widely used and critical to
Security experts at Sucuri have discovered a SQL Injection vulnerability in WP Statistics, one of the most popular WordPress plugins, that is currently being used in over 300,000 websites. The plugin enables site administrators to get detailed information related to
