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LightsOut for the Energy Sector
Insights and Research
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LightsOut for the Energy Sector

This week, Zscaler ThreatLabZ has published research focused on the LightOut exploit kit being used in a "watering hole" attack again the energy sector. You can read additional analysis on the well-respected security res...
Mobile security and BYOD: An inexorable link
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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Mobile security and BYOD: An inexorable link

This week, Zscaler Vice President of Security Research Michael Sutton appeared in Fox Business to discuss mobile privacy and provided additional commentary into reports that Android devices were found sold complete with ...
Faster than the speed of light: Analysis of a Flash Zero-Day
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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Faster than the speed of light: Analysis of a Flash Zero-Day

Last week, Zscaler ThreatLabZ has published analysis of a Flash zero-day vulnerability that has been getting attention in the news. Adobe has issued a security bulletin for the vulnerability, which had been infecting mac...
When Zombie Botnets Attack!
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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When Zombie Botnets Attack!

The Zbot botnet continues to raise its ugly head, according to recent research from Zscaler ThreatLabZ. Check out the ThreatLabZ blog post for the full technical analysis. The ultimate goal of Zbot is to harness infected...
The Angry Apps Saga
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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The Angry Apps Saga

Earlier this week, The Guardian published its most recent Edward Snowden leaks, which allege that the NSA is able to collect user data from cell phone apps, such as Angry Birds. However, it should come as no revelation t...
Zscaler Research Flips the Script on VBScript Bot
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Zscaler Research Flips the Script on VBScript Bot

I've worked with a lot of well-known and respected information security companies during the past decade, but Zscaler continues to impress me with the quality of its security research. Today, I wanted to highlight a rece...
Zscaler Research Highlights Risk of "SMS Tracker"
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Zscaler Research Highlights Risk of "SMS Tracker"

Today, I wanted to highlight some recent research from Zscaler ThreatLabZ about a Google Play app called "SMS Tracker." This research has grabbed the attention of TechWorld, which posits the question, "When a stranger in...
Getting a lock on SSL
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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Getting a lock on SSL

Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Recently, I've been writing about Zscaler's 2014 Security Cloud Forecast. Also recently, our CEO Jay Chaudhry wrote about some of the challenges organizations may fac...
What's in a name? The importance of DNS
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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What's in a name? The importance of DNS

In my last blog, I reviewed some of the major security trends in 2013. Today, I want to turn an eye to 2014. If you haven't read it yet, Zscaler recently published its 2014 Security Cloud Forecast. One of our predictions...
2013 Cyber Security Year-in-Review
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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2013 Cyber Security Year-in-Review

As we approach the holiday season and reflect on the year, we can review a number of sophisticated cyber attacks during 2013. The year 2013 was a star chamber of victims. In January, both The New York Times and the...
Office 365: Why Security Matters
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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Office 365: Why Security Matters

To date Microsoft Office hasn’t faced a serious contender. Cloud-based software such as Google Docs hasn’t posed much of a threat. Now that Office 365 deployment is underway, we are seeing a shift from on-premise Micr...
Secure your road warriors from getting waylaid
Zscaler Cloud Platform
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Secure your road warriors from getting waylaid

Some Yahoo!s may be putting an end to work from home policies, but for the rest of us the remote worker has become a mainstay in the modern enterprise. In fact, even the US government has a telecommuting policy to enable...
The Anti-Social Network: Understanding Social Networking Risk
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The Anti-Social Network: Understanding Social Networking Risk

Recently, we have witnessed a number of prominent Twitter accounts hacked by social engineering tricks. This week, one of our ThreatLabZ researchers posted about a Facebook phishing scam that has been propagating the sit...

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