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Security was a leading topic throughout 2017 across all industries, and has already dominated headlines in 2018 as well. Ransomware, a malicious form of malware designed to block access to computer systems pending a “ransom” payment, was the dominant cyber threat in 2017. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, a business falls victim to a ransomware attack every 40 seconds, and they predict that...

The day of love is upon us. Valentine's Day is a day most of us spend celebrating our loved ones. We buy cards, candy, and gifts for the special people in our lives - all in the name of love. This year we wanted to take some time on this day celebrating the technologies we love most. There are so many amazing technologies out there to choose from, but we somehow managed to pair the list down to...

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoint Security

Cisco released the below critical security advisory yesterday regarding a vulnerability in the SSL VPN functionality of Cisco ASA software. Contact us if you have questions or would like help with the remediation of this vulnerability. 

Happy New Year loyal LP blog readers, and what a start to the year we have had. Unless you have had your head in the sand for the last week you cannot help but have heard all the buzz around the latest two high profile security vulnerabilities to hit our networks. I am of course referring to the infamous Spectre and Meltdown flaws. Cue dramatic music “Dun Dun Duuuun!!!!”

We’ve said it time and time again, cybersecurity is a leading concern and area of focus for IT teams everywhere. 2017 saw new emerging and rapidly evolving cyber threats, and they aren’t going anywhere in 2018.

Security has been a leading topic throughout 2017 across all industries. Malware, more specifically ransomware, has been a dominant cyber threat with damage costs predicted to exceed $5 billion this year, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.Cisco recently released their 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report. This year is the 10-year anniversary of the annual report, which provides key insights and...

Security is something that most IT folks have a love/ hate relationship with. OK, mostly hate… because data security is not easy and it’s not something you can just do and forget about, instead you must continuously adapt your network security to keep up with evolving threats and mitigate risk.

On Monday Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens, from the University of Leuven, published a paper disclosing a series of vulnerabilities that affect the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocols. These vulnerabilities described a set of scenarios where a malicious user can perform a man-in-the-middle replay attack on wireless users connected to the network using...