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One of the biggest trends in cyber security and threats is files and attachments with infected malware. Whether its macros or other types of vectors, administrators must be able to control add-ons opened by users. Microsoft’s Office Suite comes with embedded options that help reduce the chance that your users will run infected malware fromRead more

  Have you ever heard of the bug known as CVE-2015-1641? If you work in IT security then you probably have, but even professionals have a hard time keeping up with all the bugs, vulnerabilities and issues that have to be dealt with on a daily basis. As an in-house IT expert, ‘knowing it all’ is impossible. That’sRead more

These 2 pieces of bad news could make a bad combination. The first piece of bad news is the recent upswing in attacks on Oracle’s Java software. According to a Computerworld article published today, the past 9 months has seen a whopping increase in attacks, from ‘less than half a million in the first quarter ofRead more

The short answer: because all malware/viruses/worms are executables and the principal type of executables are EXE files (in a Windows-based environment). The majority of phishing attempts with drive-by-downloads try to entice you to download EXE files and run them locally. EXE files should always be blocked.  You can open certain files on a case-by-case basisRead more