October 10, 2024
Secutec welcomes three partners
Secutec is proud to announce that three of our colleagues, Frederic De Clerck (Head of Operations), Kathleen Bauwens (Head of Banking Services) and Sabine van Hoijweghen (Head of Sales), have t[...]
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October 2, 2024
Will NIS2 cause a new GDPR moment? This is where we are today
The imminent introduction of the new NIS2 legislation creates confusion and uncertainty. Secutec helps you take control over the elements of which you can be sure. October 18, 2024 will mark th[...]
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September 3, 2024
Secutec Announces Acquisition of ZeroFeed
We are excited to announce that Secutec has officially acquired ZeroFeed, the software solution of ZeroBit. ZeroBit is a leading Belgian cybersecurity company and is known for its expertise in [...]
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June 25, 2024
Digitaal Vlaanderen offers Secutec SecureDNS through framework agreement to all cities and municipalities
No less than 20% of all Flemish cities and municipalities are using Secutec’s SecureDNS solution. To facilitate local governments even better in improving their digital infrastructure, Di[...]
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June 21, 2024
Secutec partners with Mastercard to offer RiskRecon for third-party cybersecurity assessment
We are excited to announce that Secutec, as the first partner in Belgium, has formed a strategic partnership with Mastercard to resell their acclaimed RiskRecon solution. This collaboration m[...]
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June 14, 2024
3 tips to safely enjoy a summer of sports
Large events traditionally cause a significant surge in cybercrime, driven by phishing and social engineering. Make sure your company’s employees are aware of the dangers and prevent sensitiv[...]
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March 28, 2024
Bolster your back-up strategy with SecureRESPONSE
The importance of an effective recovery plan Every alarm indicator is going off because your company has just been hacked! No problem, you think: “We’ll heal the wounds and use o[...]
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March 7, 2024
Secutec representation in Australia and New Zealand
New colleagues represent Secutec in Australia and New Zealand We are thrilled to share the exciting news that Secutec has taken its first steps towards realizing our ambition of establishing a presenc[...]
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February 22, 2024
Expert Talks: Attack Surface Management for beginners
Much-needed protection or an excessive luxury? Thomas Jannes, SOC Manager (Security Operations Center) at Secutec answers some pressing questions: what is Attack Surface Management (ASM)? Why is conti[...]
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February 8, 2024
Why the Darknet has a beat on you (and you don’t realize it)
By Geert Baudewijns, CEO & Founder Secutec It is high time we all become more vigilant on the internet. People and their personal data are easier to find online than they think, and hacke[...]
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February 1, 2024
Why Change Your Password Day comes just in time for your organization
Every year, February 1 is all about changing passwords. We don’t need to tell you why this is necessary in ‘normal’ circumstances. But today, it is more important than ever. Let us te[...]
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January 8, 2024
Secutec strengthens international growth ambitions with new strategic partner Indufin
From left to right: Jean-Francois Vryens and Joris Rome (Indufin), Geert Baudewijns, Bart De Maeyer and Yves Pauwels (Secutec) Aartselaar, Jan. 8, 2024 – Cybersecurity specialist Secutec [...]
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January 3, 2024
Secutec nominated for the Trends Gazellen 2024 award
Secutec starts the new year on a positive note! For the second consecutive year, we have been nominated for the ‘Trends Gazellen 2024’ award. This time in the category large enterpr[...]
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December 27, 2023
3 cybersecurity trends & tips for businesses and employees in 2024
2024 announces itself as the year when cybercriminals will once again shift up a gear. New dangers that we have been closely monitoring for some time will come to their full development and reach new [...]
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December 15, 2023
Beyond coding: BeCode’s unique approach to tech education, empowerment, and corporate engagement
Amidst the festive spirit of Christmas, Secutec embarked on a quest for a purposeful charitable contribution that resonated with our cybersecurity focus and held significant social impact. Our search [...]
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November 20, 2023
Secutec Security Summit reveals the secrets of the Darknet
Mechelen, 17 November 2023 – During the eighth edition of the Secutec Security Summit, around one hundred and fifty customers, partners, IT professionals and students came to learn about the dar[...]
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September 15, 2023
Commitment to proprietary solutions sharply increases Secutec revenue
For a few years now, Secutec has been focusing on its in-house developed cyber security and Threat Intelligence services. An approach which is paying off: in the past fiscal year, consolidated revenue[...]
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September 1, 2023
Secutec Security Summit 2023: Discover how vulnerable you really are
More hands-on than ever, the Secutec Security Summit guides you through the world of hackers. Join our partners and product specialists for inspiring cases, practical sessions and networking. T[...]
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August 1, 2023
The vital aspect of updating the firmware of your internet-facing appliances and tools
Too many organizations have no idea which of their appliances and tools are internet-facing. As a result, they lack oversight in their security status and roll out the red carpet for hackers. We provi[...]
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July 6, 2023
How to prevent your network from being abused in DDoS attacks
Devices that end up in a botnet are not only part of criminal activity, they are also much more susceptible to hacks. It seems DDoS attacks never go out of style. The Belgian government recen[...]
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November 17, 2022
Secutec SecureDNS obtains ESCO ‘Cybersecurity Made In Europe’ label
Beginning of November SecureDNS, a solution from Secutec, obtained the ESCO label ‘Cybersecurity Made In Europe. ECSO (European Cybersecurity Organisation) is a European non[...]
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November 3, 2022
Compatibility status of ENS for Mac and MacOS Ventura
Regarding, compatibility status of ENS for Mac and MacOS Ventura, it is not presently supported as Engineering has identified compatibility issues. As per Engineerin[...]
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September 29, 2022
Secutec has been selected for the Trends Gazelles 2023
We are proud to announce that Secutec has been selected for the Trends Gazelles 2023. In the Category ‘large companies’ we are among the 100 fastest growing companies in the p[...]
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September 29, 2022
A look back at the Afterwork Party, Secutec around the world.
At the beginning of September, we celebrated Secutec’s 17th anniversary together with all our customers and vendors at our Afterwork Party. An evening full of music, fine dining an[...]
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August 19, 2022
SNS Notice: Removal of end of life AMCore versions from daily content
On August 24, 2022, we will remove end of life (EOL) AMCore versions from daily AMCore Content (V3 DAT) updates, starting with the content release on that day. EOL Endpo[...]
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August 19, 2022
SNS Notice: Upcoming URL Changes in ePO – Prepare Your System Now
As part of the Trellix rebranding effort, on-premise ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) will require URL changes within the product to avoid disruptions to service. This will requi[...]
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August 19, 2022
Apple releases iOS, iPadOS and macOS security fixes for two zero-days under active attack
Apple is directing users of most of its devices to update their software after the company discovered a vulnerability in its operating systems that it says “may have [...]
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August 3, 2022
Issue MCP – Skyhigh Client Proxy version 4.4.1 and 4.4.1 hotfix 1.
An issue has been detected by multiple customers when using the MCP – Skyhigh Client Proxy (Formely known as McAfee Client Proxy) version 4.4.1 and 4.4.1 hotfix 1. The tool that ca[...]
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July 6, 2022
The Importance of Attack Surface Management in the 2022 Verizon DBIR
This year’s 15th installment of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) features yet another impressive dataset of corporate breaches and exposures marked by an overriding postul[...]
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June 23, 2022
Cybereason: How AI-Driven XDR Defeats Ransomware
In June 2021, Cybereason detailed the ways that ransomware can end up costing organizations in their report, Ransomware: The True Cost to Business. The report revealed that two-thirds of ranso[...]
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June 23, 2022
Sophos Named Cybersecurity Company of the Year by Cyber Defense Magazine
Sophos has been named as Cybersecurity Company of the Year by Cyber Defense Magazine. It is an Editor’s Choice winner in the publication’s 10th annual Global InfoSec Awards.[...]
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June 23, 2022
Secutec at RSA 2022 in San Francisco
Secutec was present at RSA 2022 in San Francisco, the biggest Cybersecurity Exhibition worldwide! Software vendors from all over the world presented th[...]
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June 23, 2022
Secutec as Belgian Cybersecurity company at the Belgian Economic Mission
Secutec was present at the Belgian Economic Mission to the United States of America, together with more than 450 other businessmen and women. Our CEO, Geert Baudewijns, explained [...]
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June 9, 2022
The most dangerous hacker: your colleague
Chinese or Russian hackers may be targeting your data, but they are far from the only or even the most important threat to your company’s cyber security. Most organisations fall victim to[...]
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June 9, 2022
RTL | Cyberattaque La Belgique bientôt paralysée ?
A few weeks ago, the services of Vivalia, in the province of Luxembourg, were the target of an organised ransomware attack. And another hospital was targeted by a large-scale cybe[...]
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May 25, 2022
This was Cybersec Europe 2022
Yes! We have enjoyed Cybersec Europe 2022! After 3 years we finally met each other again in person. We could proudly show you on Cybersec Europe that we haven’t been idle the past years, we i[...]
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May 25, 2022
DoT and DoH on Secutec SecureDNS servers
Two weeks ago we announced the upcoming upgrades of our core Secutec SecureDNS servers, which were executed as planned. We took the opportunity of this maintenance window to enable DoT and DoH [...]
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May 25, 2022
Looking back on the 2021 vulnerability: Log4shell
In December 2021 a critical vulnerability surfaced named Log4shell within Log4j, a widely used logging tool for java applications. Log4j is used globally by computers running online services, w[...]
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May 25, 2022
What To Do If My Password Was Found in a Data Breach
What should you do if your password is stolen? At SpyCloud, that’s something they think about a lot. SpyCloud maintains the largest and most up-to-date collection of recaptured data fr[...]
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May 25, 2022
New Business Radio launches ‘De Beursvloer’.
New Business Radio has launched the new radio programme ‘De Beursvloer’. In the first broadcast Ron Lemmens and stock exchange expert Bart Peters talked to Geert Baudewijns, CEO of [...]
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April 28, 2022
From 50% phished to 5%: how Phished works and why
Any company that starts with the Phished platform often scores ‘high’ on the initial baseline measurement – up to 50% success rate. After one year, Phished manages to reduce this to less [...]
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April 28, 2022
Secutec gets award for ‘Cybereason partner of the year’
During the Cybereason partner event, Secutec was praised as Cybereason partner of the year. Cybereason is the champion for today’s cyber defenders with future-ready attack protection that ext[...]
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April 14, 2022
BitSight – 3 Ways to Map your Digital Footprint to Better Assess Cyber Risk
Defending against cybersecurity threats is more complex than in years past. As your organization increases its reliance on digital technologies and cloud software to remain compet[...]
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April 14, 2022
Experts celebrate Phished with 2 awards: ‘Best-Of Phishing Simulation’ and ‘Best-Of Security Awareness Training’
Cybersecurity review platform Expert Insights awards Phished no less than two awards. In the spring edition of the ‘Best-Of Cybersecurity Awards 2022’, Phished was honoured in n[...]
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April 14, 2022
Secutec adds Sophos cybersecurity solutions into their portfolio
Sophos is a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, protecting more than 500,000 organizations and millions of consumers in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyber[...]
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March 31, 2022
Secutec is going to filter millions of websites with malware for Belnet and its customers
Belnet is launching its new service ‘Advanced DNS Security’ on April 1, which allows customers to avoid surfing to malware-infected websites. To do so, it uses technology from Secutec, an [...]
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March 31, 2022
McAfee Enterprise Security Service Edge product line is emerging as a new company under the name Skyhigh Security!
Earlier this year, Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced it would be splitting McAfee Enterprise into two organizations to better focus on the very distinct markets of Extended Detection an[...]
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March 8, 2022
Humo interviews Secutec CEO about war in Ukraine
“If you see a Russian tank on the street in Kiev, you know Putin sent it. With a cyber-attack, you never know for sure who’s behind it,” said Geert Baudewijns, found[...]
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March 1, 2022
Hackers show remorse after attack on Flemish facility for people with disabilities
A remarkable story. Last Friday, 25 February, the cyber-security company Secutec from Aartselaar was contacted by a distraught Lex Vorsselmans, the general manager of the VZW Ter Loke, a social instit[...]
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February 11, 2022
Secutec warning on espionage during winter olympics
In an article in the Belgian news weekly, Knack, Secutec CEO and founder Geert Baudewijns warned against the risks of spying on athletes during the Winter Oly[...]
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February 2, 2022
Cybersecurity: is your current security solution enough to protect your company network?
Any company or organization, specifically ones with various network users and employees, should protect its network. But of course, you already do that, with firewa[...]
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February 1, 2022
Techupdate Kaspersky | End of Life and migration – Kaspersky Security for Windows Server
Kaspersky constantly adapts and develops new solutions in response to the evolving cyber threat landscape and changing customer needs. They are announcing the end of life/discontinuation of Kasp[...]
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January 27, 2022
Employees will never stop clicking bad links
But that’s okay. Because now you can stop those links from doing any harm. With Secure DNS, users are no longer able to browse malicious domains when on the company server. Secure DNS stays o[...]
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January 19, 2022
McAfee Enterprise and FireEye Emerge as Trellix
SAN JOSE, Calif., January 19, 2022—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced today the launch of Trellix, a new business delivering extended detection and response (XDR) t[...]
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January 11, 2022
How we detect cyber threats 24 hours before our competitors do
In cybersecurity, time will save you money As an organization with various network users, you are specifically vulnerable to malware, phishing, ransomware,[...]
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January 10, 2022
Introducing SecureDNS, a revolutionary new cybersecurity tool for your enterprise
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January 10, 2022
A Security Operation Center, your guarantee against IT incidents.
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December 23, 2021
Techupdate McAfee | End of Support for Older Windows Versions
McAfee has announced End of Support for a whole range of older Windows versions starting on 31 December 2021. Unfortunately, this also means that downloading updates (DAT files, amcore files, etc.) is[...]
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December 16, 2021
Is your company exposed to the Apache Log4j Vulnerability?
Control your digital risks with external attack surface management The power of attack surface management An attack surface is the sum of the exposed and internet-facing assets, and the associated ris[...]
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December 15, 2021
SecureDNS and Log4j vulnerability
In recent days, security news has been dominated by a major new leak that could allow hackers to access the servers of companies. It concerns a vulnerability in Log4j: logbook software used by Apache [...]
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November 18, 2021
Outsmart a phisher
What is phishing? Phishing is a form of online fraud in which cybercriminals try to get hold of the bank details and PIN codes to their victims’ bank accounts. They do this using malicious e-mails, [...]
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September 29, 2021
Tech Update | Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud
Soon, Kaspersky will stop supporting versions 10.x of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows in Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud. If you still use these versions, we strongly recommend upgrading Kas[...]
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September 17, 2021
OMIGOD vulnerability on Azure users with Linux VMs exposed to security vulnerability
What is OMI? Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) is an open source project to further the development of a production quality implementation of the DMTF CIM/WBEM standards. The OMI CIMOM is also desi[...]
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August 11, 2021
Information Microsoft Exchange
How to update your Microsoft Exchange Mail Server? Our analysis reveals that about 650 companies haven’t updated their Microsoft Exchange mail server yet after the vulnerability in March 2021. This [...]
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August 10, 2021
Duizenden bedrijven blijven kwetsbaar voor Microsoft Exchange hack
Ondanks de vele waarschuwingen in de pers de voorbije weken, blijkt dat duizenden bedrijven wereldwijd, en honderden in België nog steeds kwetsbaar te zijn voor de gevreesde Ransomware aanval via Mic[...]
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August 2, 2021
Eerste hulp bij ransomware aanval
In dit gesprek legt Secutec CEO Geert Baudewijns uit wat je kan verwachten als jouw bedrijf het slachtoffer is geworden van een ransomware-aanval. Valt er nog iets te redden? Hoe onderhandel je met de[...]
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July 27, 2021
Belgische bedrijven betalen elk jaar 100 miljoen euro losgeld aan cybercriminelen
In Humo praat onze CEO, Geert Baudewijns over hoe hij onderhandelt met cybercriminelen na een Ransomware aanval. Het internet was onze redder in nood toen de coronapandemie de wereld rond raasde en he[...]
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July 10, 2021
Secutec maakt einde aan ransomwareaanval op 50 Belgische bedrijven
De hackersgroep Conti zat achter de ransomwareaanval van 2 juli op de Vlaamse ICT-dienstverlener ITxx. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van het Aartselaarse cyberbeveiligingsbedrijf Secutec. Vele kmo[...]
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July 9, 2021
Cyberafpersing in opmars
Veronique Goossens waarschuwt in Het Laatste Nieuws voor het steeds groter wordend gevaar van cyberchantage en afpersing “Cybercriminelen worden ook almaar hebzuchtiger. In de vijf jaar voor [...]
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July 7, 2021
Wat te doen als je bedrijf slachtoffer wordt van Ransomware?
Elke dag worden er in ons land verschillende bedrijven, maar ook lokale besturen, verenigingen, universiteiten of instellingen het slachtoffer van cyberhackers. En die hebben het in de eerste plaats n[...]
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June 28, 2021
Proactief handelen tegen cybercriminaliteit
Cybercriminaliteit blijft toenemen en vooral phishing, een ‘truc’ om data te stelen via malware, komt steeds vaker voor. Ook het aantal gevallen van ransomware, waarbij cybercriminelen het netwerk[...]
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March 25, 2021
8,6 miljoen euro voor Belgische cyberveiligheid
Aartselaar, Brussel – De federale overheid heeft een contract afgesloten met cyber-securityfirma Secutec om toegang te krijgen tot een reeks internationaal gerenommeerde databases met de meest a[...]
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March 23, 2021
Secutec closes €8.6 million government cybersecurity deal
March 23, 2021. The Belgian federal government signed a contract with cybersecurity firm Secutec to gain access to a range of internationally renowned databases containing the most up-to-date cyber se[...]
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March 14, 2021
Meer dan 1.000 bedrijven, gemeentes en ziekenhuizen in ons land lopen acuut gevaar voor hackers
Bij 1.100 bedrijven in ons land staan de poorten wagenwijd open voor hackers om hun systemen te infiltreren. Dat blijkt uit een lijst die VTM NIEUWS kon inkijken. Ook opvallend veel gemeentes, ziekenh[...]
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March 14, 2021
Request your Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability check today!
Several companies contacted Secutec because they are hacked through the Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability. Via our Secure DNS we have received more than 4000 domain registrations regarding this vulnera[...]
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March 4, 2021
Secure DNS keeps expanding!
For our multiple new international customers, we have set up a datacentre in APAC / Singapore. Employees in Asia can now connect directly with our Asian datacentre. This way we can conti[...]
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March 2, 2021
Explosieve toename hacks en datadiefstal volgens rapport AP
Nederland – De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) meet een explosieve toename van het aantal hacks, gericht op het buitmaken van persoonsgegevens. Het aantal meldingen steeg in 2020 met maar liefs[...]
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February 8, 2021
Secutec is expanding to the Netherlands!
We are proud to announce that Secutec the Netherlands is opening its doors this week. Because of the growing success in Belgium, the requests to open a branch with our northern neighbors grew every[...]
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December 15, 2020
Kaspersky – Solarwinds vulnerability
Kaspersky detects and deletes the malicious content regarding this threat since 13th of December via regular Database updates. Kaspersky EDR(O) and KATA (EDR Expert) do also act and react upon known I[...]
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December 15, 2020
Cisco AMP for Endpoints Announcement – SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack
Cisco Talos is monitoring announcements by FireEye and Microsoft that a possible nation-state actor compromised high-value government and private organizations globally using SolarWinds Orion. You may[...]
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December 15, 2020
Tenable – SolarWinds Backdoor Mitigation Guidance and Tenable Detection Support
On December 13, Reuter’s broke news of a breach by nation-state actors in two U.S. Government Agencies, the US Department of Treasury (USDOT) and the National Telecommunications and Information Admi[...]
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December 15, 2020
McAfee – Threat Intelligence Update | SUNBURST Malware and SolarWinds Software Supply Chain Compromise
Situation In a blog post last evening, FireEye disclosed that threat actors compromised SolarWinds’s Orion IT monitoring and management software with a trojanized version of SoalrWinds.Orion.Core.B[...]
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December 7, 2020
Cybereason Expands Operations in the Benelux with Secutec
Cybereason, the leader in future-ready attack protection, announced a partnership with Secutec to protect enterprises at the endpoint, across the enterprise, to everywhere the battle moves. The partne[...]
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November 10, 2020
Secutec getuigt in parlementaire commissie over cybercriminaliteit
Secutec CEO Geert Baudewijns was op 14 oktober 2020 uitgenodigd door de commissie Economie en Consumentenbescherming van het federaal parlement voor een hoorzitting over cybercriminaliteit. Voluit lui[...]
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July 14, 2020
Urgent Tech Update – Critical vulnerability on windows DNS server
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Domain Name System servers when they fail to properly handle requests. An attacker who su[...]
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May 4, 2020
Kaspersky – Endpoint Security 11 for Linux
Kaspersky announces the release of Kaspersky Endpint Security 11.1.0 for Linux (version 11.1.0.0313) on April 13th. Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11 for Linux is designed to provide anti-virus [...]
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May 4, 2020
Kaspersky – Embedded Systems Security 3.x
Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security 3.0 was released on April 23, 2020. Full version number is 3.0.0.102. Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security protects a variety of embedded systems under Microsoft W[...]
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May 4, 2020
Netwrix – Netwrix Auditor 9.95
On April 28th Netwrix has released the new Netwrix Auditor 9.95. The new auditor includes data classification reports for SharePoint online, reporting of AD user account attributes, the [...]
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May 4, 2020
McAfee – Release EDR 3.1
McAfee MVISION Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Client 3.1. 0 On-Prem is now available. Release details – What’s new Component Version mvedr client 3.1.0.478 mvedr client extens[...]
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May 4, 2020
McAfee – Gateway Anti-Malware Engine phased rollout
Beginning on April 27, 2020, McAfee will perform a phased rollout for McAfee Gataway Anti-Malware Engine. The affected products are: Web Gateway 7.8.x, Web Gateway 8.X, Web Gateway 9.x and later. &nbs[...]
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May 4, 2020
McAfee – Endpoint Security 10.6.1 and 10.7.0 April Monthly Update
This update includes fixes and resolutions for several issues, as well as cumulative fixes from the previous monthly updates. Also included in Adaptive Threat Protection with this release is Credentia[...]
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April 24, 2020
Urgent Tech Update – Vulnerability on McAfee ENS that could allow a malware to delete files
McAfee has detected a vulnerability on ENS that could allow a malware or malicious user to delete files that he should not have any access to. McAfee has already created expert rules and a DAT update [...]
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March 30, 2020
Kaspersky – Kaspersky Security Center 12
Kaspersky Security Center version 12.0.0.7734 and Kaspersky Security Center Web Console version 12.0.102 were released on March 18, 2020. Kaspersky Security Center is a single administration console f[...]
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March 30, 2020
Kaspersky – Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.3.0 for Windows
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.3.0 for Windows was released on March 23, 2020. What’s new Added New verification algorithm for digital signatures of anti-virus databases and applic[...]
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March 30, 2020
Healthcare promo instructions
Kaspersky Discover below Kaspersky’s Healthcare promo (23.03.2020 – 23.09.2020) and get a 6 months free licenses. Eligible customers: Healthcare organizations of all types (private as well as publ[...]
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March 30, 2020
Tenable – Remote worker offer
For Tenable.io customers, from today through April 30th, you will be able to leverage elastic asset licensing at no additional cost to exceed their licensed asset count to deploy Nessus [...]
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March 20, 2020
Digital hygiene in times of corona and remote working. What can you do as an employee?
1. Be aware of your role As an employee you have to be aware of your own responsibility when it comes to digital hygiene and cybersafety. Hackers are using remote workers as a ‘tool’ to perfo[...]
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March 20, 2020
4 tips to keep your employees and company’s data safe and sound during remote working
1. Be aware of what’s going on. With all your employees working remotely, there are lots of infrastructural and managerial questions. But also for cybersecurity these are challenging times. Eve[...]
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March 19, 2020
Cyber security specialists Secutec warn against corona phishing and hacking
Home working endangers corporate digital security While working from home is undeniably safer for our health in these corona times, it simultaneously poses serious risks to the digital security[...]
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March 2, 2020
Kaspersky – Endpoint Security 11.2.0: Critical Fix 1
Critical Fix 1 update for Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.2.0 for Windows (version 11.2.0.2254) was released on January 22, 2020. This update is automatically deployed through Kaspersky updates. Additi[...]
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March 2, 2020
Kaspersky – Security 10 for Mobile Update 9
Kaspersky Security 10 for Mobile Update 9 was released on February 7, 2020. The release includes: Kaspersky Endpoint Security Android (version 10.8.3.42). Administration plug-in for Kaspersky Endpoint[...]
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March 2, 2020
McAfee – End of Life Notices
Discover the end of life notices from McAfee, Management of Native Encryption 4.0.x, McAfee Email Gateway 7.6.40x, McAfee Quarantine Manager 7.x and McAfee ATD-3000 and ATD-6000 hardware[...]
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March 2, 2020
McAfee – Data Exchange Layer Broker (Windows) update fixes
Unquoted service executable path – vulnerability (CVE-2020-7252). On Windows Server platforms, the DXL Broker service executable resides in a path that contains blank space characters. When the inst[...]
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March 2, 2020
McAfee – Endpoint Security 10.7.0 Feb update now available
Endpoint Security 10.7 February Update is now available. This update addresses customer-reported issues, memory consumption issues, product, security issues and installer stability issues. The release[...]
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March 2, 2020
BeyondTrust – Privilege Management for Windows 5.5 SR1
Issues Resolved Resolved an issue in which the content control process cache was not being cleared correctly in all circumstances. Resolved an issue in which evaluating command line arguments with .ps[...]
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March 2, 2020
BeyondTrust – Endpoint Privilege Management as-a-service
Starting mid-Q2 this year, BeyondTrust will be offering its leading privilege management solution for enforcing least privilege on Windows and macOS systems via a SaaS management platform. With full[...]
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February 7, 2020
Urgent Tech Update – Microsoft advisory ADV190023
Microsoft has released ADV190023 and recommends that both LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing are enabled. A future Windows update, scheduled for release in March 2020, enables both options on doma[...]
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January 16, 2020
Urgent Tech Update – Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability
A spoofing vulnerability exists in the way Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validates Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by using a spoofed code[...]
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December 17, 2019
This was our Security Summit 2019
Last month we organized our Security Summit at Kasteel den Brandt in Antwerp. A day full of interesting sessions like product demonstrations, the latest cyber security trends, new features, the future[...]
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December 17, 2019
McAfee – Endpoint Security 10.7.x Release
The release contains improvements and fixes, including: Enhanced remediation capabilities Increased context for fileless threat detections Enhanced protection against fileless attack methods Support f[...]
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December 17, 2019
McAfee – Web Gateway 7.7, EOL December 31, 2019
McAfee announces End of Life (EOL) for Web Gateway 7.7.0 including subsequent updates and hotfixes (7.7.x). These versions will reach EOL on December 31, 2019. IMPORTANT: to benefit from the lates[...]
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December 17, 2019
McAfee – ePO 5.10 Update 5
The current release of the product includes the following enhancements and changes: Automatic Responsenow displays as invalid after deleting all groups that are associated with the same Autom[...]
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December 17, 2019
BeyondTrust – Privilege Management for Windows 5.5
BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows reduces the risk of privilege misuse by assigning privileges only to authorized tasks that require them, controlling application and script usage, as well [...]
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December 17, 2019
Kaspersky – Threat Intelligence Portal
Kaspersky has launched a platform with all knowledge acquired by Kaspersky about Cyberthreats and legitimate objects and their relationships. The goal is to provide security teams with as much data as[...]
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December 17, 2019
Kaspersky – Endpoint Security 11.2.0.2254 update
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.2.0 was released on November 11, 2019. New in this release Added support for Windows 10 November 2019 Update (19H2). Added support for AM-PPL (Antimalware Protect[...]
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December 17, 2019
Tenable Extends Cyber Exposure Analytics in Lumin with First-Ever Assessment Maturity Score
How secure is the business? Discover your Cyber Exposure Score The Assessment Maturity Score is the latest innovation from Tenable to enable organizations to evolve from a technology- to a risk-based [...]
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October 31, 2019
Proofpoint – The human factor report
Today cyber criminals target people as well, not only infrastructures or technologies. Why are people such an appealing target, and what do these personalized cyber-attacks look like? Based on threat [...]
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October 31, 2019
BeyondTrust – Privilege Management for Windows 5.4
BeyondTrust has released a new update of Privilege Management for Windows 5.4 SR3. Discover all new features and enhancements, the issues that have been resolved, the requirements, compatibility and s[...]
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October 31, 2019
Netwrix – Auditor 9.9
This new release includes the following new features: You will have a full visibility into SharePoint online, One Drive for Business and Exchange Online permissions. Based on your[...]
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October 31, 2019
McAfee – Threat Intelligence Exchange Server 3.0.0
Threat Intelligence Exchange Server (TIE) 3.0.0 is now available. This release includes the following main features: Enable a new External Reputation Provider in your environment through OpenDXL Impro[...]
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October 31, 2019
McAfee – ENS 10.6.1 October update
ENS 10.6.1 October Update has been released, supported version for Microsoft Windows 10 version 1909. This release extends support to additional platforms, environments, or operation systems. E[...]
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October 31, 2019
McAfee – MPOWER recap
It’s about time. That was the theme of MPOWER 2019 in Las Vegas. During the opening keynote Chris Young, Chief Executive Office of McAfee told the attendees “time is our most valuable resource, we[...]
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October 11, 2019
October means the start of the European Cyber Security Month!
The European Cyber Security Month (ECSM, which is every year in October,) is a collaborative effort between The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), the European Commiss[...]
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August 30, 2019
McAfee ATD updates and end of life announcements
ATD Updated Content Packages available The Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) updated content packages for 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 and 4.6 are now available. This detection package adds detection updates to ATD. Thi[...]
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August 30, 2019
Data Classification Platform of Netwrix Now Available
Netwrix Data Classification solves your data-related challenges, such as mitigating the risk of data breaches, realizing the full value of your content, increasing employee productivity and passi[...]
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August 30, 2019
McAfee IPS hardware end of life
McAfee announces the End of Sale for Network Security Platform NS9100, NS9200, and NS9300 Sensor appliances effective October 14, 2019. As of this date, the appliances will no longer be available[...]
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August 30, 2019
Yubikey 5Ci for iOS Now Available
Yubico announces a milestone in history of security keys and mobile devices. The YubiKey 5Ci is the world’s first iPhone and iPad-friendly security key to deliver strong hardware-backed authenticati[...]
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August 30, 2019
McAfee ENS 10.6.1 repost of the July update
ENS 10.6.1 July repost update has been published two weeks ago. This release includes bug fixes and resolution for several issues. The update has been installed at several of our customers and no issu[...]
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August 30, 2019
Fortinet: Vulnerability issues
1 Unauthenticated SSL VPN users password modifications Summary An Improper Authorization vulnerability in the SSL VPN web portal may allow an unauthenticated attacker to change the password of an SSL [...]
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August 30, 2019
Predictive prioritization is now available in Tenable.io
Tenable has announced that Predictive Prioritization is now available in Tenable.IO to help you focus first on the security issues that matter most. If everything is important, then noting truly is. P[...]
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July 25, 2019
Kaspersky benoemt Secutec tot Benelux-partner van het jaar
Kaspersky heeft tijdens een zonovergoten Europese partnerconferentie op het Griekse eiland Rhodos Secutec bekroond tot Benelux partner van het jaar. Volgens het cybersecuritybedrijf heeft Secutec afge[...]
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July 12, 2019
YUBICO – Go passwordless with Yubikey and Microsoft!
This week Microsoft announced that you can now go passwordless with the public preview of FIDO2 security keys support in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)! As from now on you will be able to access al[...]
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July 11, 2019
McAfee – Emerging Issue for Exploit Prevention
Exploit Prevention Content version update 9419 for Endpoint Security and Host Intrusion Prevention McAfee has become aware of an emerging issue with the recent July release for Exploit Prevention Cont[...]
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July 4, 2019
Watch out for man-in-the-browser-attacks
We have recently seen different man-in-the-browser attacks, named as TrickBot (a modular banking trojan spread through mailspam campaigns that targets user financial information and acts as a dropper [...]
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July 4, 2019
McAfee – Endpoint Security 10.5.5 and 10.6.1
McAfee has released the July update for Endpoint Security 10.5.5 and 10.6.1. As for now we know that the ENS 10.6.1 update causes issues and it can lead to a crash. Also some customers have problems w[...]
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July 4, 2019
McAfee – ePolicy Orchestrator 5.10.0 Update 4
The release adds enhancements and fixes problems (security and the main query issues) that were reported in the previous versions. This update is mandatory: Required for all environments. Failure to[...]
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June 28, 2019
This was our Endpoint Security Day
A day dedicated to Endpoint Security, to inform you about the future of Endpoint Security. To show you our different solutions. To make sure you can ask all your questions. And to let you enjoy the su[...]
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June 28, 2019
Tenable – Predictive prioritization is now available
TENABLE . IO Accurately identify, investigate and prioritize vulnerabilities. Managed in the Cloud. Tenable.io provides the actionable and accurate data you need to identify, investigate, and prioriti[...]
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June 28, 2019
Netwrix – Release Auditor 9.8
Netwrix has released the new Auditor 9.8. A visibility platform for user behavior analysis and risk mitigation in hybrid environment IT Risk Management. Reduce Exposure of your Windows Infrastructure [...]
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June 28, 2019
Proofpoint – Customer award Security Awareness Training
Leading cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint, known for Cloud and Email Security as well as Security Awareness Training, has won the ‘Customers’ Choice’ award from Expert Insights for their Proofpoin[...]
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June 28, 2019
McAfee – Release Web Gateway 8.1.3
The release can introduce some new features and enhancements. This release is provided as a controlled release. TCP window scaling with higher default to improve network throughput When window [...]
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June 28, 2019
McAfee – Upcoming product releases
Did you know that you could find the next McAfee product release on a specific McAfee website? Check out the status of all upcoming product releases here.[...]
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June 4, 2019
Kaspersky announces a rebranding
Kaspersky, founded in 1997, had the goal to make the best antivirus in the world. 22 years ago, they didn’t think about positioning, image or brand philosophy. Nowadays they have more than 4000 empl[...]
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May 29, 2019
Jelle Veyt in de media over de file op de hoogste berg ter wereld
Secutec en Jelle Veyt Jelle Veyt heeft één doel, 7 bergen beklimmen in 7 continenten en dit op eigen kracht. Wij als Secutec steunen dit doel maar al te graag. Maar wat verbindt Secutec met J[...]
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May 28, 2019
Meet the new BeyondTrust
The new BeyondTrust is the result of the 2018 unification of four companies: BeyondTrust, Bomgar, Avecto, and Lieberman Software. As part of this consolidation, the BeyondTrust brand has been redes[...]
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May 28, 2019
Kaspersky – Updates on Kaspersky Security Center
Since the release of KSC 11 last March 14th Kaspersky has updated also the end of life list for this product. Also here we strongly advice to upgrade to the new KSC 11 platform for future support and [...]
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May 28, 2019
Proofpoint – Essentials wins customers’s choice award
Vendor Proofpoint known for Cloud and Email Security, has won the Customers’ Choice award from Expert Insights for their Proofpoint Essentials platform. Proofpoint Essentials is a comprehensive clou[...]
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May 28, 2019
McAfee – Bug Agent 5.6 resolved
McAfee has released McAfee Agent 5.6.1. In this release the following important bug is resolved: same client events are uploaded to the ePolicy Orchestrator server repeatedly. Discover what’s new in[...]
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May 28, 2019
McAfee – Microsoft Windows May 2019 Update Affects McAfee Products
The recent Microsoft Windows May 2019 update introduces a change in Windows behavior that has a critical impact on process initialization, impacting several security software vendors including McAfee.[...]
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May 28, 2019
McAfee – Endpoint Security 10.6.1 May Update
The update addresses customer – reported issues, memory consumption issues, and product, scanner and installer stability issues. An important resolved issue is the performance of Threat Prevention. [...]
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April 5, 2019
Palo Alto Networks – Release Traps 6.0
Palo Alto Traps endpoint protection and response now includes a Behavioral Threat Protection engine that stops advanced threats in real time by stitching together a chain of events to identify malicio[...]
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April 5, 2019
Kaspersky – Endpoint Security 11.1
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.1 was released on March 14, 2019. This release includes new supported operating systems, an improvement of different kind of application components and new capabilities [...]
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April 5, 2019
McAfee – End of Support for the FTP
Effective May 31, 2019, the service provider that McAfee uses to host our FTP service will no longer be providing FTP capabilities. McAfee will use HTTP sites to update content for McAfee products bec[...]
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April 5, 2019
McAfee – Agent 5.6 (bug)
McAfee Agent 5.6.0 and 5.6.0 Hotfix 1264214 can experience a problem where the same client events are uploaded to the ePolicy Orchestrator server repeatedly. The flood of events results in multiple is[...]
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April 5, 2019
McAfee – ePO 5.10 Update 3
McAfee ePO 5.10 Update 3 includes an issue that if you use a query where you check if the product version is ‘less than’ 1 it will no longer return to the system if you have not installed the prod[...]
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April 5, 2019
McAfee – Threat Advisory for Ransom-Goga
McAfee Labs periodically publishes Threat Advisories to provide customers with a detailed analysis of prevalent malware. This Threat Advisory contains behavioral information, characteristics, and symp[...]
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April 1, 2019
Sit back and relax, this was Infosecurity 2019
Another edition of Infosecurity, the number one exhibition in IT security, took place on 20 and 21 March 2019 in Brussels Expo. How to outshine between 200 exhibitors? Some companies were very creat[...]
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February 28, 2019
Kaspersky – Endpoint Security 11.0.1
Tech update Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10.0.1 for Windows was released on December 12, 2018. Full version number is 11.0.1.90. The release contains fixes to ensure support for Microsoft Windows 10 Oc[...]
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February 28, 2019
BeyondTrust (Avecto) – DefendPoint 5.3.0.68
Tech update New features in this release: A new Avecto-supported integration for ServiceNow; New power rules to integrate with third party tool; The ability to add applications to policy from events f[...]
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February 28, 2019
CyberArk – Security Bulletin CA19-02
Tech update On February 27, 2019 CyberArk has released Security Bulletin CA19-02 that identifies a vulnerability in the CyberArk Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) that affects v9.x and v10.x. [...]
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February 28, 2019
CyberArk – Endpoint Privilege Manager 10.7
Tech update CyberArk has released Endpoint Privilege Manager 10.7. New is this release: MacOS Agent enhancements; Rest APIs dor data extraction; New beta Threat Detection Policies; New user interface [...]
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February 28, 2019
McAfee Reminders
Tech update McAfee ePO 5.3 wil go End of Life on March 31, 2019. McAfee Network Security Platform Sensor 8.3 has a revised End of Life date, September 30, 2019. Network Security Manager 8.3 and Networ[...]
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February 28, 2019
McAfee – Hotfix Resolves Data Exchange Layer Vulnerabilities
Tech update Four vulnerabilities in Data Exchange Layer have been discovered and resolved. Affected software: SXL Broker Platform 4.1.2 and earlier. The vulnerability is remediated in the followin[...]
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February 28, 2019
McAfee – Release TIE 2.3.1
Tech update Resolved issues in this release: deletion of MAR custom collector, TIE Server Topology Management page reports, update of the OpenSSL, update of the OpenSSH, update of the Linux kernel par[...]
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February 28, 2019
McAfee – ePO Support Center Now Available
Tech update Support Center is a lightweight ePO extension that includes the following capabilities insight into the health of ePO platform elements; Ability to receive and tag SNS notifications from w[...]
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January 31, 2019
Kaspersky KPSN in samenwerking met SaaSForce
Kaspersky Lab Benelux en SaasForce bundelen hun krachten, en bieden GRATIS KPSN aan alle zakelijke klanten. Wat is de KPSN-SaaSForce oplossing van Kaspersky Lab Benelux? Kaspersky Lab Benelux[...]
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January 16, 2019
Secutec News – Bakkerijspecialist Ranson gehackt, Secutec schiet te hulp
Bakkerijspecialist Ranson werd vrijdagochtend gehackt. Secutec benaderde de situatie en schoot te hulp met bitcoins. Lees hieronder het volledige artikel van de krant Het Laatste Nieuws. Bakker[...]
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December 12, 2018
Kaspersky – Belgium gives green light
On May 14, 2018 the Dutch government took a precautionary measure and decided to phase out Kaspersky Lab antivirus software. After Kaspersky submitted a FOI-request (freedom of information request) th[...]
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December 12, 2018
CyberArk – Privilege Manager 10.6
CyberArk has announced version 10.6 of its Endpoint Privilege Manager. In this release they have updated their MacOS Agent, their Threat detection policies, they have added a large number of security [...]
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December 12, 2018
McAfee – SaaS Endpoint products
McAfee’s SaaS Endpoint products will reach End of Life and be decommission on January 11, 2019. The McAfee SaaS Security Center will also be decommissioned at this time. McAfee strongly recommends t[...]
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December 12, 2018
McAfee – ATD 4.6 is now available
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 4.6.0 is now available. This release enhances capabilities for enterprise customers using email connector with multiple domains, improves troubleshooting, it includes ne[...]
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December 12, 2018
McAfee – DXL 5.0 Release
McAfee Data Exchange Layer 5.0.0 has been released on the 13th of November. The current release of the product includes support for DXL brokers on Microsoft Window Servers, advances in automation and [...]
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December 12, 2018
Netwrix – Acquires Concept Searching to expand Data Security offerings
In order to expand their offering on data security, Netwrix acquires Concept Searching. The acquisition will help Netwrix customers to adopt a data-centric security approach and to focus on protecting[...]
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December 12, 2018
This was MPOWER 2018 in Rome
MPOWER Rome starts with Coffee As one group we meet each other at the Starbucks at Brussels Airport. With a cup of coffee in our hands we are on our way to new adventures at the cybersecurity event of[...]
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October 30, 2018
Summary of our Security Summit
On Thursday October 11th we organized our Security Summit at the ‘Koolputten’, Waasmunster. The main topic of this day was “Integrated Solutions”. How can you create an intelligent immune syst[...]
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August 16, 2018
Secutec News – We are expanding our security offering with Avecto!
Avecto, is a global endpoint privilege management company. Defendpoint is an endpoint technology that integrates the capabilities of privilege management, application whitelisting and analysis to prev[...]
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August 16, 2018
Secutec News – Our new partnership with Splunk!
Turning machine data into answers Splunk turns machine data into answers. Regardless of your organization’s size and industry, Splunk can give you the answers you need to solve your toughest IT, sec[...]
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August 16, 2018
Secutec News – Kaspersky Private Security Network solution – together with SaaSForce
Kaspersky Lab Benelux has launched an entirely new proposition: customers can now benefit from the protection offered by a Kaspersky Private Security Network without any data leaving the European Unio[...]
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July 27, 2018
Netwrix – eBook: 7 Questions for assessing data security in the enterprise
Why you should assess the security of your file servers It is hard to imagine an enterprise today that does not rely on file servers for storing data, including valuable and sensitive information such[...]
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June 28, 2018
Secutec News – Belgian Economic Mission to Argentina and Uruguay
This week our CEO Geert Baudewijns is attending the Belgian Economic Mission to Argentina & Uruguay. This is the third economic mission to Argentina since 1995 and also the third economic mission [...]
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May 31, 2018
Secutec News – How one spelling mistake can destroy your business
Each day fake promotions appear on the internet. Customer receive a phishing message, social media post or email with an offer they can’t resist. Once they click on the fake URL the customer wil[...]
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March 30, 2018
This was InfoSecurity 2018
A new location, new exhibitors and GDPR! On 14 and 15 March InfoSecurity took place. An interesting 2-day exhibition and conference combination in Brussels. During this fair we always get the chance t[...]
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March 18, 2018
Netwrix Auditor Launches an eBook about GDPR
‘Meeting the GDPR Compliance Requirements’ is the new title of the free eBook from Netwrix. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on May 25, 2018. Netwrix Auditor helps or[...]
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February 24, 2018
Secutec news – Successful edition of our New Years Conference
In January we organized a new years conference for all our customers and prospects. Still we are overwhelmed with the success of this conference and all the positive reactions we received. During the [...]
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January 26, 2018
2017 Record Year for Cybersecurity Breaches, Ransomware and Exploits
More than 14.5 billion emails laced with malware were sent in 2017 according to the annual Global Security Report by AppRiver. Significant Cybersecurity Attacks of 2017 Phishing and Malware Attacks: [...]
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