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- Help Net Security
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- Malware & exploits
In this Help Net Security interview, Kunal Modasiya, Senior VP & GM at Qualys, talks about why patching is still hard to get right. He explains how business pressure, revenue-critical systems, and patches that break things keep fixes from going out. Modasiya argues that speed alone has limits and that teams should look at the whole remediation workflow. He discusses how proactive teams judge risk, why the gap between exposure time and weaponization time matters … More →…
Keeping malware out
- Keep operating systems, browsers and plugins patched – most malware arrives through known holes.
- Block macros and scripts from the internet, and let only approved software run where you can.
- Watch endpoint alerts for new persistence: scheduled tasks, services and run keys.
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