Blog Archive: 2014

December 2014

• Git’s Case-Insensitive Discrepancies: Exploiting GitHub For Windows And Microsoft Visual Studio (still affected)

  December 23, 2014

• 2014: The Year of Privilege Vulnerabilities

  December 18, 2014

• Looking back on information security in 2014

  December 16, 2014

• Three quarters of temp workers given admin privileges

  December 8, 2014

November 2014

• Avecto crowned fastest-growing tech company in the North West for second year running

  November 24, 2014

• Why MAS Compliance is Still a Real MUST

  November 12, 2014

October 2014

• Avecto strikes the balance between security and freedom with the launch of Defendpoint

  October 27, 2014

• Exploiting MS14-059 because sometimes XSS is fun, sometimes...

  October 18, 2014

• MS14-063 - FastFat vulnerability fixed years ago...

  October 16, 2014

• Bad POODLE, Don't Bite!

  October 16, 2014

• Four Best Practices for Passing Privileged Account Audits

  October 16, 2014

September 2014

• PowerBroker for Unix & Linux helps prevent Shellshock

  September 25, 2014

• Bash "Shellshock" Vulnerability - Retina Updates

  September 25, 2014

• Avecto a winner at the 2014 Golden Bridge Awards

  September 10, 2014

• BeyondTrust to be acquired by Veritas Capital

  September 3, 2014

August 2014

• Failing the Security Basics: Backoff Point-of-Sale Malware

  August 22, 2014

• Troubleshooting Windows Privilege Management Rules with Policy Monitor

  August 21, 2014

July 2014

• Implementing Least Privilege for Windows the Easy Way

  July 31, 2014

• Introducing the Gartner Market Guide for Privileged Account Management

  July 29, 2014

• Where Passive Scanning Falls Short

  July 11, 2014

June 2014

• Tidings from the Year 2036: The Search for Relevant Security Data

  June 24, 2014

• How to Stop Pass-the-Hash Attacks on Windows Desktops

  June 2, 2014

May 2014

• Identifying Android Phone Vulnerabilities that Threaten Your Corporate Network

  May 20, 2014

• Comparing Active Directory Auditing Solutions? Here are 7 Things You Can’t Afford to Overlook

  May 15, 2014

April 2014

• Internet Explorer 0day: CVE-2014-1776

  April 29, 2014

• Avecto Recognised for Innovation in Triple Awards Win

  April 23, 2014

• Microsoft XP Support: The Time Has Come

  April 23, 2014

• Morrisons suffers from insider breach

  April 23, 2014

• Research reveals most common passwords - as “password” drops into second place

  April 23, 2014

• Executive Viewpoint 2014 Prediction: 5 Security Predictions for 2014

  April 23, 2014

• Avecto experiences 4,731% growth in 5 years to secure 2nd place in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 List

  April 23, 2014

• Removing admin rights mitigates 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities

  April 23, 2014

• Avecto Crowned UK’s Fastest Growing Software Company

  April 23, 2014

• Avecto Privilege Guard Triumphs with Best New Product at Computing Security Awards

  April 23, 2014

• Avecto Wins Gold at Golden Bridge Awards

  April 23, 2014

• 80% of IT Security Professionals say their greatest threats are from Rogue Employees, Malware Exploits or Unauthorized Software

  April 23, 2014

• Avecto Reports Significant Growth in 2012 Financial Year End Results

  April 23, 2014

• Avecto Announce Significant Year End Results for 2011

  April 23, 2014

• Mitigating Inside Threats to U.S. Federal IT Environments

  April 17, 2014

• Heartbleed - When OpenSSL Breaks Your Heart

  April 9, 2014

• How Active Directory Can Reduce Threats to Your Business

  April 7, 2014

• Evolving Privileged Account Management for Maximum Operational Efficiency

  April 2, 2014

March 2014

• Addressing the MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines with Privilege and Vulnerability Management

  March 12, 2014

February 2014

• BeyondTrust Receives 5 Star Rating from SC Magazine

  February 4, 2014