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Visit OPSWAT at Black Hat USA 2014
Black Hat USA 2014 is just over a week away and we can't wait to be there exhibiting at booth 364! We're excited to show conference attendees some of the significant enhancements we've made to our...
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Metascan 3.8.2 Now Available!
OPSWAT is excited to announce the release of Metascan 3.8.2! The update includes several significant feature enhancements including improved ICAP overflow handling, additional logging export...
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July in Review
With the 2014 Black Hat USA security conference under a week away, we've released several exciting product updates and enhancements to coincide with this huge event! This past month includes the beta...
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GEARS Client for Guest Devices Now Available!
A new version of GEARS is now available and the update includes several new features such as the GEARS client for guest devices, brand new APIs, and minor bug fixes. The latest GEARS release includes...
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Metadefender 3.0.5 Released
OPSWAT is excited to announce the release of Metadefender 3.0.5, which offers a customizable UI and new configurable printout capabilities from the Metadefender kiosk. The latest version is available...
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The Relationship Between Compliance and Security
Compliance ≠ Security The drive for organizations to adhere to industry compliance regulations is increasing each year. Regulations such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Secure Standard for...
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PUAs Open the Door to System Vulnerabilities
A few weeks ago, we published a blog post that posed an important question: How Much Can We Trust PUA Installers? To follow up on this theme and explore the topic a little further, we will now take a...
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GEARS Goes Portable!
Last week’s GEARS release introduced a brand new version of the GEARS client, which is designed to be lightweight and completely portable. In the age of BYOD, there are numerous scenarios that...
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Gamers Beware When Downloading Free Mods
It’s a great time to be a gamer in today’s online world with millions of modifications and expansion packs available for numerous multiplayer games such as League of Legends, Warcraft, and Starcraft....
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New GEARS How-to Videos
We recently released a new batch of GEARS how-to videos to make it even easier for you to use the most common functions in GEARS – the cloud-based tool for device security, protection, and management....
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Preventing and Combatting Energetic Bear
The spread of the Stuxnet worm served as a critical reminder to cyber security teams around the globe of the significant damage that can be caused by a cyber-attack. This rang especially true for...
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Successful Black Hat Conference Comes to a Close
The 17th annual Black Hat USA conference brought together over 9,000 cyber security professionals to discuss the sudden rise of mobile threats and data breach vulnerabilities. We attended and...
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New Tool for Faster OESIS Product Support
We’re excited to release a new “Add Product Support” feature to our OESIS Framework developer tool. Quick support for new third party security applications is crucial for security solutions such as...
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Is The End for USB Devices Near? Not Entirely
A recently discovered proof-of-concept malware has the chance to change the entire threat landscape as well as the way organizations, such as critical infrastructure, view the safety of portable...
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Detecting and Mitigating USB-based Threats
The flexibility of the USB protocol and the inherent trust given by Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems to Human Interface Devices (HIDs), such as keyboards, can combine to create a threat...
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August in Review
Before you head out for a nice long vacation during the upcoming Labor Day weekend, don’t forget to check out all of the exciting product releases and enhancements we’ve released! This past month...
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Using Metadefender’s Username Variable
When Metadefender is configured to perform a user authentication prior to scanning, those usernames are now available as a variable in post processing actions. Tying usernames into post processing...
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Major New GEARS Features Now Available
A new version of GEARS is now available and the update includes several new features such as the ability to disable automatic updates for the GEARS client, a new remediation page for end user device...
View ArticleSustained Spear Phishing Attack Breaches More than 300 Companies
Cybertinel has discovered a sophisticated cybersecurity attack targeting European-based organizations. This discovery, dubbed the "Harkonnen Operation", led them to uncover over 300 companies that were...
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Stop Malware with New Metascan Online Extension for Chrome
OPSWAT is excited to introduce a tool that gives users the ability to detect malware threats faster than ever before - Metascan Online is now available as an extension for Google Chrome! The extension...
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