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August in Review

By OPSWAT
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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 includes the release of several new Gears how-to videos and our latest white paper.

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Black Hat USA 2014 Recap
Did you miss out on attending the recent Black Hat USA conference that focused on the immediate rise in data breach vulnerabilities?

Read our conference recap to learn about all of the exciting developments at this year's event, including defending your network against the most talked about threat among attendees.


P2P Programs Open Door to Security Holes
Peer-to-peer programs are immensely popular for sharing files, but these applications can also introduce system vulnerabilities.

Click here to see how many of the 60 P2P applications in our study were detected as malicious or contained known security vulnerabilities.


Gamers Beware When Downloading Mods
Popular online games such as League of Legends and Warcraft allow users to create downloadable gaming packages to enhance the overall user experience.

However, learn why downloading these files from an unreliable source could infect your machine with malware in our recent blog post.


Latest OPSWAT White Paper

Critical infrastructure facilities rely heavily on portable media to transport files, which make these devices attractive attack vectors for malware-writers.

Download our white paper to learn how defining and utilizing a secure data workflow can detect and prevent unknown threats from entering critical infrastructure facilities.


New
We're excited to announce the release of a new "Add Product Support" feature to our OESIS developer tool, which makes it even easier to submit information about the applications you want detected!

Try the new feature out for yourself by downloading the OESIS developer tool here.


Upcoming Events

Make sure to stop by and visit us at booth 303 during the upcoming HP Protect Conference in Washington, D.C. to learn about detecting and preventing advanced threats from infiltrating your network.

In addition, on September 18th we will be exhibiting at booth 155 during the Cyber Security Summit in New York, NY. We also have big plans for the Virus Bulletin Conference in Seattle, Washington at the end of September, so follow us on Twitter @OPSWAT for updates.

To learn more about events we plan to attend, please visit our upcoming events page.


OPSWAT Product Updates

8/15/2014: AppRemover version 3.1.15.1

8/14/2014: OESIS Framework version 3.6.9492.2

8/1/2014: MetaDefender version 3.0.5.26006

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