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SE Labs Team

Published on

June 29, 2023

And why are some businesses overconfident that they are secure?

A true story: There was a team manager, a head of IT and a chief financial officer. I asked each if they considered their network to be secure, hacked or in some other state.

The ex-military team manager was supremely confident that the secure network was, as its optimistic name suggested, secure. The IT manager said, “I don’t know,” and the CFO said, “I don’t know, and does it matter?”

Email Security Services test: Enterprise and Small Business test explained

This report examines the effectiveness of five email security solutions. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Google Workspace Enterprise are commercial email platforms. Trellix Email Security, WithSecure Email Security and Mailcow Open Source solution are third-party ‘add-on’ services designed to provide additional security. Of the ‘add-ons’, the services from Trellix and WithSecure are commercial, while Mailcow’s is open-source.

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Test Results

DIY email security

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SE Labs Team

Published on

June 1, 2023

Can you defend against email threats better than the security companies?

How well do the main email platforms handle threats? Is it worth paying for additional email security from a third-party specialist? Or could you create your own secure email server and get top grade protection for free?

Compare a major email platform with a third-party service and an open-source solution

In this special, one-of-a-kind report we investigate how well one of the world’s largest email providers performs when trying to filter out harmful security threats from your email. We also assess the benefits of a well-known email security service that you can bolt onto any other email solution. And finally, we built an open-source email server running a combination of security and management tools to see how well it compared.

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Employee Spotlight

Employee Spotlight – Jeremiah Morgan

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SE Labs Team

Published on

May 24, 2023

We spoke to Senior Security Analyst, Jeremiah Morgan

For this month’s employee spotlight piece, we spoke to Senior Security Analyst and Shaolin enthusiast, Jeremiah Morgan.

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Top five antivirus myths busted

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SE Labs Team

Published on

May 8, 2023

And why do we still believe them?

Anti-virus, or endpoint security plays an essential part in protecting Windows PCs. Whether you are working in the world’s largest enterprise, or using a small personal laptop, you need a last line of defence against attacks that use malicious code to steal or damage your data.

Are you a believer?

Some people have doubts about how useful anti-virus can be. Their opinions might be out of date, or they might believe marketing claims designed to push new products and discredit the competition.

At SE Labs we test endpoint security all the time, so we know what’s true and what belongs in the post-truth world. Here are the top five antivirus myths, busted!

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Early protection systems

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SE Labs Team

Published on

May 5, 2023

Can EDR really stop advanced targeted attacks?

SE Labs tested Coronet Cyber Security Coro against a range of hacking attacks designed to compromise systems and penetrate target networks in the same way as criminals and other attackers breach systems and networks.

Full attack chain EDR test

There are many opportunities to spot and stop attackers. Products can detect them when attackers send phishing emails to targets. Or later, when other emails contain links to malicious code. Some kick into action when malware enters the system. Others sit up and notice when the attackers exhibit bad behaviour on the network.

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Business Tips

3 reasons why cyber security fails

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SE Labs Team

Published on

April 4, 2023

How businesses and home users can make improvements to protect themselves

The number of stories in the mainstream press about the devastation that hackers cause is proof enough as to who has the upper hand in the cyber war today. But there is still plenty that people can do to increase their protection by understanding the common failure points.

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Life at SE Labs

Schools cybersecurity training

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SE Labs Team

Published on

March 28, 2023

SE Labs runs second cybersecurity education programme for schools

About Level:Up

SE Labs is running its Level:Up security education programme for the second year in a row, partnering with local schools to provide a thorough cybersecurity overview specifically created for key stage 4 and key stage 5 students.

The programme will take place from the 10^th to the 14^th of July 2023, and will be based at our offices in Wimbledon from 10:00 to 15:00 each day.

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Ransomware detection using hardware

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SE Labs Team

Published on

March 22, 2023

Computer processors get the final word when running programmes. Can they judge bad code from good?

Is ransomware detection using hardware possible? We look at Intel’s approach to improving ransomware detection.

All malware has to run on a target to achieve its goal. Whether it’s a remote access Trojan, a wild internet worm or devastating ransomware, malware is most likely software that has to run on a PC of some sort. The anti-virus software industry tries to detect and stop these threats, but news headlines suggest it’s not winning the war.

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Cyber Security DE:CODED Series Two

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SE Labs Team

Published on

February 23, 2023

All episodes of Cyber Security DE:CODED, Series Two

New episodes on the last Wednesday of the month.

Find all of the episodes from the award-winning Cyber Security DE:CODED podcast in one handy place.

Find all of the episodes from Cyber Security DE:CODED Series Two here. Use the Subscribe links above to connect our podcast with your favourite podcast platform and ensure you get the next episodes before anyone else.

Episodes

S2E1: Can Microsoft Solve Security (25 May 2022 – 38:17) 🔥🔥🔥
S2E2: Firewall speeds and VPN risks (29th June 2022 – 56:05)
S2E3: Testing like hackers (27th July 2022 – 42:32)
S2E4: Cloud security (31st August 2022 – 29:59) 🔥
S2E5: Ransomware (28th September 2022 – 58:14) 🔥🔥
S2E6: Mental health challenges (25th October 2022 – 45:10)
S2E7: Security opportunities for Managed Services Providers (30th November 2022 – 38:01) 🔥🔥🔥
S2E8: Cheating in security testing (25th January 2023 – 36:14) 🔥🔥
S2E9: Full attack chain testing (22nd February 2023 – 20:23) – Season finale! 🔥🔥🔥

Bonus episodes

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Cyber Security DE:CODED – Full attack chain testing

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SE Labs Team

Published on

February 22, 2023

“Because we test realistically, sometimes bad guys come onto our test network and mess with us”

Show notes for series 2, episode 9 (final episode of series 2)

What is the attack chain? Why is it good to test using full attack chains? And what are some of the alternative approaches, with their pros and cons? We’ll try to answer all of these questions and more in this special presentation episode recorded at the AVAR conference in Singapore in December 2022.

Author: SE Labs Team

Does it matter if your company is hacked?

And why are some businesses overconfident that they are secure?

Email Security Services test: Enterprise and Small Business test explained

DIY email security

Can you defend against email threats better than the security companies?

Compare a major email platform with a third-party service and an open-source solution

Employee Spotlight – Jeremiah Morgan

We spoke to Senior Security Analyst, Jeremiah Morgan

Top five antivirus myths busted

And why do we still believe them?

Are you a believer?

Early protection systems

Can EDR really stop advanced targeted attacks?

Full attack chain EDR test

3 reasons why cyber security fails

How businesses and home users can make improvements to protect themselves

Schools cybersecurity training

SE Labs runs second cybersecurity education programme for schools

About Level:Up

Ransomware detection using hardware

Computer processors get the final word when running programmes. Can they judge bad code from good?

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