The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

CISOs in every organization dread the possibility of sensitive company files and data being exposed. Yet the need for up-to-date, actionable threat data is huge. Consequently, many incident… Read More

CISOs in every organization dread the possibility of sensitive company files and data being exposed. Yet the need for up-to-date, actionable threat data is huge. Consequently, many incident… Read More

OPSWAT, a global leader in file and endpoint advanced security solutions, today announced the upgrade of its file scanning and anti-malware cloud service to the latest release of Metadefende… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

When addressing cyber security threats, human error is a factor that is often overlooked. However, according to the 2016 IBM Cyber Security Intelligence Index, 60% of attackers in 2015… Read More

There were 8,069 data breaches between January 2005 and November 2017 according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, and in recent years the number of data breaches and compromised re… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

By the OPSWAT Data Sanitization Team Last week, the APT28 threat group (also known as "Fancy Bear") was discovered to be using the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) attack method that we describe… Read More

Over 170,000 people attended the 2017 edition of Dreamforce, one of the largest technology conferences in the world. OPSWAT was there to present MetaAccess and rub elbows with the innovator… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

Derek Hutzler of OPSWAT attended the November 8th Cyber Security Summit in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference, which focuses on critical infrastructure security and compliance from an ex… Read More

If you haven't heard of Ursnif, you may soon. There is a new phishing attack that takes social engineering deception to a new level, and Ursnif is behind it. This Trojan can hijack credenti… Read More

The OPSWAT team will attend AWS re:Invent 2017 to present Metadefender APIs (which are AWS-compatible and will soon be available in the AWS marketplace) and interact with the developers, en… Read More

By the OPSWAT Data Sanitization Team Malicious Word Documents Without Macros Attackers have used macros in Microsoft Word documents for malware delivery for a long time, starting in the mid… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

View of one of the seminars We just hosted a highly successful event for the federal sector with InQuest and VAE. Our Cyber Security Summit, which covered the latest cyber attack and defens… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

At Dreamforce this year, OPSWAT will look to show companies how they can put a cyber security moat around their SaaS applications with MetaAccess. MetaAccess is our new cloud security solut… Read More

OPSWAT's new corporate video was made with the help of Atomic D, the talented San Francisco-based creative agency. Whether we realize it or not, we are constantly under attack from threat a… Read More

OPSWAT participated in NERC's Grid Security Conference (GridSecCon) in Saint Paul, Minnesota last week. The conference focuses on physical and cyber security issues that are relevant to the… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

What is the GDPR? Simply put, the GDPR is data protection for citizens of the European Union. Noncompliant organizations will face fines of up to 4% of a company's annual revenue or €2… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

 ​ OPSWAT today announced the immediate availability of MetaAccess, a cloud security solution facilitating an enterprise's move to the cloud with deeper security checks around man… Read More

Cyber security firm FireEye published a warning last week about the spread of FormBook malware. FormBook steals data, tracks keystrokes, and copies form submissions (hence the "FormBook" na… Read More

Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain - Photo by Sebastian Dubiel, via Wikimedia Commons Virus Bulletin 2017 took place at the Novotel Madrid Center in Madrid, Spain last week (October 4-6th). Georg… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

Our CEO and founder, Benny Czarny, will speak at San Francisco State University's CS Graduate Seminar on October 18th. Benny will present on malware threats hidden in documents, focusing on… Read More

Click image to view a larger version Some major challenges for enterprises embracing the cloud include: Guest and contractor programs, BYOD and increases in supply chain partners conne… Read More

Threats may be present in any file. This is a given, and cyber security defense strategies must take this into account. This is why secure file transfer solutions are essential. Metadefender… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

Last year, Upwork had a problem: There was no way to block or eliminate zero-day threats hidden in the file uploads and downloads necessary for their business to function. A couple of weeks… Read More

Last year, Upwork had a problem: There was no way to block or eliminate zero-day threats hidden in the file uploads and downloads necessary for their business to function. A couple of weeks… Read More

OPSWAT today announced the availability of Metadefender data sanitization (CDR) technology within Metadefender Client, the company's offering for protecting organizations from malware c… Read More

Watch as Metadefender uses data sanitization (Content Disarm and Reconstruction) to strip threats from 100 malicious files, rendering them totally harmless.   Data sanitization (CD… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

We're heading to the East Coast to host a cyber security thought leadership event with VAE and InQuest on October 26th. The OPSWAT Cyber Security Summit will take place at the Hyatt Regency… Read More

One out of 14 phishing emails successfully trick users into opening malicious links or attachments, per Verizon – and Proofpoint research shows that 25.5% of clicks on malicious URLs… Read More

OPSWAT's reputation was built on our excellent relationships with the anti-malware community. We've integrated and certified security products, especially anti-malware applications, for the… Read More

The 2017 Virus Bulletin conference in Madrid, Spain will host over 400 attendees from around the world. If you're one of them, remember to stop by booth #7! From October 4-6, we will be at… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

At Cyber Security Summit New York, we joined over 300 senior-level executives in the Grand Hyatt New York for a day of discussions and panels about the latest in cyber security. The confere… Read More

OPSWAT, Inc., provider of cyber security tools that keep critical infrastructure, government, and enterprise customers safe from malware, announced that it has entered into a channel partne… Read More

Cyber criminals will use almost any type of file to conceal and deliver malware, often using social engineering to trick users into opening untrustworthy documents and enabling malicious co… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level, before the applications are even installed. The Vulnerability E… Read More

Managed file transfer solutions are one of the basic services every modern application needs to offer. Whether it's provided via integrations with other services or simple personal file uplo… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

In July, I gave a presentation on a new feature for Metadefender Kiosk and Client: digital signing and verification. If you missed the webinar, titled "Why Digital Signing and Verification I… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

OPSWAT today announced the release of Metadefender Cloud user profiles, an easy way to monitor your day-to-day Metadefender Cloud usage and scan history. This dynamic new feature allows user… Read More

Bonjour, Hola, Nǐ Hǎo, Guten Tag, and Konnichiwa! At OPSWAT, we want to keep the whole world's data secure. To help reach audiences around the world, we have launched multipl… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

Our powerful Metadefender data sanitization (Content Disarm and Reconstruction) technology is intended to keep any organization safe from document-borne malware, malware-carrying images, an… Read More

The Cyber Security Summit series will host a total of 9 security conferences around the U.S. this year. OPSWAT has attended each one so far in 2017. Cyber Security Summits are a great opport… Read More

The OPSWAT Certified Security Application Program has awarded Gold certification to WinMagic for Hard Disk Encryption. Originally launched in 2007, OPSWAT's certification program currently… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

In June, we published a short announcement about the beta release of XML document data sanitization (CDR) in which we briefly mentioned the importance of it: "The flexibility of XML has res… Read More

Earlier this week, cyber security firm DirectDefense made some fairly serious allegations about Carbon Black's Cb Response product, claiming that the product was "the world's largest pay-fo… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

The leading data security conference in the Asia Pacific and Japan region was held at the Marina Bay Sands hotel July 26-28 in Singapore, and we were excited to attend this year. RSA C… Read More

We just closed another year at Black Hat USA, the security industry's premier hacking conference, in Las Vegas, Nevada. We always look forward to the conference, as it gives us a great oppor… Read More

For cyber criminals, image malware is the ideal way to launch a surprise attack. The vast majority of users do not expect a simple image file to be remotely risky. This makes attacks like "… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

As the VMRay Research Team has written previously, cybercriminals often rely on social engineering techniques to carry out their malicious activities. In large part, this is because Microsof… Read More

The OPSWAT Certified Security Application Program has awarded Silver certification to Carbon Black's anti-malware product, Cb Defense. Carbon Black's certification demonstrates the efficacy… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

The annual Nuclear Information Technology Strategic Leadership (NITSL) Conference is hugely important for the nuclear industry. This year, the conference was held from July 17-20 in San Fra… Read More

OPSWAT today announced the release of Metadefender Client with Media Validation, which validates portable media that has previously been scanned with Metadefender Kiosk. This powerful new f… Read More

In Part 2 of this blog series, I covered why it is important to do the following things in order to protect systems from malicious file uploads: Scan files with one or more antivirus engine… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

The OPSWAT Certified Security Application Program has awarded Bronze certification to Max Secure Software for Anti-malware. Originally launched in 2007, OPSWAT's certification program curren… Read More

The OPSWAT team is coming to Las Vegas, Nevada for Black Hat USA 2017. On July 26-27, information security experts from around the world will be at the Mandalay Bay resort to present the la… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

Multiple nuclear power plants in the U.S. have faced cyber attacks and experienced breaches over the last couple of months, according to recent reports from The New York Times and Bloomberg… Read More

OPSWAT today announced the release of the next generation of the successful Metadefender Kiosk product, Metadefender Kiosk 4.0.0, which includes an overhauled flexible user interface. This d… Read More

OPSWAT Founder and CEO Benny Czarny presents at Cyber Week OPSWAT was proud to sponsor the 7th annual Cyber Week at Tel Aviv University June 25-29. Cyber Week provided an opportunity for pr… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

OPSWAT today announced the release of a significantly enhanced version of Metadefender Endpoint Management (MEM), its cloud access security and enterprise endpoint compliance offering. With… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

The world can't seem to catch a break – yet another large-scale ransomware attack broke out on June 27th, this time largely affecting critical infrastructure providers including oil a… Read More

If file uploads are essential for your business to run, there are several steps you need to take in order to ensure that no infected, malicious, or otherwise compromised files are uploaded… Read More

The OPSWAT Certified Security Application Program has awarded Silver certification to 360Skylar, a product from 360 Enterprise Security Group, for Anti-malware. Originally launched in 2007… Read More

The 29th annual FIRST Conference was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico during the week of June 11-16. I represented OPSWAT at the event, which is an international gathering of cyber security in… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

A new release from Wikileaks reveals information about a tool the CIA developed in order to infect and spy on targets from wireless routers. Once routers are compromised, attackers have acc… Read More

Cyber Week starts in 10 days in Tel Aviv, Israel, and OPSWAT will be there for the annual cyber security conference at Tel Aviv University June 25-29. OPSWAT CEO Benny Czarny, who founded O… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

Boaz Litai, Territory Manager - Europe, and Derek Hutzler, International Sales Manager, at the OPSWAT booth We just got back from Infosecurity Europe, which took place in London, England on… Read More

The flexibility of XML has resulted in its widespread usage, including within Microsoft Office documents and SOAP messages. However, XML documents have many security vulnerabilities that ca… Read More

SentinelOne researchers recently identified a new variant of Zusy malware that spreads via PowerPoint presentations – without using macros. Zusy, also known as "Tinba" and "Tiny Banke… Read More

OPSWAT today announced the release of a new version of Metadefender Chrome Extension with newly added support for Metadefender data sanitization technology. Metadefender Chrome Extension no… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

The OPSWAT Certified Security Application Program has awarded Bronze certification to RCS LT for their anti-malware product Combo Cleaner. Originally launched in 2007, OPSWAT's certificatio… Read More

Using data sanitization (or content disarm and reconstruction, CDR), vulnerability assessment, and multi-scanning, Metadefender detects and prevents both known and unknown threats. Each week… Read More

The OPSWAT team took a trip out to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend the 2017 Enfuse Conference, held at Caesars Palace May 22-25. Over 2,000 cyber security experts, malware researchers, and infor… Read More

As enterprises and organizations recover from the recent WannaCry ransomware attack, a new malware onslaught rears its ugly head. Fireball, a newly discovered and remarkably rampant strain… Read More

The OPSWAT Metadefender Vulnerability Engine identifies known application vulnerabilities and reports them by severity level. The Vulnerability Engine allows system administrators to identi… Read More

Using data sanitization (or content disarm and reconstruction, CDR), vulnerability assessment, and multi-scanning, Metadefender detects and prevents both known and unknown threats. Each week… Read More

In order to keep a business running properly, you need to share files with and from internal employees, partners, and customers. File uploading is usually done by the departments that often… Read More