Nearly everyone uses FTP for one reason or another. The problem is, FTP is a messy protocol that needs a lot of help to secure it. Let Thomas Shinder enlighten you. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is ...

For decades, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) has been used in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry to move files between servers and for distributing them around the world. And for just as long, ...

There was a time when you could do almost anything in a web browser or could at least install extensions to do what the browser natively can't. While the craze of turning browsers into Swiss Army ...

We all use File Transfer Protocol(FTP) to upload data to our web sites. Let us take a quick look at how we can improve its security with some simple steps. 1. Use encryption / SFTP The FTP was not ...

Organizations that have not yet patched their WS_FTP Server instances are now being targeted by ransomware. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity experts Sophos X-Ops, who recently ...

For years, organisations have used file transfer services such as FTP or HTTP to move their files around according to business needs, seldom thinking that they face serious risks. Today those risks ...

Progress Software, the company behind the recently hacked MOVEit file-transfer software, has released fixes for two more critical-rated vulnerabilities that are being exploited by attackers. In an ...

Over the weekend, security researchers released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a maximum severity remote code execution vulnerability in Progress Software's WS_FTP Server file sharing platform.

Even sending by FTP creates risk, as the protocol provides no encryption for data transfer, hence it is open to numerous security vulnerabilities. Using FTP for business file transfer can expose a ...