A pair of new reports from Risk Based Security find that disclosed software and hardware vulnerabilities continue to increase while reported data breaches in most parts of the world decline. For IT administrators struggling to keep pace with the rapid changes in cybersecurity, the reports provide some useful insight into exactly what you’re up against. […]
The U.S. National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a guide that can help IT administrators and cybersecurity professionals minimize risk in Kubernetes environments as attacks targeting the open-source system are increasing. The guide comes as threat actors are looking for new ways into IT networks, including Kubernetes via supply chain […]
Given the attention cybersecurity has gotten over the last year and a half, it’s no surprise that security is among the top IT areas where companies are investing, according to Kaseya’s 2021 Operations Survey. The IT management software company – which itself early last month was the subject of a massive ransomware supply chain attack […]
In a typical workday — which, alas, often extends into a work evening or work weekend— sysadmins connect to remote systems using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), PuTTY, SSH, FTP, Telnet, browser-based apps, virtual private networks (VPNs), proprietary software, and many other solutions. To suggest that these tools are important is an understatement. They are essential, […]
Ransomware and other cyberattacks have been front and center in news cycles of late, but is the issue just getting more attention, thus the renewed emphasis on stopping it? That answer is an emphatic ‘no,’ according to SonicWall, which says in a new report that ransomware attacks skyrocketed in the first half of 2021, surpassing […]
Microsoft is warning of an active phishing campaign that uses a combination of techniques to evade detection and trick users into giving up their credentials. In a series of Tweets and updates on GitHub, Microsoft’s security team says the active phishing campaign uses a “craft combination” of legitimate-looking original sender email addresses, spoofed display sender […]
Threat actors are becoming more skilled and attacks are increasing in level of sophistication, and the cybersecurity workforce can’t keep pace, according to a new study from the Information Systems Security Association. The study, conducted by ISSA and analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group, found that organizations largely are not investing enough into their cybersecurity workforce […]
Microsoft has announced that the latest build of Windows 11, Insider Preview Build 22000.100, has hit the Beta channel for Windows Insiders, and it includes a ton of new features that the rest of us are waiting for when the new version of Windows hits the shelves later this year. However, the Teams Chat integration […]
According to a report by IBM security, data breaches hit record highs in terms of cost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic, data breaches were becoming a more frequent problem for organizations, but due to multiple factors, they became more problematic in the past year. IBM Security hired Ponemon Institute to compile […]
As organizations look for new ways to deal with the growing threat of cyberattacks, Zero Trust is increasingly becoming mainstream among IT and cybersecurity professionals, according to a new report from Microsoft. The IT giant has released its Zero Trust Adoption Report 2021 in which more than 1,200 security decision-makers were surveyed about their Zero […]
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