U.S. agencies are warning critical infrastructure organizations to be on the lookout for Royal ransomware, a financially motivated threat actor that has been targeted manufacturing, communications, healthcare and education entities since September 2022. In a joint advisory, the FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say the Royal ransomware actors have compromised U.S. and […]
Phishing, social engineering, and ransomware remain favorite attack methods of cybercriminals, but threat actors are beginning to shift to newer techniques, such as phone-oriented attack delivery and adversary-in-the-middle phishing proxies designed to bypass multifactor authentication, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company’s’ State of the Phish report finds that email-based phishing attacks remain […]
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research and development company and creators of conversational chatbot model ChatGPT, have launched an API for both ChatGPT and automatic speech recognition system Whisper. Models for both ChatGPT and Whisper are now available on OpenAI’s API, giving developers access to language and speech-to-text capabilities. According to OpenAI, the company has achieved […]
Every organization interacts with other organizations: suppliers, partners, customers, government agencies and more. As a result, you can suffer a breach even though your organization was not directly targeted. For example, adversaries were able to release the infamous NotPetya malware to thousands of companies worldwide by compromising the supplier of a popular accounting software solution. […]
Utelogy, a provider of management, monitoring, automation and analytics software for unified communications systems, is joining the Barco ClickShare Alliance Program as a validated technology partner. According to the Los Angeles, Calif.-based company, this extends the capabilities of the Utelogy platform for managing audiovisual and unified communications devices and peripherals to include Barco’s ClickShare Conference […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new advisory that describes a CISA red team assessment of a large critical infrastructure organization with a mature cyber posture, with the goal of sharing its key findings to help IT and security professionals improve monitoring and hardening of networks. According to the advisory, […]
Microsoft is launching the Microsoft Intune Suite, a new unified endpoint management and security bundle designed to simplify endpoint management experiences, improve an organization’s security posture and improve the user experience. According to a Microsoft blog written by Michael Wallent, corporate vice president, of the company’s enterprise mobility management products, the new Intune Suite is deeply […]
Microsoft is rolling out a new set of easy-to-use collaboration, accessibility and security features in Windows 11 designed for education organizations. The new Windows 11 education features Microsoft highlights include new IT management features, live captions, focus features to help eliminate distractions, simple sign-in and personalized desktop themes. According to Microsoft, school IT administrators in […]
Google is expanding client-side encryption capabilities across Google Workspace, making the enhanced encryption generally available for three advanced Workspace plan types in Gmail and Calendar after enabling the security control for Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets and Meet last year. Client-side encryption (CSE) is now generally available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus and Education […]
[Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the company’s official statement on the new updates.] The same threat actor that accessed portions of the LastPass development environment and source code that has forced the company since August 2022 to provide updates as new information is revealed, apparently accessed a shared cloud-storage environment obtained […]
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