According to new data from web infrastructure and security firm Cloudflare, the amount of DDoS attacks being layered with a ransom demand are increasing significantly. The company’s DDoS Attack Trends report for the fourth quarter of 2021 revealed a ransom DDoS attack increase of 29% for the year and a whopping 175% for the quarter. […]
AVer has added three videoconferencing cameras to its portfolio of Microsoft Teams-certified devices that strengthens the collaboration tech provider’s relationship with Microsoft. The AVer cameras now certified with Microsoft Teams include the VB130 enterprise-grade USB video bar, the CAM520 Pro2 enterprise-grade conference camera and the CAM130 4K conference camera. All are now optimized to work […]
Most of the time, we at My TechDecisions are hard at work bringing you tech professionals news and insights that can help you do your job managing the technology at your organization. However, we also recognize that working in IT can be stressful—especially over the last two years with the migration to remote work and […]
Microsoft has released patches for nearly 100 vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday, including three Exchange remote code execution bugs and an HTTP protocol stack remote code execution vulnerability. Despite the unusually large amount of patches to start the year, none are listed as being actively exploited. However, six are listed as publicly known at the time […]
Not that anyone assumed differently, but cyberattacks proliferated the internet in 2021, with researchers noting 50% more attacks per week on corporate networks compared to 2020, according to cybersecurity firm Check Point. The 2021 data comes just a few months after the company reported in October a 40% increase in cyberattacks globally. However, the fourth […]
The IT and cybersecurity community sounded the alarm last month when researchers discovered vulnerabilities in Log4j, the ubiquitous java logger used by a wide range of tech products. The tool has been patched and vendors are quickly deploying its own patches for products that use the tool, but the situation is not getting much better […]
Organizations in the transportation, defense and insurance industries should be on the lookout for suspicious USB drives that arrive in the mail, as they may contain malicious payloads and ransomware. According to a new FBI alert obtained by CNN, The Record, Bleeping Computer and other publications, the ransomware group FIN7—the same group behind the BlackMatter […]
Threat actors are leveraging the comment feature in Google Docs and other Google collaboration tools to send malicious content, primarily to Outlook users. According to new research from cybersecurity firm Avanan, hackers have found a way to use these useful collaboration tools from Google to target Outlook users, hitting over 500 inboxes across 30 tenants, […]
Thanks to a year in which ransomware attacks wreaked havoc on corporate networks, IT and cybersecurity professionals have an opportunity to provide more detailed updates and actionable intelligence to corporate leaders, according to a recent survey from (ISC)². The information security nonprofit membership association’s survey of 750 C-level executives across the U.S. and U.K. show […]
A new report suggests that quantum computing is poised to become a mainstream technology in the coming years, as nearly 70% of global enterprise executives have adopted or have plans to adopt quantum computing within a year. Zapata Computing, an enterprise quantum software provider, released the results of a global study, “The First Annual Report […]
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