Microsoft is introducing a new security feature in Exchange Server designed to protect against security threats that have known mitigations. According to the company, the Emergency Mitigation feature is a built-in version of the Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) that works with the cloud-based Office Config Service (OCS) to provide protection against known threats. It’s […]
Reports and research on the habits of organizations embracing remote or hybrid work continue to shed light on the inherent cybersecurity risks, including a recent Tenable study that found 74% of organizations attribute recent business-impacting cyberattacks to remote work tech vulnerabilities. According to the report, conducted with Forrester, cloud services and apps, personal devices and […]
LogMeIn has released a new video messaging feature to its GoTo portfolio designed to facilitate asynchronous communication so users don’t feel pressured to meet in real-time. According to a company blog post, the feature lets users send a pre-recorded video straight to another employee to watch on-demand, which the company says provides a more human […]
It’s not just ransomware and supply chain cyberattacks that IT pros have to defend against, according to a new report that indicates DDoS attacks are also increasing in frequency and scope. According to cybersecurity company Netscout, there were 5.4 million distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2021, which is an 11% increase from […]
One of the prevailing stories in cybersecurity over the last few years has been the apparent shortage of cybersecurity talent, with some linking that workforce gap to the growing amount and frequency of cyberattacks on government and enterprises with bad actors appearing to be one step ahead of the cybersecurity industry. Now, the cybersecurity industry, […]
According to cybersecurity companies, media reports and Microsoft itself, threat actors are actively exploiting security flaws in Azure’s Open Management Infrastructure framework that Microsoft disclosed as part of this months’ cumulative security updates. The vulnerabilities are in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) framework, which Microsoft calls an open-source Web-Based Enterprise Management implementation for managing Linux […]
Cybersecurity software provider Bitdefender has made available a free universal decryption key for victims of REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware that had their data encrypted by hackers using the ransomware variant before July 13. According to the company, the key was created in collaboration with a “trusted law enforcement partner” and can help victims restore their files and […]
When rEvil went dark over the summer, some thought that the U.S. government’s pressure on Russia for allowing ransomware gangs to operate in the country was paying off. However, the ransomware gang that leveraged the Kaseya platform to infect over 1,000 organizations has since resurfaced, and there are no clear signs that the Russian government […]
Microsoft, Google, Apple and Adobe issued dozens of security patches this week, including some that fixed critical zero-day vulnerabilities. Chief among them are fixes to the Microsoft MSHTML remote code execution vulnerability that is being actively exploited, a patch that fixes an iOS bug in CoreGraphics that could allow remote code execution that is under […]
CompTIA has updated its vendor-neutral networking certification program Network+ by adding new areas of emphasis, including IP addressing, connecting networks, wireless standards, network availability and network security. According to the IT trade association, these updates are designed to validate an IT pro’s fluency in modern networking and security technologies and build a foundation for early […]
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