Microsoft says it has been tracking a new attack method in which malicious actors are using websites’ contact forms to deliver malware to enterprise email addresses under the false pretenses of legal action. The malware being delivered is IceID, which is used to steal information, according to a Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team blog […]
The technology industry has watched social media giant Facebook go through some alarming experiences and decisions. There was the 2018 security breach (and subsequent ones); the announcement that they’d been storing user passwords in plaintext without hashes or salts; and a slew of privacy policy issues. The latest piece of Facebook news involves a lawsuit […]
Remote work and a more dispersed workforce is widening the attack surface for organizations and adversely impacting cybersecurity, according to a new report from Verizon. The telecommunications giant on Tuesday released its Mobile Security Index, which found that 49% of organizations surveyed said changes to remote working practices made during the pandemic-induced lockdown negatively impacted […]
Those bipolar ionizers used in classrooms and other environments to fight COVID-19 might not do as much as we thought they did. For those unfamiliar, these systems use ions which are supposed to create “coagulation,” or particles of opposite charges coming together in a clump which then capture things we don’t want to enter the […]
SolarWinds, a trusted provider of IT management software that was rather unknown outside of IT circles, became a household name after it disclosed in December that advanced threat actors compromised certain versions of its Orion platform and carried out attacks against the U.S. government and other private sector technology companies. The company, along with other […]
Apple has released security patches for iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches to protect against vulnerabilities that maybe have been exploited by hackers. The patches fix a security flaw in iOS 14 that could allow a remote attacker to run malicious code on an Apple device. The patch is available for iPhone 6s and later, all […]
We could be on the brink of a next great disruption to the way we work with teams beginning to plan out a return to the office that will undoubtedly feature more flexibility around where employees do their job. That is at least according to Microsoft, which recently published its 2021 Work Trends Index, the […]
The onslaught of attacks against the IT and cybersecurity industry continues, and this time it’s the cyber insurance market that is coming under attack as insurance giant CNA said it was the victim of a sophisticated attack. In a message posted to its website, the company said it sustained a “sophisticated cybersecurity attack” on March […]
As the below site assessment photos prove, there are no shortage of alarmingly-common school safety issues. Many school districts hire security consultants to do walkthroughs of their campuses to look for security risks. These assessments often consist of two parts: the physical assessment of each school to identify security measures and building systems unique to each building, and an assessment […]
Digital vaccination cards and other technology designed to help workplaces welcome employees back to the office will undoubtedly be relied upon, but organizations run the risk of overstepping privacy, ethical, legal and compliance rules, according to a new Forrester Research report. The research firm’s new report, “The Opportunity, The Unknowns, And the Risks Of Vaccination […]
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