Microsoft has released the availability of a strong password generator in Microsoft Authenticator, giving the authentication tool’s 75 million-plus active users the ability to generate a strong, random password. Microsoft Authenticator currently provides passwordless authentication, push notifications, time-based one-time passwords and security alerts in addition to autofill passwords and other features. While the IT community […]
Microsoft is launching the general availability of the stand-alone version of Microsoft Defender for Business, a new offering designed for small-to-mid-sized businesses that brings enterprise-grade endpoint security, detection and response to smaller organizations. According to Microsoft, this is designed to provide protection against ransomware and other sophisticated cyberattacks for SMBs, who say cyberthreats are becoming […]
A new report finds that the ongoing distributed work experiment and expanding use of enterprise technology is leading to IT management blind spots and shadow IT at more than 70% of organizations. According to enterprise technology management solutions provider Oomnitza, which surveyed IT leaders from 100 enterprises of more than 5,000 employees across the U.S., […]
Red Canary, the Denver-based managed detection and response (MDR) provider performed an analysis of emerging and significant trends that its cybersecurity team encountered over the past year. Its annual 2022 Threat Detection Report covers the most prominent trends of 2021 and shows major themes that may prelude into 2022. Last year, ransomware groups (Sodinokibi/REvil, BlackMatter, […]
Record numbers of Americans are quitting their jobs in what many are now calling the “Great Resignation.” Remaining employees who have had an opportunity to prove their value and ability to work productively from anywhere are placing intense pressure on their employers to support a remote/hybrid work environment. Gartner recently stated that “51% of global knowledge workers will be […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with a coalition of U.S. and foreign security and law enforcement agencies, have released a list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities from 2021, calling on both public and private organizations to ensure these critical security bugs are mitigated and systems patched. The list, published in a […]
For phone service companies—or “telcos”—aiming to expand their value-added services, maintaining a fleet of smart TVs and other devices is a given. The challenge became getting the right device management software to manage these smart devices properly. Meanwhile, not all electronics manufacturers who joined the smart TV bandwagon recognized the importance of developing their own […]
Microsoft announced an upgrade to its next generation of protection on Linux and MacOs with a new Microsoft Defender Antivirus malware engine. The new antimalware engine brings machine learning, big-data analysis, in-depth threat research, and the Microsoft cloud infrastructure to protect devices (or endpoints) within organizations. The new antimalware engine in Microsoft Defender is currently […]
Microsoft will be rolling out a new account switching feature for Microsoft 365 web apps that eliminates the need for workarounds to use multiple Azure Active Directory and personal Microsoft accounts while using any web apps. According to Microsoft, users will be able to sign into multiple accounts in the same browser and easily switch […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cybersecurity Program Office of Information Security warned healthcare facilities on Thursday about vulnerabilities to insider threats. HHS cited a 2020 study from Ponomon, which found that 61% of data breaches involving an insider are primarily unintentional, caused by negligent insiders. Nearly 14% of breaches, however, are […]
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