Small businesses are continuing to use Word documents or Excel spreadsheets to keep their passwords despite the inherit risk of compromise. A study by NordPass reveals 3 out of 7 companies admitted it keeps passwords in Word, Excel, or other plain text documents that were not password protected. Before adopting a company-wide password manager, none […]
Microsoft has released 71 new security patches addressing vulnerabilities as part of the March 2022 Patch Tuesday, including three zero day bugs and three critical-rated software flaws. The patches fix issues in Windows, Azure Site Recovery, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and IoT, Intune, Edge, Windows HTML Platforms, Office, Skype for Chrome, .NET and Visual Studio, […]
New critical software vulnerabilities are discovered every month, but its older vulnerabilities in legacy systems that continue to plague IT departments and cybersecurity professionals, according to new research from cybersecurity firm F-Secure. The report, Attack Landscape Update, dishes on trending cybersecurity threats, including ransomware, malware, phishing and more, but the most alarming information in the […]
Information security, nation-state hacking, ransomware and malware have been front and center of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with hackers on each side allegedly launching large-scale attacks against the infrastructure of their opponent. Although Russia is infamous for its hacking activities and ransomware groups long believed to be protected by the country’s government, threat actors in other […]
There’s still strong demand for tech talent even as employers eased back on hiring in February, according to analysis of the latest labor market data by CompTIA, the Downers Grove ILL., non-profit association for the information technology industry and workforce. Technology companies added 5,300 new workers in February for the 15th consecutive month of employment growth […]
Users are not getting much better at password security, as 1.7 billion credential were exposed online in 2021, and 64% of users with multiple compromised passwords reuse similar passwords for multiple accounts, according to a new report from account security firm SpyCloud. The company, in its Identity Exposure Report, says the number of exposed credentials […]
Cyber attackers can be quite inventive when it comes to social engineering and persuading someone to do something that isn’t always in their best interest— logging into a phishing site and entering their credentials, luring victims to pay a fake invoice, or simply opening a file containing malware. Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint rounded up the top […]
Microsoft is introducing a series of new capabilities in Azure Active Directory, including custom roles for delegated app management to help enable fine-grained authorization and simplify management at scale in Azure and Microsoft 365. According to a Tech Community blog, custom roles for delegated app management is now in general availability, enabling custom roles for […]
The Senate has passed a bipartisan bill designed to harden U.S. cybersecurity in both public and private sectors requiring organizations to report significant cyberattacks and ransomware payments to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The proposed bill, Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act, combines language from three bills that Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Gary Peters […]
Blockchain has become one of the hottest buzzwords across the business and technology worlds. But what does this mean for enterprises, if anything? How can CIOs and tech leaders make the best decisions in these early days? In essence, blockchain is a tool – much like the internet is a tool – with immense promise […]
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