As the healthcare industry accelerates into an increasingly digitized world, cyber breaches exposing confidential patient data are becoming more commonplace. In fact, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights’ breach portal, a staggering 44,993,618 healthcare records were exposed or stolen in 2021. The implications of these security breaches are […]
Recent IT supply chain attacks such as the SolarWinds compromise, ransomware campaign that leveraged the Kaseya VSA platform or mass exploitation of the Log4j vulnerabilities have renewed focus on such attacks, which NCC Group says increased by 51% in the last half of 2021. The consulting and managed services firm’s global survey of 1,400 cybersecurity […]
Microsoft’s new unified Defender for Endpoint solution for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 is now generally available. According to Microsoft, this adds new prevention, detection and response capabilities to Defender for Endpoint on those versions that were previously only available on Windows Server 2019 and later. The new unified Defender reduces complexity […]
Norwalk, Conn-based IT management and security software provider Kaseya is acquiring Datto, a Miami, Fla.-based security and disaster recovery software provider for managed service providers, for $6.2 billion. According to a press release, the all-cash transaction will be funded by an equity group led by Insight Partners and including TPG, Temasek and Sixth Street. Datto […]
Despite numerous reports, studies and surveys that show workers value the flexibility of a distributed workforce and want to continue to work wherever they want, managers largely want a return to full-time office work, according to a new study from background screening service GoodHire. In fact, a vast majority of U.S. managers say they would […]
Security researchers with cybersecurity firms say hackers are actively exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerability to deploy the Mirai botnet malware. In a research report detailing the exploits, Tokyo-based cybersecurity firm Trend Micro says it has observed the exploitation since the start of this month after the remote code execution bug (CVE-2022-22965) in the Spring Framework was […]
One of Microsoft’s largest announcements about improvements to the Windows management experience for IT professionals last week was Windows Autopatch, a new feature of Windows Enterprise E3 designed to keep Windows and Office software on enrolled endpoints updated automatically. According to Microsoft, Patch Tuesdays — when the company releases monthly security patches the second Tuesday […]
If the fourth quarter for 2021 is any indication, 2022 will be another year that cybersecurity and IT professionals would want to forget, as advanced network attacks increase by 33% in the fourth quarter, indicating a higher level of zero day threats than ever before, reports WatchGuard Technologies. In a new analysis of the fourth […]
The FBI and a contingent of U.S. agencies and cybersecurity professionals have removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices to remove the Russian-implanted botnet Sandworm and disable the command and control infrastructure on thousands of underlying victim devices. Via a court order, the FBI “copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm […]
Despite inflation, geopolitical disruptions and talent shortages, global IT spending is expected to rise by 4% and hit $4.4 trillion this year, according to Gartner. Despite “one of the noisiest years on record” for CIOs, who are dealing with geopolitical disruptions, inflation, currency fluctuations and supply chain challenges, IT decision-makers are accelerating their IT investments […]
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