Hackers are continuing to leverage the Log4Shell vulnerability to attack VMware Horizon servers and deploy cryptocurrency mining malware and backdoors, with a large wave of such attacks from mid-January still ongoing, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos. In a new report, Sophos says the attempts to leverage Horizon continued and grew in number throughout January and […]
Google and Microsoft are urging organizations to deploy a patch to address a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Chrome. Other than being called a “Type Confusion in V8” and that an exploit for it exists in the wild, details about this particular vulnerability are scarce. Google says the Chrome update 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac and […]
Back in early 2020, no one ever envisioned that COVID-19 would still be raging on in 2022, but, sadly, that’s where the world is as I write these words. Across the globe, assorted variants continue to impact daily activities. Among the many things that have been impacted by COVID-19 is the global workforce. Other than […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added 66 software security bugs that are being actively exploited to its database of known exploited vulnerabilities, including some from leading technology vendors that date back several years. For the majority of the products implicated in the new additions, there are patches available to remediate the […]
For IT and cybersecurity professionals, ransomware has been the scourge of the earth over the last two years, as the cybercrime economy continues to grow and beat system administrators and network defense pros to the point of attack. One reason for the difficulty in preventing and responding to ransomware attacks is the speed with which […]
According to a new study, a majority of small businesses have no protection against cyberattacks, suggesting that businesses and their consumers are vulnerable to hacking and identity theft. A study from Digital.com, an independent website for small business online tools, products and services, revealed that 51% of small businesses do not have protection against cyberattacks. […]
Microsoft has released more features in Endpoint Manager to make it easier to manage macOS devices and their critical line of business apps, make the reporting experience more accurate and consistent and increase security for Windows and Windows Server. According to the company, it has had frequent requests from customers with a large number of […]
Microsoft is releasing an update to the Office cloud policy service designed to make it easier for IT admins to manage policies for Microsoft 365 apps for enterprise and other products and services. The Office cloud policy service allows admins to enforce policy settings for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise on a user’s device, even […]
More than two months after the Log4j vulnerabilities known as Log4Shell were discovered, 30% of Log4j instances remain vulnerable for hackers to exploit and take control of affected systems, according to cybersecurity firm Qualys. The company indexed more than 10 trillion data points across its installed enterprise customer base and completed six billion IP scans […]
The IT industry has innovated to meet the challenges of the last two years in incredible fashion, resulting in more efficient, productive and safer business for the overall organization. While IT professionals rose to meet that challenge, it wasn’t without it’s share of obstacles and challenges. From remote work to an accelerated cloud migration to […]
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