Cybersecurity experts and government officials from around the world are still putting the pieces together to understand the full scope of the SolarWinds supply chain compromise. We’re getting a better idea of just how organized and sophisticated the attack was, thanks to people like Microsoft President Brad Smith. In a recent interview on “60 Minutes”, […]
The Florida city’s water treatment facility that was the target of a hack last week that could have resulted in harmful chemicals being released to the public was running Windows 7 and practiced poor password security, according to news reports. The news comes just days after the disclosure of the hack in Oldsmar, Fla., in […]
A hacker was able to infiltrate the water system of a Florida city using a remote access software platform that hadn’t been used in months, according to news reports. The hacker accessed the City of Oldsmar’s water treatment system twice last Friday – once in the morning and once in the afternoon – via remote […]
Microsoft is adding a new feature to Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that will better alert customers of a suspected nation state attack. As first reported by ZDNet, the company is adding an alert to the security portal that will alert customers when nation-state activity is detected in the customer’s environment. The feature was added to […]
If 2020 and the last few months are any indication, the cybersecurity community – and your IT department – needs to step up its game. That could include hiring more cybersecurity talent. However, if your organization isn’t located in areas with a lot of technical talent, finding qualified and experienced cybersecurity professionals could be challenging. […]
Users and teams till working with Microsoft legacy browsers like Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge Legacy will soon have to switch to new browsers if they want to continue using Office 365 web apps like Microsoft Teams. In blog posts, Microsoft announced that new versions of the new browser will be pushed out to users […]
Companies are expected to place an even bigger emphasis on cybersecurity in the coming years, as four out of every 10 board of directors will have a dedicated cybersecurity committee, according to Gartner. The prediction from the technology research giant’s 2020 Board of Directors Survey comes during one of the worst periods for cyberattacks in […]
Cisco says customers using its small business routers should upgrade the firmware to fix vulnerabilities that could give remote attackers access as the root user on an affected device. According to Cisco, there are multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of its Small Business RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN Routers that “could allow […]
Just days after disclosing that a highly skilled cyber attacker had exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in some of its secure remote access products, SonicWall has issued a patch for the affected products. The firewall and cybersecurity company is urging users of the SMA 100 series 10.X firmware to update immediately to patch a zero-day vulnerability on […]
According to new reports, a separate group of hackers are thought to have exploited a software flaw in SolarWinds’ products to break into U.S. government computers last year. Reuters, citing sources familiar with the investigations, reported Tuesday that suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds to hack into the National Finance Center, a federal payroll agency within […]
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