Ransomware continues to be a significant challenge for colleges and universities, school districts, and hospitals across the country, according to a new report. The 2022 report, released Monday by digital security firm Emsisoft, determined 89 education sector organizations were impacted by ransomware. Broken down, hackers demanded ransoms from 44 universities and colleges, and 45 school districts […]
IT administrators are starting 2023 with a busy January Patch Tuesday, as Microsoft has released fixes for nearly 100 vulnerabilities, including 11 rated critical and one under active attack. According to security researchers, the 98 vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s security update from Microsoft is the largest the company has issued in a January for […]
With cybercriminals hellbent on stealing passwords and compromising credentials, identity has become the new cybersecurity battleground, with Microsoft reporting more than 111 million password attacks a day. The Redmond, Wash. tech giant’s analysis of identity attacks doesn’t stop there, as the company says password breach replay attacks grew to 5.8 billion per month in 2022, […]
OpenAI’s conversational AI chatbot ChatGPT has captured the attention of the tech industry, with the technology already helping IT professionals and developers create scripts and write code via a free preview. The use cases extend to essentially replacing or adding to search engines to help create a more engaging experience for users looking for information. […]
Organizations should expect to see continued cyberattacks leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerability in 2023, cybersecurity company GreyNoise Intelligence says in a new report. The Washington, D.C.-based internet scanning traffic analysis firm’s recently released report, the 2022 Mass Exploitation Report, dives deep into the most significant threat detection events of the past year, including touching on CISA’s […]
2022 was a very busy year for IT professionals as they grappled with new trends, technologies, tools, workplace models, cyberattacks and more while they helped their organization remain productive and secure. We looked back at our coverage to find common trends in our content to bring you our top 10 stories from this past year. […]
For small businesses, securing IT systems can be a challenge. From finding qualified IT talent and then paying for their salary and security tools, cybersecurity can be costly for a small business. Hackers know this, and this makes small businesses a prime target for cyberattacks. With more and more small businesses leveraging the easy-to-deploy cloud […]
Phishing, MFA fatigue attacks are on the rise, and the cost of a data breach is now expected to reach $5 million, according to a year-end cyberthreat report from cybersecurity firm Acronis. The Switzerland-based firm’s report from its Cyber Protection Operation Center provides an in-depth analysis of the cyberthreat landscape including ransomware, phishing, malicious websites, […]
With a large workforce and 50,000 sailors deployed abroad around 100 ships at any given time, the U.S. Navy needs secure, effective and consistent collaboration tools to help connect with personnel at regional shipyards. That’s why the Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command turned to Google Workspace. According to Google Cloud, the company’s Public Sector department […]
Password management company LastPass is recommending some users without default master password settings enabled change their passwords of websites they have stored after new information was revealed about an August 2022 security incident. This new information, posted on the company’s website on Dec. 22, stems from an August 2022 incident which was originally thought to […]
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