U.S. agencies are warning of an uptick in ransomware targeting educational institutions in 12 states and the U.K., spanning K-12, higher education and seminaries, according to a new FBI alert. Specifically, federal investigators are singling out PYSA ransomware, also known as Mespinoza, which the FBI says is capable of exfiltrating and encrypting data on a […]
Hundreds of thousands of new malware variants emerge every single day, according to the AV-TEST Institute. We often hear about the most devastating malware attacks or those that spread most broadly, but unfortunately, there are many malware strains that slip under the radar and escape widespread attention due to the sheer volume of malware. “These […]
This winter has been a nightmare for cybersecurity and IT teams everywhere, with the most recent being the exploits of vulnerabilities in certain on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server. According to experts and news reports, these attacks started sometime in early January and targeted a wide range of victims, including government, health care, law firms, […]
Microsoft is rolling out a quick fix for an on-premises Exchange Server vulnerability for customers that do not have dedicated cybersecurity or IT teams. In a security blog, Microsoft said it has released a new one-click mitigation tool to help customers that lack the cybersecurity or IT expertise to apply the security updates that patch […]
Microsoft is reportedly looking into whether its security partners played a role in helping hackers carry out attacks exploiting the Exchange Server vulnerabilities, according to the Wall Street Journal. In a March 12 article, the Journal reported that the IT behemoth is questioning how threat actors obtained sensitive information that allowed them to access the […]
According to cybersecurity firm ESET, at least 10 sophisticated hacking groups are leveraging the four Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities exploited by alleged Chinese hackers to compromise email servers on their own. This illustrates the importance to update and patch systems immediately, the Sovak company said in a Wednesday blog post. The company conducted its own […]
Microsoft is expanding its enterprise-grade identity and access management protections to all AccountGuard members in 31 democracies at no cost to help protect online accounts of users who are most at risk of attacks from nation-state hackers. In a blog post, Microsoft identified those groups as political parties, candidates and their staff, health care workers, […]
Let’s face it – IT departments everywhere are burnt out. We all like to throw around these buzz words like work from home, hybrid work, collaboration, and cybersecurity, but those very things are keeping IT professionals busy around the clock. First it was helping the organization transition to a fully remote work model and responding […]
Microsoft has released an additional series of updates to help customers more quickly protect their environments in light of the Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability that has affected thousands of customers. According to Microsoft, the new updates can be applied to some older and supported Cumulative Updates, but are intended only as a temporary measure to […]
Last month, the cybersecurity world gasped as an unauthorized actor gained access to the computer system of a water treatment facility in a small Florida city and attempted to increase the levels of a chemical that could have made the water poisonous. As details unfolded throughout the next few days, it became clear that there […]
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