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Microsoft Announces Defender Threat Intelligence, External Attack Surface Management

August 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced two new security products in the Microsoft Defender family designed to provide IT and security professionals with deeper context into threat actor activity and help organizations better secure their infrastructure and reduce their attack surface. With Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, security operations teams can uncover attacker infrastructure and accelerate their investigations and […]

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How to Measure Employee Productivity in a Remote World

August 2, 2022 Dominik Birgelen Leave a Comment

According to Statista, 57% of employees experienced increased productivity whilst working from home, but exactly how it is measured?

FCC: Scam Text Messages on the Rise

August 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The Federal Communications Commission is warning of a substantial rise in smishing and scam text messages targeting consumers, with 2022 on pace to nearly triple what was reported to the commission in 2019. According to the FCC, which tracks complaints about scam calls and texts, there have been about 8,500 such complaints through June 30, […]

With Microsoft Office Macros Blocked by Default, Hackers are Using Other Techniques

July 29, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

After pausing the rollout of a default macro-blocking feature in Microsoft Office, Microsoft is now officially blocking VBA macros by default in Office applications in a move to make it harder for threat actors to deploy malware and ransomware using Office applications. Microsoft first announced the VBA macro blocking in February 2022, just a few […]

This Week in IT: AWS Security, ISS Threats, Windows 10 Update, Semiconductor Funding

July 28, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you this curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. New AWS Security Features Amazon this week announced two key new security […]

Sophos Introduces Cloud Native Security for Comprehensive Cybersecurity Coverage

July 28, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity firm Sophos is releasing Cloud Native Security, a new offering designed to address the requirements of protecting workloads and provide comprehensive security coverage across environments, workloads and identities. According to the U.K.-based cybersecurity software provider, Cloud Native Security also gives customers centralized visibility, prioritized detections and faster incident response times in a single SKU […]

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ProxyShell, Log4Shell Among Most Exploited Security Bugs

July 27, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Updating systems and patching security vulnerabilities has always been a key part of the job for any IT or security professional, but a new report from cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks sheds new light on just how quickly threat actors are leveraging new vulnerabilities. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based security software provider’s Unit 42 Incident Response […]

Security Awareness Training Is Not Effective, New Research Suggests

July 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations’ IT and cybersecurity professionals are struggling to spread security awareness and build security into their workplace culture, with a shocking percentage of employees responding to a recent study that they are simply unaware of cybersecurity issues and don’t find security awareness training effective. According to a recent report from cloud email security software provider […]

Spam Filtering 101: An Important Part of a Nutritious Breakfast

July 25, 2022 Link Porterfield Leave a Comment

The first spam email was sent 44 years ago, and the threat posed by this sinister practice has grown to reach a scale that few, if any, could have envisioned back in the late 1970s. The spam problem goes far beyond annoying solicitations for questionable products and unwanted adverts from presumably well-meaning, but misguided and […]

Log4Shell Will Remain an Issue For a Decade

July 25, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The critical vulnerability discovered late last year in the popular Java logger Log4j will be impacting IT environments for years due to the difficulty in finding and remediating vulnerable instances of the tool, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board. The board—established in the wake of […]

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