Small security teams face greater risk from attacks than larger enterprises, reveals findings from Cynet, the Boston-based provider of an autonomous, end-to-end, automated extended detection and response (XDR) platform, in it’s second annual CISO Survey of Small Cyber Security Teams report. Smaller security teams are moving towards consolidating security platforms to fewer, more robust and […]
Microsoft is open sourcing its software bill of materials (SBOM) tool Salus to help the technology industry and IT decisionmakers better understand the security of their tools and their dependencies on the software supply chain. SBOMs have recently been given heightened importance after several high-profile cybersecurity flaws in popular software products have led to widespread […]
My TechDecisions was at RSA Conference 2022 last month, and we learned that the cybersecurity market is becoming crowded with solution providers and tools that can do many different things, including vulnerability scanning, endpoint management, patching and other critical security functions. That typically means organizations must use several different solutions to do very specific tasks […]
Microsoft has released patches for 84 security vulnerabilities in its IT products for its July Patch Tuesday release, including an actively exploited Windows Client Server Runtime Subsystem (CSRSS) bug that could allow an attacker to execute code as SYSTEM. According to security researchers at Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), Microsoft’s July Patch Tuesday release fixes security […]
Vulnerability assessment solution provider Tenable is enhancing its Nessus vulnerability scanning product by adding Nessus Expert to its family of solutions to bring expanded capabilities and visibility into cloud native environments. Nessus Expert, an enhancement to the company’s flagship vulnerability assessment tool Nessus and building upon Nessus Professional, is designed to address emerging cyberthreats across […]
To help enterprises better secure their unmanaged IoT devices connected to IT networks, Microsoft is releasing new capabilities in Defender for IoT that allows Defender for Endpoint customers to extend their extended detection and response coverage to those devices. According to Microsoft, these new security features extend Defender’s coverage to IoT devices such as digital […]
Microsoft has released the public preview of a new dashboard designed to help IT admins view key health information of their organization’s Microsoft 365 environment. Available in the Microsoft 365 admin center, the Microsoft 365 Health dashboard is designed to not only show the health status of cloud services, but also give admins a picture […]
Despite the rising proliferation of the ransomware-as-a-service industry and sophisticated attack methods being adopted by nation state actors, human error remains the biggest threat to an organization’s cybersecurity. That means security awareness has never been more important, according to the SANS Institute’s 2022 Security Awareness Report. The Maryland-based cybersecurity training organization’s report found that phishing, […]
Update July 11: In an update to the original blog post announcing the blocking of VBA macros by default, Microsoft said the rollback is temporary while additional changes are made to enhance visibility. “This is a temporary change, and we are fully committed to making the default change for all users,” Microsoft says in the […]
Remote monitoring and IT management provider Atera now offers a new integration with anti-malware provider Malwarebytes to automate licensing and provisioning of the company’s OneView platform to help streamline and maximize security operations. The integration will effectively allow users to deploy Malwarebytes products directly through Atera’s remote monitoring and management platform, giving customers access to […]
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