In the wake of Active Directory authentication failures caused by Microsoft’s May 2022 Patch Tuesday updates, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has removed a Windows LSA spoofing zero day bug from its catalog of vulnerabilities agencies are required to patch. The bug, CVE-2022-26925, is a Windows LSA spoofing flaw that was patched last […]
In addition to a range of new developer tools and new features in Workspace and Google Meet, Google announced during its I/O conference this week several new security features to help keep users and organizations secure. The new security capabilities include account safety for apps, new phishing protections, virtual cards and automatic enrollment in multi-factor […]
Microsoft is releasing a public preview of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, a new single solution that includes Microsoft’s full set of vulnerability management capabilities to help companies mitigate software bugs more easily. According to Microsoft, the new Defender feature builds on core threat and vulnerability management tools launched in 2019, including threat and vulnerability management […]
If you thought cybersecurity couldn’t become more of a priority, think again. Belligerent nation-states and other bad actors are expected to launch a concerted effort to steal trade secrets, disrupt services, and execute malicious programs intended to cause infrastructure outages, damages, and worse. One study found a 100% increase in nation-state incidents from 2017 to […]
Nearly 80% of medium and large organizations across North America and Western Europe have had to trigger a disaster recovery response within the last 12 months due to cyberattacks and other disasters, according to new research from Boston-based disaster recovery software provider Zerto. The research, “The state of Ransomware and Disaster Preparedness: 2022,” suggests that […]
Microsoft has released fixes for 74 vulnerabilities in a myriad of IT products this Patch Tuesday, including three zero-day vulnerabilities and a Windows LSA spoofing bug under active attack and several critical remote code execution flaws. The 74 bugs fixed by Microsoft in today’s Patch Tuesday release are in Windows, .NET and Visual Studio, Edge, […]
Microsoft is releasing a new service category it calls Microsoft Security Experts, a new line of managed security solutions that combines advanced technology with human-led services to help customers become more secure, including threat hunting services, investigations and more. The Redmond, Wash.-based IT giant says it hopes to deliver this new category of services across […]
Apple, Google and Microsoft announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. This new capability will allow websites and apps to offer secure passwordless sign-ins to consumers across devices and platforms. Password-only authentication is a security problem often leading to account takeovers, […]
In addition to expanding support for a common passwordless standard, Microsoft announced several new passwordless options to help reduce the attack surface and keep accounts secure, including passwordless support for Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and other innovations. According to Microsoft, the passwordless support for Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Virtual […]
Technology has helped organizations adapt to rapidly changing economic and political situations over the last few years, including when the COVID-19 pandemic forced offices to close. While IT professionals are thankful for new and emerging technologies that help their businesses meet those challenges head on, they come with another set of issues: more passwords to […]
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