The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with a coalition of U.S. and foreign security and law enforcement agencies, have released a list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities from 2021, calling on both public and private organizations to ensure these critical security bugs are mitigated and systems patched. The list, published in a […]
For phone service companies—or “telcos”—aiming to expand their value-added services, maintaining a fleet of smart TVs and other devices is a given. The challenge became getting the right device management software to manage these smart devices properly. Meanwhile, not all electronics manufacturers who joined the smart TV bandwagon recognized the importance of developing their own […]
An alarming new report from U.K.-based cybersecurity company Sophos finds that both the amount of organizations hit with ransomware and the ransom paid are drastically increasing, with the average ransomware payment now not far off from reaching seven figures. The company’s State of Ransomware 2022 report, the results of a survey of 5,600 IT professionals […]
Microsoft announced an upgrade to its next generation of protection on Linux and MacOs with a new Microsoft Defender Antivirus malware engine. The new antimalware engine brings machine learning, big-data analysis, in-depth threat research, and the Microsoft cloud infrastructure to protect devices (or endpoints) within organizations. The new antimalware engine in Microsoft Defender is currently […]
Notorious botnet Emotet is reportedly testing out new attack methods that bypass new Microsoft protections against Macros in Office documents and leverage OneDrive URLs and PowerShell. The Emotet botnet began its reemergence in November 2021 after its January 2021 takedown by a multinational coalition of law enforcement, with the group associated with the botnet targeting […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cybersecurity Program Office of Information Security warned healthcare facilities on Thursday about vulnerabilities to insider threats. HHS cited a 2020 study from Ponomon, which found that 61% of data breaches involving an insider are primarily unintentional, caused by negligent insiders. Nearly 14% of breaches, however, are […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says its first bug bounty program, Hack DHS, has resulted in the disclosure of more than 120 vulnerabilities, and 27 of them were determined to be critical. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched the agency’s first bug bounty program in December 2021 in an attempt to find and […]
Cybersecurity services provider Mandiant has released its M-Trends 2022 report, based on data from the company’s investigations between October 2020 and the end of 2021, and it shows that while cyber defenses and techniques are improving, attackers are also continuing to adapt to new trends. Based on the company’s investigations, the report also outlines some […]
Cloudreach, the London-based multi-cloud services provider announced the launch of Sunstone, a software platform designed to accelerate the modernization of in-cloud environments. Through the use of AI and machine learning technologies, Sunstone automates the continuous modernization of in-cloud applications to drive innovation, boost performance, increase security and reduce costs. Gartner Research forecasts that by 2025, […]
Microsoft is announcing new Endpoint reporting capabilities within the Microsoft 365 Defender portal that brings together Device Control reports and Windows Firewall reports so admins can see what is happening in their environment in just a few clicks. According to Microsoft, the reports are designed to give insight into device behavior and activity while allowing […]
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