Black Box, the Lawrence, Penn.-based global solutions integrator, announced its strategic partnership with device-to-cloud industry innovator, Inseego. Together, the companies will provide a complete, advanced 5G and OnGo private LTE wireless network. The partnership thus allows Black Box to drive innovation in connectivity. This will then increase advanced wireless networking options to every market. Black […]
The notorious and heavily distributed email-borne malware Qakbot is now being spread via a new technique: inserting malicious replies into the middle of existing email conversations. According to cybersecurity firm Sophos, Qakbot uses the compromised accounts of other infected victims to interject itself in the form of a reply-all message that includes a short sentence […]
The IT industry continues to hammer home the idea that identity security and password hygiene are often the first lines of defense when it comes to cyberattacks, yet organizations continue to engage in poor practices and have trouble balancing security requirements and user experiences. Just recently, we have covered several studies from IT companies about […]
With today’s cybersecurity attacks rapidly escalating to never-before-seen proportions and new threats constantly emerging, IT and cybersecurity professionals should be able to quickly pivot and develop the knowledge and skills to defend against these threats. However, a new study suggests that it takes more than three months for that to happen. According to cybersecurity firm […]
Security and risk management leaders must evolve their strategies to protect their organization’s expanding digital footprint against new and emerging threats in 2022 and beyond, according to Gartner. The research firm has identified seven security and risk management trends leaders should know: Trend #1: Attack Surface Expansion Enterprise attacks are expanding and so are risks […]
Despite an increased focus on identity, multifactor authentication and password security, passwords continue to be vulnerable to attack, according to a new report from password security provider Specops Software. According to the study, The 2022 Weak Password Report, 93% of password attacks use passwords with at least eight characters, suggesting that attackers are aware of […]
We asked Mark Horne, chief marketing officer at Pindrop, five questions about voice assistant trends in the enterprise, how organizations can utilize it, the hesitations of adoption and how it will continue to evolve in the foreseeable future. Q: What have been the most significant trends driving voice technology in the last 5 years? Horne: […]
Small businesses are continuing to use Word documents or Excel spreadsheets to keep their passwords despite the inherit risk of compromise. A study by NordPass reveals 3 out of 7 companies admitted it keeps passwords in Word, Excel, or other plain text documents that were not password protected. Before adopting a company-wide password manager, none […]
Microsoft has released 71 new security patches addressing vulnerabilities as part of the March 2022 Patch Tuesday, including three zero day bugs and three critical-rated software flaws. The patches fix issues in Windows, Azure Site Recovery, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and IoT, Intune, Edge, Windows HTML Platforms, Office, Skype for Chrome, .NET and Visual Studio, […]
New critical software vulnerabilities are discovered every month, but its older vulnerabilities in legacy systems that continue to plague IT departments and cybersecurity professionals, according to new research from cybersecurity firm F-Secure. The report, Attack Landscape Update, dishes on trending cybersecurity threats, including ransomware, malware, phishing and more, but the most alarming information in the […]
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