The constant barrage of ransomware attacks and notable IT supply chain compromises are largely attributed to Russia-based threat actors, and Microsoft’s 2021 Digital Defense Report confirms that the vast majority of cyberattacks are coming from Russia. Specifically, 58% of cyberattacks observed by Microsoft from nation-states have come from Russia from July 2020 to June 2021. […]
HP has announced new offerings designed to help IT equip and secure the remote workforce from malicious cyber threats. The offerings include a new HP Work from Home service designed to equip the furnish home offices with HP PCs and printers along remote management tools so IT can sup port and protect those endpoints and […]
As law enforcement authorities are grappling with the rise of ransomware and cryptocurrency technologies, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Manac has formed a new National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). The team will tackle complex investigations and prosecutions of criminal misuses of cryptocurrency and investigate crimes committed by virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, and […]
A pair of U.S. lawmakers are introducing a bill designed to improve information sharing on ransomware threats by requiring organizations that pay the ransom to disclose information on the payment and attack to the Department of Homeland Security. The bill is designed to bolster the U.S. government’s understanding of how cybercriminal enterprises like ransomware groups […]
A faulty configuration change led Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to all go down for at least six hours on Monday, October 4. Those trying to reach the social media platforms were met with browsers and apps displaying DNS errors on connection attempts. The routing prefixes suddenly disappeared from the internet’s border gateway protocol (BGP), a […]
Luxury retailer Niemen Marcus Group (NMG) learned an unauthorized party obtained personal information associated to certain Neimen Marcus’ online accounts in May of 2020. NMG is notifying 4.6 million of its online customers about the data breach that happened last year. The company is working with cybersecurity expert, Mandiant to investigate the incident. The personal […]
The IT and cybersecurity communities have been urging enterprises to move away from passwords, or at the very least, adopt multi-factor authentication. One great way to do both is by deploying security keys. Yubico, one of the leaders in the hardware authentication security key space, is now taking its product a step further by adding […]
Google is pushing out emergency Chrome updates after two zero-day vulnerabilities have been exploited by attackers.
Cybercriminals are continuing to abuse vulnerabilities and configuration flaws, such as Microsoft remote desktop protocol, according to ESET Threat Report.
Microsoft has announced a new multiyear commitment to help the insurance industry create cyber insurance products with the support of Microsoft’s security solutions. According to Microsoft, the technology firm is teaming up with insurance partners to offer insurance products that allow customers to safely share security posture information through platforms like Microsoft 365 and the […]
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