Cisco Acquires Cloud Monitoring Startup Epsagon
Cisco acquires cloud monitoring startup to better track the performance of the components that make up a firm’s digital infrastructure.
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Report: Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Spy Via IoT Devices
A newly discovered vulnerability that could affect 83 million IoT devices allows an attacker to listen to live audio, watch real-time video data, compromise device credentials for further attacks or remotely control devices, according to new research. According to Mandiant, a subsidiary of cybersecurity firm FireEye, the IoT vulnerability is in the ThroughTek Kalay network, […]
John Oliver Takes Up Ransomware On “Last Week Tonight”
System administrators, IT professionals and cybersecurity experts have been sounding the alarm over ransomware and the increasing frequency of attacks over the last few months, and their message is now beginning to be picked up by mainstream media. Ransomware is now rising to a national security level thanks to recent attacks against Colonial Pipeline, JBS […]
How To Protect Against Macro-Based Malware
Macro-based malware, an attack that once fell out of favor with hackers is possibly resurging, according to experts.
Top 3 Ransomware Operators by Income
A new ransomware payment tracking site aims to make financial transactions to ransomware operators more transparent, see who’s on top.
Patch the Print Nightmare Vulnerabilities Now
Much has been made of the vulnerabilities recently discovered in the Windows Print Spooler Service and Microsoft’s patches for the issue. Now, systems that remain unpatched are being attacked by ransomware operators. In a new report, Cisco Talos says a threat actor is exploiting those vulnerabilities – dubbed PrintNightmare – to spread laterally across a […]
IT Departments Are Investing More In Cybersecurity Skills, Report Finds
IT teams across the globe faced unprecedented challenges in 2020 and 2021, and cybersecurity concerns are at – or near – the top of the list, leading to IT departments investing more in security, according to a new report from Sophos. The cybersecurity giant polled 5,400 IT managers across 30 countries and found that workloads […]
The Emotional Toll Of A Cyber Attack
One MSP shares the emotional toll he endured, as a result of the Kaseya attack that sent shockwaves through the IT community.
The Rise of Triple Extortion Ransomware
If you aren’t already familiar with ransomware, the increasing frequency of such attacks and the level of sophistication with which cybercriminal gangs deploy the malware, then you need to be paying more attention. The prevailing trend over the course of the last few years is the rise of double extortion, which means that the purpose […]
What DarkSides’ Rebranding Means for IT
Cyber experts believe cyber criminal gang, DarkSide has rebranded causing what some call a giant “game of whack-a-mole.”
