A new report from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that analyzes information about suspicious financial transactions, finds that reported ransomware-related incidents have substantially increased from 2020, with related transactions hitting $1.2 billion in 2021. The report also laid the majority of the blame on Russia, […]
New research from Crestron Electronics found that 84% of employees regularly have at least one remote meeting participant join their meetings, suggesting that organizations need more flexible and scalable hybrid work and meeting solutions. The Rockleigh, N.J.-based specialist in workplace collaboration technology, unveiled the findings of a new research report covering the modern workplace experience. […]
Microsoft is releasing the public preview of Azure Active Directory (AD) Certificate-based Authentication (CBA) on iOS and Android devices using certificates on hardware security keys from Yubico. The company first announced the general availability of Azure AD CBA during Ignite 2022 as part of the company’s commitment to President Joe Biden’s executive order on improving […]
Microsoft is releasing enhanced Windows Defender Firewall security capabilities that allow for reusing group settings to target devices and users and support the use of Fully Qualified Domain Name rules. According to Microsoft, these new capabilities in Intune are designed to simplify management and provide more advanced controls to configure Firewall rules, giving IT admins […]
OpenSSL has released fixes for high-severity vulnerabilities affecting versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.6 that can cause a denial of service or remote code execution and allow attackers to take control of an affected system. However, the bugs are not as severe as once feared. The OpenSSL project, the organization that maintains the general-purpose cryptography and secure […]
IBM is unveiling a new system-on-chip designed to run and train deep learning models faster and more efficiently than a general-purpose CPU called the Artificial Intelligence Unit (AIU). The chip, designed by the IBM Research AI Hardware Center, is dedicated to AI in the same way that diesel fuel is dedicated for diesel engines. The […]
Microsoft is releasing Just in Time Registration for Setup Assistant with modern authentication for iOS and iPadOS devices that enroll through Apple’s Automated Device Enrollment. According to a Microsoft blog, this is an improvement to the Setup Assistant with modern authentication enrollment method since it no longer requires the Company Portal app for Azure AD […]
Every company is working to find a hybrid work solution, which means productivity tools are no longer a “nice-to-have” but a “must-have.” Shockingly, most organizations just deployed something in haste to adapt to work during the pandemic. Using disparate tools that don’t fit into long-term plans, most companies don’t have a way to monitor, update, […]
The idea of a fully autonomous cybersecurity system could mean the end of burnout and stress among IT security professionals and a sizable decrease in successful attacks, but that idea is a “pipe dream,” says a Forrester analyst. In a recent blog post, Allie Mellen, a senior analyst with Forrester, says many security vendors share […]
End user spending on public cloud services is projected to grow by more than 20% next year as organizations look to the cloud to help support growth amid economic uncertainties, according to new Gartner analysis. The Stamford, Conn.-based analyst firm’s forecast of public cloud end user spending paints a picture of how organizations are viewing […]
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