Microsoft says it has been tracking a new attack method in which malicious actors are using websites’ contact forms to deliver malware to enterprise email addresses under the false pretenses of legal action. The malware being delivered is IceID, which is used to steal information, according to a Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team blog […]
Remember last year when everyone scrambled to slap together a home office and tried to find webcams and headsets but they were all sold out? I do, and that was awful. Now, that equipment is more widely available and workers have spent the last year gearing up their home offices and buying webcams, microphones, headsets […]
The U.S. IT workforce is poised for even more growth this year as organization look to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue their path towards digital transformation, according to a new report from IT trade association group CompTIA. The organization’s Cyberstates report says all five top-level employment categories are expected to add workers in […]
Microsoft Corp’s networking site says some LinkedIn dat has been made available for sale. As a recent Reuters report says: The incident was not a data breach and no private member account data from the platform was included, LinkedIn said in a blog post bit.ly/3uB4nEy on Thursday, adding that the information on sale is a collection of […]
The technology industry has watched social media giant Facebook go through some alarming experiences and decisions. There was the 2018 security breach (and subsequent ones); the announcement that they’d been storing user passwords in plaintext without hashes or salts; and a slew of privacy policy issues. The latest piece of Facebook news involves a lawsuit […]
Remote work and a more dispersed workforce is widening the attack surface for organizations and adversely impacting cybersecurity, according to a new report from Verizon. The telecommunications giant on Tuesday released its Mobile Security Index, which found that 49% of organizations surveyed said changes to remote working practices made during the pandemic-induced lockdown negatively impacted […]
According to a recent Reuters report, U.S. Senators are preparing some legislation on semiconductors as the country faces a shortage of the devices. According to Reuters: “We’re working on that. (U.S. Senate Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer and, I think, (U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch) McConnell are about to introduce a bill along those lines,” Biden […]
The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency are warning of sophisticated malicious actors exploiting multiple older vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS to gain access to customer networks. The advisory, issued last week, warns that advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are scanning devices for three different vulnerabilities to infiltrate the networks of government, commercial and technology service […]
It’s not surprising that higher education has been experiencing financial challenges during the pandemic, but this is only further evidence for the value of campus safety technologies. They will play a role in helping students and faculty feel more comfortable on campus, so it is valuable to examine which solutions have been adopted at education […]
Amazon drivers apparently don’t have a choice: they can either agree to being monitored by AI-assisted cameras installed in delivery vehicles, or they can work somewhere else. As a recent Verge report indicates, drivers must sign “biometric consent” forms to keep their jobs, in accordance with this privacy policy. More from The Verge: The data […]
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