Beware Of This Elon Musk-Themed Cryptocurrency Giveaway Scam
If you “donate” bitcoin, don’t expect to get anything in return with this “Elon Musk Mutual Aid Fund” cryptocurrency phishing scam.
Blogs
Microsoft Azure OMI Vulnerabilities Are Being Exploited
According to cybersecurity companies, media reports and Microsoft itself, threat actors are actively exploiting security flaws in Azure’s Open Management Infrastructure framework that Microsoft disclosed as part of this months’ cumulative security updates. The vulnerabilities are in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) framework, which Microsoft calls an open-source Web-Based Enterprise Management implementation for managing Linux […]
IT Pros Can Spotlight Their Skills With Windows Server Hybrid Certificate
Microsoft announced a new Windows Server certification for Hybrid Administrators will be available in December of 2021.
Cybersecurity Firm Releases Universal Decryption Key For REvil Victims
Cybersecurity software provider Bitdefender has made available a free universal decryption key for victims of REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware that had their data encrypted by hackers using the ransomware variant before July 13. According to the company, the key was created in collaboration with a “trusted law enforcement partner” and can help victims restore their files and […]
Cybercriminals Are Threatening to Delete Victims’ Data
Cybercriminal groups Grief Corp and RagnorLocker are jumping on the “we’ll burn your data if you get a negotiator” bandwagon.
There Is No Evidence Russia-based Ransomware Is Slowing Down
When rEvil went dark over the summer, some thought that the U.S. government’s pressure on Russia for allowing ransomware gangs to operate in the country was paying off. However, the ransomware gang that leveraged the Kaseya platform to infect over 1,000 organizations has since resurfaced, and there are no clear signs that the Russian government […]
Apply These Microsoft, Apple, Google and Adobe Patches Now
Microsoft, Google, Apple and Adobe issued dozens of security patches this week, including some that fixed critical zero-day vulnerabilities. Chief among them are fixes to the Microsoft MSHTML remote code execution vulnerability that is being actively exploited, a patch that fixes an iOS bug in CoreGraphics that could allow remote code execution that is under […]
Which College Football Teams Show Up Most On Breached Password Lists?
College football team names and mascots appear more than 77 million times on breached password lists, according to SPECOPS.
Microsoft: Remote Work Makes Productivity, Innovation Challenging
Is your team finding it more difficult to collaborate effectively and keep production high when working from home? If you’re finding that collaboration and production is suffering as a result of distributed work environments, then you aren’t alone. Microsoft, of all companies, says employees are collaborating less than they were before the pandemic and they’re […]
Microsoft Unveils Release Date for Windows 11 Upgrade
IT admins expecting to upgrade to the new version of Windows 11 may want to take this as an opportunity to audit their hardware.
