According to a new report, the ideal ransomware victim is in a lucrative commercial market in a wealthy country that uses remote desktop protocol or a VPN. Cybersecurity firm KELA’s report cited activity from July 2021 that indicated ransomware attackers prefer organizations in specific geographies and markets, and prefer very specific products for initial network access. […]
It took me just a few months into writing about the world of IT to realize that I was the annoying end user that admins love to complain about. I looked for ways to communicate with my organization’s IT professionals outside of the preferred channels, I asked for urgency with every request, used my work […]
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Windows Server 2022, hailing the new version of the operating system as a more secure, hybrid-capable and scalable. The company announced the general availability Wednesday, but Microsoft has been rolling out the latest version of the on-premises system to customers since last month – Aug. 18 to be […]
The last few major ransomware attacks have occurred on or around holiday weekends, and IT admins and cybersecurity personnel are being urged to keep a watchful eye as we approach Labor Day Weekend. Offices are normally closed around those holidays, so IT professionals typically don’t catch intrusions in time until systems are encrypted and hackers […]
Microsoft has released additional guidance to mitigate the cloud vulnerability in the Azure Cosmos DB Jupyter Notebook feature, but reaffirms that only a “subset” of customers who had the feature enabled were vulnerable. Further, no customer data was accessed because of this vulnerability, and impacted customers who’s primary read-write keys may have been impacted were […]
Microsoft has added just two families of Intel processors to its list of compatible processors for Windows 11 after receiving feedback from the Windows Insider community, but most previously announced system hardware requirements will remain when the OS becomes available later this fall. In an Aug. 27 blog post, the company said it is adding […]
CISA has added the use of single-factor authentication for remote or admin access to its list of “Bad Practices.”
Microsoft is warning thousands of its customers of a vulnerability in Azure that left customer data – including for several Fortune 500 companies – completely exposed. Cloud security company Wiz said in lengthy and detailed post that the flaw – dubbed Chaos DB – is in Azure’s Cosmos DB database. A successful exploit would give […]
Tech companies pledge to invest in new cyber security initiatives, such as improving security through tech supply chains at White House meeting.
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